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Cmon man! | |||
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My ancestors raped and conquered my ancestors. Who were originally Celtic. Who do I identify with? The rapist or the rapee? | |||
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They were Scando vikings (Norway and Denmark) who attacked France so much that the king was like "Fuck it, just take this part and leave us alone". Then the Normans attacked England in 1066 lol | |||
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Normans left very little genetic impact in England. To the degree that that can be certain, that is | |||
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Northwest Europe was one big rape, conquer, repeat fest that all opposing factions basically became one. The Vikings founded Dublin, Ireland for example. That's how intertwined we were. | |||
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I watched the trio of "Inside the Medieval Mind", "The Normans", and "The Plantagenets" recently with Prof. Robert Bartlett. Interesting stuff. | |||
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Which is why we should all instantly dogpile on anyone who says that America should not have __________ in it because it is purely a ____________ nation. It's a stupid, historically ignorant stance to take and in the modern era you only ever see it from conservatives. | |||
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