great country we’ve got here

no questions about who to root for though

apparently the existence of the USSR caused US decades to have personalities

…no, the war on terror was not a personality (as we all tried to tell dick cheney)

Getting together at the Nazi bar to have a sober and serious discussion about the ethics of boycott

That’s fair, but in this particular case if you look at the replies to the quoted post you will see that the “old view” is alive and well on this website, for whatever reason

The issue for me isn’t really the question of whether it was good (although considered from a Jewish perspective the late Middle Ages were demonstrably worse). It’s whether the label, and all it implies, are justified. I would definitely agree that Baghdad was better than Paris in 900

climate catastrophe alone invalidates the whole myth

“oh, it’s the greatest time in human history except for how we rendered the planet uninhabitable”

imagine still having an “enlightened progress” narrative in the face of transatlantic chattel slavery, genocide of indigenous peoples, colonialism, two world wars, Auschwitz, Hiroshima

all because you think Voltaire is clever, smdh

Glad to see the Sabbateans mentioned towards the end. On the surface, it's an ambiguous example for this. The vast majority of the movement dissolved, but a hardcore minority persisted for centuries. That doesn't help extreme readings of cognitive dissonance in either direction

I demand more detail. Can you ask them their thoughts on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist

A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.

Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."