The 'obscuring' claim conflates deliberate deception with the normal hermeneutic process by which traditions retrospectively identify their own genealogies, a distinction Gadamer's historical consciousness makes philosophically essential.

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Conflates(in argumentation and logic): Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
Gadamer(as the philosopher whose ideas about understanding are central to this statement): Hans-Georg Gadamer was a 20th-century German philosopher who studied how we understand texts, art, and history. He argued that our understanding is always shaped by our own time period and background.
genealogies(as the historical origins that traditions trace back to understand themselves): A family tree or history of where something came from and how it developed over time. In this context, it means the historical origins and evolution of a tradition.
hermeneutic process(as the normal way traditions understand themselves over time): The activity of interpreting or understanding something, especially a text or tradition. It's the back-and-forth process where we figure out what something means.

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