Mischa Honeck
@honeckmischa.bsky.social
Historian, United States, empire, childhood, gender. Professor, University of Kassel. Mostly nice.
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You got to hand it to Ken Burns. Just watched the opening scenes of The American Revolution, and it takes him not more than 8 minutes to do a one-eighty, first gesturing at a possible postcolonial narrative before arriving at a full-throated exceptionalist account of the nation’s origin. /1
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You got to hand it to Ken Burns. Just watched the opening scenes of The American Revolution, and it takes him not more than 8 minutes to do a one-eighty, first gesturing at a possible postcolonial narrative before arriving at a full-throated exceptionalist account of the nation’s origin. /1
You got to hand it to Ken Burns. Just watched the opening scenes of The American Revolution, and it takes him not more than 8 minutes to do a one-eighty, first gesturing at a possible postcolonial narrative before arriving at a full-throated exceptionalist account of the nation’s origin. /1
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You got to hand it to Ken Burns. Just watched the opening scenes of The American Revolution, and it takes him not more than 8 minutes to do a one-eighty, first gesturing at a possible postcolonial narrative before arriving at a full-throated exceptionalist account of the nation’s origin. /1
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The central problem that emerged in Episode 1 of Ken Burns's new documentary about the American Revolution is that while he wants to integrate a wide range of voices and the historians responsible for this broader perspective, he refuses to allow it to disrupt a traditional and familiar narrative. 🗃️
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The central problem that emerged in Episode 1 of Ken Burns's new documentary about the American Revolution is that while he wants to integrate a wide range of voices and the historians responsible for this broader perspective, he refuses to allow it to disrupt a traditional and familiar narrative. 🗃️
With more Catholic clergy joining the outcry against mass deportations, when will JD Vance go full medieval and call for an antipope?
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
With more Catholic clergy joining the outcry against mass deportations, when will JD Vance go full medieval and call for an antipope?
I do hope you all remember how Glenn Beck ate humble pie in late 2016 and promised to become a bridge builder only to return to what he does best shortly thereafter: throwing flames and peddling conspiracy narratives.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I do hope you all remember how Glenn Beck ate humble pie in late 2016 and promised to become a bridge builder only to return to what he does best shortly thereafter: throwing flames and peddling conspiracy narratives.
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Tom's mistake is that he conflates full blown authoritarianism with fascism. As if fascism only occurs when there has been full consolidation of power.
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Tom's mistake is that he conflates full blown authoritarianism with fascism. As if fascism only occurs when there has been full consolidation of power.
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
Dachte zuerst, das ist ein AfD-Fiebertraum.
🎩Everyone vote blue fuck these fascists!
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Dachte zuerst, das ist ein AfD-Fiebertraum.
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I’m gonna call this returning the favor almost one century after prominent Nazis rolled out the red carpet for US eugenicists and Klansmen who were visiting Germany in the 1930s,
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’m gonna call this returning the favor almost one century after prominent Nazis rolled out the red carpet for US eugenicists and Klansmen who were visiting Germany in the 1930s,
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
Dass “konservativer Feminismus” wenig mit Feminismus zu tun hat, zeigte schon Phyllis Schlafly eindrucksvoll. Die erzkonservative Aktivistin kämpfte in den 1970ern erfolgreich gegen die Ratifizierung des Equal Rights Amendment, das die verfassungsrechtliche Gleichstellung der Frauen erwirkt hätte.
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Dass “konservativer Feminismus” wenig mit Feminismus zu tun hat, zeigte schon Phyllis Schlafly eindrucksvoll. Die erzkonservative Aktivistin kämpfte in den 1970ern erfolgreich gegen die Ratifizierung des Equal Rights Amendment, das die verfassungsrechtliche Gleichstellung der Frauen erwirkt hätte.
I’m gonna call this returning the favor almost one century after prominent Nazis rolled out the red carpet for US eugenicists and Klansmen who were visiting Germany in the 1930s,
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’m gonna call this returning the favor almost one century after prominent Nazis rolled out the red carpet for US eugenicists and Klansmen who were visiting Germany in the 1930s,
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
www.politico.eu/article/larg...
A sign of the times, I guess, when op-ed writers in the @nytimes.com get to say that the abolition of slavery was a moral triumph of Anglo-Saxon civilization and get no pushback for glossing over the CENTRAL role of Black resistance.
“Abolitionism, a Western Anglophone achievement” is where I stopped reading.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
Opinion | One Horror of Slavery That Until Recently Could Not Be Told
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A sign of the times, I guess, when op-ed writers in the @nytimes.com get to say that the abolition of slavery was a moral triumph of Anglo-Saxon civilization and get no pushback for glossing over the CENTRAL role of Black resistance.
“Abolitionism, a Western Anglophone achievement” is where I stopped reading.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
Opinion | One Horror of Slavery That Until Recently Could Not Be Told
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“Abolitionism, a Western Anglophone achievement” is where I stopped reading.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
Unterschiede zwischen Andreas Rödder und Alexander Gauland muss man inzwischen echt mit der Lupe suchen.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Unterschiede zwischen Andreas Rödder und Alexander Gauland muss man inzwischen echt mit der Lupe suchen.
So geht Journalismus!
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So geht Journalismus!
Wag the Epstein.
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Wag the Epstein.
Die Ostpolitik-Nostalgie von Stegner/Mützenich erinnert in ihrer Starrhalsigkeit doch stark an die geschichtspolitische Verblendung der Neocons, die meinten, die Lektionen der Besatzungspolitik nach 1945 ließen sich doch locker auf Afghanistan und Irak übertragen.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Die Ostpolitik-Nostalgie von Stegner/Mützenich erinnert in ihrer Starrhalsigkeit doch stark an die geschichtspolitische Verblendung der Neocons, die meinten, die Lektionen der Besatzungspolitik nach 1945 ließen sich doch locker auf Afghanistan und Irak übertragen.
Schon interessant, wie Parteigerontokraten wie Wolfgang Kubicki auf einmal aufschreien, wenn es sich um menschenverachtende Rhetorik gegenüber alten (deutschen) Menschen handelt, sonst aber spöttisch bis empathielos über Minderheitenleid reden.
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Schon interessant, wie Parteigerontokraten wie Wolfgang Kubicki auf einmal aufschreien, wenn es sich um menschenverachtende Rhetorik gegenüber alten (deutschen) Menschen handelt, sonst aber spöttisch bis empathielos über Minderheitenleid reden.
Im nächsten Leben werde ich Allgemeinexperte.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Im nächsten Leben werde ich Allgemeinexperte.
Showing Lavrov the window, I mean door.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Showing Lavrov the window, I mean door.
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ZDF-Chefhistoriker unerschütterlich in seinem Glauben an Amerika.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
ZDF-Chefhistoriker unerschütterlich in seinem Glauben an Amerika.
ZDF-Chefhistoriker unerschütterlich in seinem Glauben an Amerika.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
ZDF-Chefhistoriker unerschütterlich in seinem Glauben an Amerika.
Ethisch fragwürdig ? Absolut. Eugenik? Not so much. Um selektive (“rassenhygienische”) Reproduktion geht es hier ja nicht.
Das ist übrigens Eugenik.
Wenn du einmal beginnst zu selektieren, wem du hilfst und wem nicht, dann gehst du einen Weg, der nicht aufzuhalten ist.
Streeck ist Mediziner und weiß das natürlich. Das macht es so perfide. Vor allem, weil er zwei rhetorische Tricks verwendet:
Wenn du einmal beginnst zu selektieren, wem du hilfst und wem nicht, dann gehst du einen Weg, der nicht aufzuhalten ist.
Streeck ist Mediziner und weiß das natürlich. Das macht es so perfide. Vor allem, weil er zwei rhetorische Tricks verwendet:
Hendrik Streeck fragt: Sind teure Medikamente für Senioren wirklich nötig?
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ethisch fragwürdig ? Absolut. Eugenik? Not so much. Um selektive (“rassenhygienische”) Reproduktion geht es hier ja nicht.
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Except for the teeth.
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Except for the teeth.
Don’t know about you but Trump boasting that he could shoot somebody and not lose any voters rings differently with these newly released Epstein emails in front of us.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Don’t know about you but Trump boasting that he could shoot somebody and not lose any voters rings differently with these newly released Epstein emails in front of us.
I know Francis Fukuyama has become a laughing stock for the End of History. Read his 2002 book Our Posthuman Future instead. Much more on point. And prescient. Big tech neofeudalism, Thiel’s attack on democracy - the writing’s been on the wall…
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I know Francis Fukuyama has become a laughing stock for the End of History. Read his 2002 book Our Posthuman Future instead. Much more on point. And prescient. Big tech neofeudalism, Thiel’s attack on democracy - the writing’s been on the wall…