History according to random people...

[SaparotRob]

I need to dust this thread off in order to pay homage to an incredibly misinformed person encountered on the interwebs.

Archaeology Magazine posts great articles on Facebook and *usually* has a well informed following with great replies to their posts (unlike Smithsonian Mag, who's posts attract idiots like moths to a porch light).

The artical AM posted, was about the Olive Groves of Zita, which drove a rich economy until the vast Olive orchards were cut down by the Romans to fuel iron smelters.

Ok, so there were some good responses to the article until "J Elle Cox" showed up and gave us gems like this:
"J Elle Cox
Bruce E Tutcher Rome never existed in the west. It's a fantasy made up by the 'Slava Ukraini' fascists to give themselves history that never existed. All ancient history of civilization comes from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Steppe. Europe was backwater uncivilized peeps, historically, and the fascist policies they're promoting mow will put them back in the same place, imo. If you've never read the honest Roman Catholic priest/father admitting that no one ever spoke Latin or wrote it to actually communicate with people, then it's a great topic yo inform yourself about. 'Rome' is Disneyland, imo."

To get a better idea of where she's coming from, she 100% serious and even believes California belongs to Russia, because they "discovered it in 1812".
Never mind that the Spaniards were already here in California for 200 years...

By the way, here's Archaeology Magazine's article (on their website), if anyone's interested:

Digs & Discoveries - Oliveopolis - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2022

After the Romans conquered the Phoenicians of northern Africa in 146 B.C., they allowed them […]

www.archaeology.org

Nil illegitimus carborundum.

 

[GrauGeist]

Nil illegitimus carborundum.

Nope, you can't use Latin, it was made up by the fascist Ukranians when they invented the myth of Rome. It doesn't actually exist.

Remember?

 

[Greg Boeser]

I have encountered this school of philosophy before. I don't remember all the details, except it was a Russian pushing the idea that the Slavs were God's chosen people, Russia was the center of civilization and everything we believed about history was "consentual history". In other words a made up fable to prop up the myth of Western Civilization.

 

[GrauGeist]

I have encountered this school of philosophy before. I don't remember all the details, except it was a Russian pushing the idea that the Slavs were God's chosen people, Russia was the center of civilization and everything we believed about history was "consentual history". In other words a made up fable to prop up the myth of Western Civilization.

I recall seing that before.

And it was (if I remember right) a Soviet era math professor who started all this idiocy.

 

[at6]

Find all Russian nationals who have visas and deport them all.

 

[Marcel]

I know quite a few Russians who are great guys. Let's not being dragged into a hate campaign.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I know quite a few Russians who are great guys. Let's not being dragged into a hate campaign.

Generalizing people is great unless its your people that are being generalized. Of course its easy to generalize everyone, and usually those doing the generalizing are throwing rocks in glass houses.

I've seen this in my own country for the last 8 years.

 

[SaparotRob]

The average Russian doesn't have the same access to information that we take for granted. Whether it's willful ignorance or keeping your head down, I don't know. I suspect it's both.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The average Russian doesn't have the same access to information that we take for granted. Whether it's willful ignorance or keeping your head down, I don't know. I suspect it's both.

Easy for people to forget this.

 

[GrauGeist]

Find all Russian nationals who have visas and deport them all.

The problem in this case, is that the female posting that nonsense, is an American living in Las Vegas.

So there is zero excuses for her lack of education stupidity...

 

[ARTESH]

"BET Rome never existed in the west. It's a fantasy made up by the 'Slava Ukraini' fascists."

Well, actually she lost the BET! Where is my money???

 

[GrauGeist]

Well, actually she lost the BET! Where is my money???

Get in line, my friend!

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Find all Russian nationals who have visas and deport them all.

Better yet, let's put them in internment camps like we did the Japanese!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

The average Russian doesn't have the same access to information that we take for granted. Whether it's willful ignorance or keeping your head down, I don't know. I suspect it's both.

Facebook has been blocked in Russia, Twitter has been limited, the only way Russians are receiving news from the west is through short wave BBC Brings Back Shortwave Radio Broadcasts in Russia

 

[at6]

No don't put anyone in [Internment] Concentration camps.

 

[SaparotRob]

Better yet, let's put them in internment camps like we did the Japanese! View attachment 660381

I know where you are coming from. I wanted to give you an "agree" in the same sarcastic vein but we know not all would get it.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I know where you are coming from. I wanted to give you an "agree" in the same sarcastic vein but we know not all would get it.

You and me both… lol

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

No don't put anyone in [Internment] Concentration camps.

I was being sarcastic, but if we're going to draw a conclusion from, and hopefully to, this sidebar, I'd prefer it be formulated Don't practice collective guilt, or judge people solely by their ethnic background. Just me.

I know where you are coming from. I wanted to give you an "agree" in the same sarcastic vein but we know not all would get it.

I'm glad you took it as it was intended, I was a little worried it might be misconstrued.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Facebook has been blocked in Russia [...][/URL]

In this instance Putin's right, for the wrong reasons, to be sure, lol.

 

[SaparotRob]

We should all agree with Thumpalumpacus. Don't practice collective guilt or judge people by their ethnic background. Just Thumpalumpacus.