The veteran picked to lead the Defense Department has praised the brutal religious military campaigns of the past and has called for a Christian approach to governing.
And they were a remarkable ineffective response, and as the poster below me said the crusaders looted other Christian kingdoms as well. The Crusades do not need to be rehabilitated.
Well to a point, OK.
but ‘understood’ is not the same as “rehabilitated”. Writing propoganda into the historical narrative is dangerous, but people do it all the time. I’m not saying you’re doing it.
But when people say “the muslims were just attacked by the christians during the crusades” or “The Jews and muslims have been fighting for thousands of years”. Its just not true and should be understood as best we can, because it informs modern narratives still.
To be clear I’m an ex catholic now avowed atheist and I hate all the abrahamic religions equally.
And they were a remarkable ineffective response, and as the poster below me said the crusaders looted other Christian kingdoms as well. The Crusades do not need to be rehabilitated.
Well to a point, OK. but ‘understood’ is not the same as “rehabilitated”. Writing propoganda into the historical narrative is dangerous, but people do it all the time. I’m not saying you’re doing it.
But when people say “the muslims were just attacked by the christians during the crusades” or “The Jews and muslims have been fighting for thousands of years”. Its just not true and should be understood as best we can, because it informs modern narratives still.
To be clear I’m an ex catholic now avowed atheist and I hate all the abrahamic religions equally.