1. History is not there for you to like or dislike.
2. History is there for you to learn from it.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you are less likely to repeat it.
Read this out loud, then read it again. Then teach it to your children and grandchildren.
@Strandjunker We certainly should be prepared to dislike something in history. If I didn’t dislike it, why would I judge it not to be repeatable? And disliking it makes me doubly determined to resist when I see the UK government repeating it daily.
@ferryoons @Strandjunker In fact, it is impossible to be neutral about things; expecting that will lead to failure.
When you study history you'll find some things you like and some things you don't like, but you should try to determine the facts regardless of which opinion you have about them.
Some people you won't like, but you should find all that there is to be found about them, not only the information underlying their bad characteristics. Moreover, it would be positive to analyze the reasons behind certain decisions taken by trying to understand their mentality; this is certainly a difficult task.
@rastinza @Strandjunker Yes. If life was easy everyone would be doing it.