Anna Gloria || Italian || 23 || I take continuously personality test but the results are always different || University student of Economy and Management of Arts and Culture || Treviso/Venice || italian history peeps
theres a guy in my asian art hist. class who is visually the epitome of a redneck stereotype except hes an art history major and is very clearly passiomate about it
imagine a bowlegged white guy with a beard wearing flannel, a belt buckle, and cowboy boots talk about the intricacies of a hindu temple in sri lanka. this is the future liberals want
so someone just said they’re “really interested in history” how careful do you have to be?
“i just think history is interesting in general! i’m not interested in any specific part of it”: this person is most likely safe. never drop your guard though
“i’m interested in this specific subject or time period in history. (ex. ancient egypt, the golden age of piracy, the history of the printing press”: still probably safe. be on the lookout for certain risky historical subjects. you should know them you see them
“i’m really into WW2 history”: this is the caution zone, there’s plenty of valid reasons to be into WW2, but if they start talking about how Operation Sealion totally could have succeeded, it’s time to abort
“i’m specifically into roman history, the crusades, prussian military history, and WW2”: danger! do NOT talk about history with this person. in fact, do not talk to this person at all. you will regret it, you do not want to know what they think of the treaty of versailles or why germany lost the first world war
I know what this is trying to be…
but how astutely horrible is it that your goal here was to encourage people to hate people based on their interests when there are literally so many other tells that are more accurate than “into prussian history”
being interested in roman history, the crusades, prussian military, and ww2 is not harmful in anyway. there should be people that are interested and knowledgeable on the matter because that is how you stop horrific events from repeating.
basically what I mean is that if you ignore ww2 and don’t learn as much about it as possible, you’re allowing something like that to happen again. if you do learn about it, understand how it began, the climax to it, and the downfall, you then will understand and know when the warning signs begin in modern day
and what makes ancient egypt okay? op obviously has never learned about ancient times and how horrific it was back then (I mean you’re basically saying ancient egypt’s slavery was okay)
OP is basically trying to scrub history because gods forbid we discuss, dissect and analyze what we as humans have done both good and bad.
Plus, only those who have something to hide want people to remain ignorant of history and what’s going on. I’ll leave it at that.
I was looking through the rest of the comments and people are trying to defend this person severely like saying how this post it mostly about people who are obsessed with imperialist parts of history, but do they understand that imperialism has been prevalent in Japan, Korea, India, China, Assyria, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Persian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire. So does that mean we ignore those big eras in history because of imperialism?
Those empires are HUGE in learning about history because as much as those places did horrific things, they provided A LOT to modern day life. For example; without Rome’s influence, we would have no post offices, the basis of democracy, public welfare, provided incredible works of literature, concrete, sewers, roads and highways.
Ancient Japan provided: provided to mass media, pottery, and works of art, printing!
Persian Empire provided: the wind-power machine and mail delivery system
British Empire provided: programmable computer, television, steam locomotive, and telephone
Byzantine Empire provided: HOSPITALS! and ship mills
if you’re interested in history, please, I beg of you, do not listen to Op. If you’re interested in history around WW2 or the Persian Military or Roman Empire, learn about it, learn what the downfall was, learn about how it changed the world and don’t allow these events to be forgotten about
OP is obviously right: I read Tacitus’ Annales once and I’ve been a rampant Nazi ever since. I’m currently planning to invade Poland with some other Latinists.
There are letters from British officials that state that the famine is good for Irish people, because they need to be forced away from the potato which makes them lazy.
i’m not saying the british weren’t evil, racist, pieces of shit. I’m saying it’s more userful to recognize the actual dehumanizing force of the profit-motive as the overarching trend of both the famine & the current housing crisis. It was at the root of the system of british imprerialism & it is at the root of the current neo-liberal Fine Gael government.
This is why a branch of my family moved to Canada. The starving. When the poor where forced to give every morsel over to a landlord to sell. They themselves had nothing to eat. I’ve been told tales of what my family endured back then. Sadly it’s still happening with things like quinoa.
Same my great-great-grandfather or something like that left Ireland to escape the famine and persecution. Seriously fuck the English.
lads can we pls not turn this into an episode of ‘who do you think you are
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USA’
Because Ada Lovelace wrote instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s and I had no idea.
Because, F. Scott Fitzgerald plagiarized his wife, Zelda’s writing and used it in The Great Gatsby and his other books.
Because, black women, let alone any women, were not aware of the great contributions Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson made towards NASA and the space program.
Because the current president of the United States is a self proclaimed ‘pussy grabber’.
Because doctors (both men and women) are only NOW seeming to realize that women patients cannot be treated based on male patient information.
Because basic products cost more for women than they do for men.
Because feminine hygiene products are taxed.
Because Renee Richards existed before Kaitlyn Jenner and she fought policy in the NY Supreme Court, but she doesn’t get talked about.
Because Marsha P Johnson was basically removed from a movie about the Stonewall riots.
Because there STILL aren’t decent pockets in most women’s clothes.
Because Maria TallChief founded the Chicago ballet, but I’m sure most young girls who dream of being a ballerina don’t know about her.
Because Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe were amazing artists and people, but they weren’t the only female painters in history.
Because Evelyn Glennie is the first person in history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist.
Because Crystal R. Emery’s documentary, “Black Women in Medicine,” was amazing and should be seen by more people.
Because men are still determining how and when my body should and can be used and function.
Should I go on?
Edited to add differently abled women who rock the world too.
“My name is Erin Quinn. I’m 16 years old, and I come from a place called Derry, or Londonderry, depending on your persuasion, a troubled little corner in the northwest of Ireland. It’s fair to say I have a somewhat complicated relationship with my home town. You see the thing about living in Derry is, there’s nowhere to hide. Everybody knows everybody, knows everything about everybody, and sometimes all I really want… is to be simply left alone.”
