Remember that brief few weeks in 2021, when the GOP grew a spine and denounced Donald Trump following the Capitol Insurrection? Should've taught sane Americans something important: Do not debate fascists. MAGA didn't re-emerge out of reason. They're too deep in the cult to leave
I don't like them putting denialism on the internet. They turned the freakin' fonts gay. Do you understand that!?
Yeah. I've only had two ever get more than 50k views. But I've definitely had some success in getting people from short clips over to the long-form that clip is from
What's wrong?
In an hour, join Mr. Beat and I on twitch.tv/cynicalhisto... while we attempt to watch the 2nd episode of Matt Walsh's abysmal "Real History," this time about American Indians (and yes, he made his own face look constipated like that)
Love how often I'll see people say that I "claim to be unbiased." Find a singular instance of that in my entire 13 years as a public historian, just once. No. People who say that simply want their own biases confirmed. Here's why: youtube.com/shorts/0JBGg...
I'm fully in favor of this. Housing should never be investment tools
Internet Relay Chat. It's basically a predecessor to Discord
Elon did to Twitter the same thing that happened with 4Chan when hacktivists (Anonymous) migrated to IRC; slant the site by privileging rightwing extremists, making moderates and the left disengage, with a few remaining simply for tradition or belligerence
Matt Walsh's so-called "Real History" has somehow gotten worse since @iammrbeat.bsky.social and I viewed the first episode, full of racism, deceit, and conspiracism. We'll watch more of this MAGA denialism on saturday afternoon at twitch.tv/cynicalhisto...
Missed that one. Sometimes YouTube hides comments from even me. The bigot is banned now
The famous 1872 "American Progress" painting is a perfect summation of our frontier myth. Here is a short breakdown of what it symbolizes: youtube.com/shorts/5Wegf...
Gonna start editing the first fascism episode on twitch.tv/cynicalhisto... in just a bit. This is perhaps my most pertinent history in awhile and has been in the works for a year
A 1937 speech by the archbishop of Chicago popularized the derogative label "paper hanger" for nazi sycophancy. In retaliation, Hitler conspired to defraud Catholics of funds for the University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Sounds familiar
Thank goodness that my cat has white parts of his coat. I'd accidentally kick him far more often simply due to his preference to be underfoot in the dark
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Serious question: Does Viktor Orban conceding this election mean he is not (or at least no longer) an authoritarian? Explain your answer and remember that this holds implications for authoritarianism elsewhere
if Taliban insurgents count as drones, me too! LOL
I'm pretty sure this would be illegal in most states, but at least it's a great metaphor for the obstructed perspective of MAGA
Just confirmed that my presentation proposal about my public history work was accepted for the AHA-Pacific conference at one of my alma maters, UNLV. It'll be in late July and will be fun. Looking forward to it
"It is the nature of religious communities to embellish the story of their past with tales of providential guidance and divine direction" -Stephen J. Stein, 1992. Cuts to the quick of not just the Shakers he wrote about, but basically everything
(I might review the Ann Lee movie)
Nice red herring
Given New Mexico winning 7-0 wars, all of which Texas initiated, Thomas Hart Benton's proposal should've been reconsidered. At the very least, the N/S Pearce border should be extended southward to the Rio Grand with NM annexing El Paso
Try winning a war then. 7-0 means New Mexico has proven its superiority
*other way around, not otherwise
Texas failed to invade New Mexico 3-5x (1842, 44, 49-50, 61-62, "TX flood") with 2x successful otherwise (1862-65, '77). How many more need slaughtering before you learn? Here's an episode about Texans' inherent inferiority to New Mexicans: youtu.be/CTA10aruS6Y
Making pretty good headway on recording the lectures for my my US history survey (first half). The one about the American Revolution is next. 8 remain after that. Patrons can vote on what I record next at www.patreon.com/c/CynicalHis...
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The third week lecture for my US history survey, covering colonial times from roughly 1670-1715, is now available: youtu.be/2S1CpB49gWQ
not touching that with a ten foot pole