I'm not averse to the idea of strong women in the past at all, so I don't get the controversy on it.

It does bother me that "conqueror" suddenly translates to "physically equal to man and collected heads" or some garbage

Exactly. All we know was her stature, not her physique. Personally, I dislike the spin that was used on the headline, made it seem like some great warrior

You need to grow a very thick skin. I am rather used to people misunderstanding the vikings, and always they are to be twisted to fit someone else narrative.

it's annoying and disgusting, but yeah

worry more about the moneychangers censoring people

The reason I posted that screenshot of the huffpost was the comment below it.

and bless whoever did it.

It’s all political in nature unless your a historian or someone who truly enjoys history. Even some historians use the “political lense” to help to justify or revise history

Kek or kermit 😃

I had to read a forty page paper on how gender was the main cause for the Spanish American war. As somebody who enjoys history, it irks me when people just jam their politics in, and that goes for both sides.

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What BS you had to suffer through, reading propaganda

I tore into it when we discussed in class and I was told to “tone down my criticism and instead focus on what you agreed with.”

yeah no, criticism is necessary

if they can't handle criticism they are intellectual cowards and the paper is tripe.

They werent even the author of the paper. It's as if it is gospel.

And for people looking to the academic field, they force you to base your papers off of the top names in the field until you finally get your PhD or masters

U academic?

> I have an interesting take on why this Arthurian literary piece may have cannibalism in it
> Thats nice and all, but can you instead write the same paper that this guy did.

I am working towards becoming a history professor

Already have everything ready to go into public history if I cant do that.

Nice my fave subject. I am a great armchair historian

And excellent armchair general too

Have any favorite era? I see you enjoy the vikings a bit.

The Vikings was forced in 4-6 grade. My fave is the early middle age and the great historic empires of the past.

I mostly focus on military and military technology from Greece all the way to the end of WWII. My favorite point would be the dark ages and renaissance.

We kind of have similar tastes

Well yes I also like the vikings, national pride and all. Hence i selected runes and not latin when I should learn one dead language in 7th grade

Lucky, i'm stuck learning french. I spent a few years in highschool learning spanish then switched. God do I hate the french language, but it will help by greatly expanding the primary documents I can read.

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I never learned french, that bothers me to this day, i choose german as third language

das is ja fuern arsch

should have learned spanish, so south america would be a viable emmigration destination

My _Mulligans Valley_ is switzerland

your what???

Its from a book, ficticious

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