• @[email protected]
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    16 hours ago

    This is fundamentally not true. Invading, looting then burning down entire towns, killing men, and raping and/or kidnapping women and children was practiced across the globe by many different cultures for thousands of years

    • @Maggoty
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      25 hours ago

      You’re confusing the fact that stuff happened, with that stuff being the go to thing to do. Even the Mongols preferred to take towns with the populace intact so they could get taxes as soon as possible. Popular history blows the genocidal stuff way out of proportion.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 hours ago

        Dude. I’m confusing “the fact that stuff happened” with the fact that stuff happened lmao

        I don’t know what history you’re reading, but sexual violence and the destruction of towns and cities has been pervasive in war for millennia. Here’s a brief introduction for you

        • @Maggoty
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          15 hours ago

          Stop. Just stop. If you can’t defend this-

          When you say “they,” are you referring to all humans throughout all of human history? Not conquering/displacing people is a much more recent international norm

          Without bringing up a Wikipedia article about rape then you’ve already lost.