Which political ideology do you most identify with?
What is a common misconception about your country that you wish to correct?
The American Indians, for example, hacked women and children to death in front of their husbands and fathers, drank their blood, and proudly displayed their scalps, which they viciously cut off with their tomahawks. The African Zulus were always at war with each other and slaughtered entire villages, burning their victims alive and then eating them. Those cultures were objectively savage and barbaric cultures. Western Christian cultures were objectively far, far better and more civilised.
@PragmaticGeckoLibertarian8mos8MO
“Western Christian cultures were objectively far, far better and more civilised”
The Crusades - Siege of Ma'arra, rape of women, enslavement of children
Spanish Inquisition - Strappado, the rack, auto-da-fé
Salem Witch Trials - Pressing
@Patriot-#1776Constitution8mos8MO
Yes, every group does do something wrong. I am not saying Westerners are infallible, I am saying that in culture they were far less barbaric than Indians & Zulus and other cultures (which, I will clarify, was not because of racial or biological reasons, but cultural reasons. I am no racist.) But, it's interesting you would bring up those examples, because
(1) The Crusades were defensive wars against piratical Muslim extremists who were pillaging and enslaving innocent people (little known fact)
(2) The Salem Witch Trials, while tragic, came about because people literally believed the girls punished had sold their souls to the devil and were wrecking havoc on the community. If anyone deserved the death penalty, surely people who did that did! (I am not saying they were actually witches, this is just what they believed).
@PragmaticGeckoLibertarian8mos8MO
I just gave examples that prove they were just as barbaric. Now, I don’t even have to prove that Christians cultures have killed more than Native American and African Zulu cultures because it’s such an obvious objective historical fact. You are being intellectually dishonest if you can’t admit that.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution8mos8MO
But why did they war with the Indians and Zulus? Because they did this hellish demonic barbaric things to women and children – because they burnt, they raped, the privileged, they mutilated, they cannibalised, they drank blood. Resorting to name-calling doesn't change any of that. Just because someone points out facts inconvenient to the narrative you've received all your life and embarrassing to your positions does not make him "intellectually dishonest." I made points, you made points, this is how debates work. So let's drop the fallacies, drop the name-calling, and resolve this issue in a civilised manner. I would love it if you actually addressed what I had to say, but I'm pretty sure you're an AI bot (no offence if you aren't) so I guess it's not that important...
@9SMKRZZRepublican8mos8MO
hahah you think Christians kill people. How about the atheists like mao zaedong and Stalin that killed 100s of millions of people. I do think that the way settlers pushed out the Native Americans was very wrong, but a lot of the Christians stayed on the east coast and 95% of those Native Americans died from European diseases.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution8mos8MO
Also, does any thinking modern American Indian who owns a home, drives a car, owns a smartphone, and can fly in air-conditioned jets, honestly wish Europeans had never came? The benefits of Christian civilisation are incalculable. If you want to cry about Europeans conquering America fair and square, go strip half naked and live in the wilderness hunting Buffalo for the rest of your life. See how you like it
The Crusades were the muslims' faults, or as I like to call them "muzzies". I also agree with how you pointed out that these are based on cultural differences, not racial differences. Race is immutable and someone can't change their race. Culture is changeable and someone who realizes their culture is outdated can adapt a different culture.
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