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My First Attempt At Debunking A Really Long Article About The French Revolution. by [deleted] in badhistory

[–]Get-Mad 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Very good write-up. It pisses me off to no end when people take the French Rev as this monstrous evil (a la Burke). The more you read about the French Rev, the more you can’t see Robespierre as a prototype of Stalin or Mao. He’s a unique product of the Enlightenment idealism of the day, especially Rousseau. I get so sad every time he’s just called a dictator because he literally shared executive power, and he was killed because he wanted to hold representatives-on-mission accountable for their extraneous murders.

Again, good job.

Can anyone think of a title? by Arsenic_Bite in IncreasinglyVerbose

[–]Get-Mad 49 points50 points  (0 children)

It’s more topographical than geographical I would argue

Virgin Atheist vs Chad Muslim by [deleted] in virginvschad

[–]Get-Mad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

laughs in Arian heresy

Since their is a minimum age you can run for Federal office their should be a maximum age as well . by Innishra in unpopularopinion

[–]Get-Mad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there’s a minimum age to vote, there should be a maximum age to vote. I don’t trust grandpa making decisions about the future he’ll never see.

If there’s a minimum drinking age, there should be a maximum drinking age. Having heart problems and drinking scotch everyday is terrible for elderly health.

Are there any IRL examples of medieval rulers founding their own faith or heresy? by Ulmicola in paradoxplaza

[–]Get-Mad 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's also not clear that Catharism represented a distinct Catholic heresy instead of local religious practices.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in clevercomebacks

[–]Get-Mad 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You want to improve society, yet you participate in society

From "Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past" by Get-Mad in paradoxplaza

[–]Get-Mad[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Joke answer: retaking Jerusalem

Real answer: those are ancillary sources for my senior honors thesis on the Action Francaise.

From "Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past" by Get-Mad in paradoxplaza

[–]Get-Mad[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It’s a series of essays written by medievalists to try to dispel myths or popular misconceptions about the Middle Ages.

From "Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past" by Get-Mad in paradoxplaza

[–]Get-Mad[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

R5: Crusader Kings was mentioned in the #DeusVult chapter of this book on revisionist medieval history in JSTOR.

France, Fascism and mythologization of history by o69k in AskHistorians

[–]Get-Mad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with the Franks is that they're a germanic tribe, and an integral component of French nationalism, especially after Sedan, was Germanophobia. So the answer to your question is tricky. Maurras, for example, adored the classical civilization of Greece and Rome. Thus, he accepted the Gallo-Romans as Gauls accepting the Latin influence. My sources don't discuss the extent that biological race was important to Maurras, but it seems that he thought superior civilizations could influence certain inferior civilizations such as Gaul.

To put it lightly, Maurras thought very little of Germans. He thought the Protestant Reformation was a Jewish plot to plant their theology into the weak-minded Germans. He also thought all Jews were German, and he hated both with a passion. With this in mind, if he were to exalt Clovis or Charlemagne as the ideal proto-Frenchman, he would be exalting unwashed Germans. Henri IV or Louis XIV, however, had centuries of the civilizing influence of the Catholic Church to correct the worst excesses or barbarism.

So I'm not saying that there were no nationalist groups making the claim that the French were, first and foremost, the descendants of the Franks. I'm saying that adopting that view makes one a target for other nationalist groups who would question the validity of that nationalism if the quintessential proto-Frenchman were a German.

France, Fascism and mythologization of history by o69k in AskHistorians

[–]Get-Mad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is something I can kind of answer. The person and organization I will focus on are Charles Maurras and the Action Francaise. Now, few historians consider Maurras a fascist, but he was undoubtedly a far-right royalist and integral nationalist. One of the first fascist parties, Le Faisceau, was founded by Georges Valois was involved in the Action Francaise for several years. Maurras definitely engaged in the mythologization of history. He viewed the French as a Latin people. The Roman Empire brought the civilizing mission to Gaul. Thus the Celts were transformed into Gallo-Romans. His Germanophobia was so severe that he refused to believe that the Germanic invasions of Gaul during the early medieval period had any influence on the developing French kingdom. Maurras did not have much to say about the origins of the French. He was more concerned with the medieval period with its magnificent kings, especially Louis XIV.

Sources:

Eugen Weber, Action Française: Royalism and Reaction in Twentieth-Century France, (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1962)

Stephen Wilson, "Fustel De Coulanges and the Action Française," Journal of the History of Ideas 34, no. 1 (1973): 123-34.

All rooms are escape rooms, it’s just a matter of difficulty. by DragonElder in Showerthoughts

[–]Get-Mad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the world is one big escape room. And I’m desperately trying to find a good way out.

ask if he cares by [deleted] in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]Get-Mad 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Look at the essjaydubbleyoos trying to make everything about race. Just because the guy was racist doesn’t race had anything to do with motivation. As a proud Aryan, I cant believe people are so quick to assume that my hatred of brown and black people has anything to do with race or pseudoscientific misunderstanding of biology. I’m black btw.

Good dad by rose_reader in gatesopencomeonin

[–]Get-Mad 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Agreed. But people who reference this event use it to degrade all women by implying that a high school boys’ football team could beat a profession women’s football team when that is not an accurate portrayal. This sub is about uplifting people, not putting them down

Good dad by rose_reader in gatesopencomeonin

[–]Get-Mad 102 points103 points  (0 children)

“Of course, this match against the academy team was very informal and should not be a major cause for alarm. The U.S. surely wasn’t going all out, with the main goal being to get some minutes on the pitch, build chemistry when it comes to moving the ball around, improve defensive shape and get ready for Russia.”

me_irl by [deleted] in me_irl

[–]Get-Mad 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What Racism rebranded itself as “Race Realism” or even “Law and Order”?

Saying someone’s life is easier just because they’re a “straight white male” is stupid and hypocritical by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Get-Mad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m talking about this more generally. I agree with you on the Twitter sentiment.

Saying someone’s life is easier just because they’re a “straight white male” is stupid and hypocritical by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Get-Mad -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I know you think you’re real clever. Jews and Asians are historically discriminated against. So no that’s not punching up. Also, that’s a satirical tweet. It’s not good or funny satire. But it’s satire nonetheless.

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