Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "History Debunked" channel.

  1. ​ @stumac869  Even in the US the Wrights had a hard time getting traction. The US government was funding Langley. A scale model of which had flown successfully. Shortly before the Wrights first flights (1) Langley tried and failed. Were their other machines that got into the air? Yes. But as stated by others it was controlled flight. In a later aviation meet in France where the Europeans were happy to get "flights" little more than hops. By that time the Wrights were flying literally for miles. 1) After going back to Ohio the Wrights had alot of trouble getting into the air. Turns out the flights at Kitty Hawk took place during a period of high pressure. Plus the Wrights had photographs.
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  2. There is another reason that white liberals embrace DEI. I allows them to lord it over their percieved inferiors. AKA hicks, hillbillies, Southern racists, blue collar uneducated morons etc. Without any backlash coming towards them for their own bigotry.
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  3. I don't care. As long as they are competent at their job.
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  4. I thought Pride was last month? Or has been officially been expanded to 365 days a year.
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  5. The natives are restless. Does anyone hear "in the jungle, the mighty jungle......." There are places in the US where this is happening also.
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  6.  @Damo-np7ul  Widely travelled. He's been to the Moon and had a famous pair of trousers. AKA Wallace.
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  7. This isn't so much somebody playing the race card as it is dome bu ody playing the celebrity card. Oh, the race card was played as well. But the celebrity card out trumps (1) the race card everytime. But if you can play bu oth at the same time. That's a twofer. 1) Will Hoyle's (2) book degining the rules of card games. Especially the ones that are played for tricks (Bridge, Skat, Pinenocale (sp), Eucher, Sheepshead, Canasta, Gin etc) and involve the use of either called or fixed suits of trump cards. Simply because calling them trump cards is "triggering" or a macro-micro-aggression (l claim credit for the term, send copyright payments to my Nigerian PayPal acct). What should we call them instead? BLM suits? They seem to out trump everything else these days. And does anyone play Canasta or Gin anymore? And its easy to tell the point of origin of trump type games. Typically the games ingolving the high cards being Queens are from Central Europe 2) lnterestingly the only card game with no known antecedent which sprung into being with the same rules today is cribbage.
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  8. ​ @sabrinatscha2554  The Marine attack on Derna was pretty much run on a shoestring with very few Marines involved. Primarily mercenaries. Greek iirc. But I could be confusing the facts with a movie featuring John Payne and Maureen O'Hara. The Halls of Montezuma refers to Marine involvement in the Mexican War.
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  9. How long before one sees herds of goats in places like Hyde Park? Or New York's Central Park.
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  10.  @noelpucarua2843  I have Irish ancestors but l do not consider myself to be ethnicly Irish. Nor do l consider myself to be ethnicly Danish. Even though my family tree is 50% Danish. I was merely observing the eventual result of a policy of basically unlimited immigration from other regions.
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  11. Every year we hear news stories out of Saudi Arabia about worshippersgetting trampled in stampedes at one of the pilgrimage sites. Something l have never heard about amongst Christians in Jerusalem during Holy Week. As Christians we may have a desire to visit the Holy Land. But we are not compelled to as requirement. IMO the requirement to make a pilgrimage to Mecca was more about ensuring Mecca's primacy than anything else.
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  12.  @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Well, there is this classic from Thunderf00t. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tunderf00t+anti+science+video&&view=detail&mid=7F27203CB453952A51257F27203CB453952A5125&&FORM=VRDGAR Note at the end the "enlightened" individual proceeds to pick up her Western designed and invented cell phone to probably check her social networks. And she is speaking in English too.
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  13. ​Randy Andy has a pair. It's what got him in trouble.
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  14. The UN is not a world government. And was never intended to be.
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  15.  @douglastobor7718  Well tea tasting like shit is an improvement in my book. Maybe I just don't like tea.
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  16. The politics of envy.
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  17. Even as an ignorant Yank l can say 'not bloody likely'. In my opinion one elderly homeless Englishman sleeping on a park bench somewhere in London will be one Englishman too many. To certain powers that be that is.
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  18. And paying taxes.
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  19. It's the BBC. What else would you expect. Everything is racist.
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  20.  @robertcook2572  Love crime could be stalking because someone is obsessed with another person. Indifferent could be ignoring someone bleeding to death on the sidewalk.
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  21. And similar to any of a number of other slurs the Woke hurl at people. If they can label you ist that. Or phobic of some sort it allows them to dehumanize you in their minds.
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  22. ​ @DaBriars  Every country? Probably most countries have some ethnic Irish living in their borders. But all? Aside from diplomatic staff and families l can't imagine any ethnically Irish immigrating to say North Korea. Or some African nations.
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  23. There is a Jordan Peterson video where he is talking about the people who keep modern society running. Its not the urban professionals. Its the people, mostly men, mostly white at least in the West (1),that keep the lights on. The sewers and waste treatment facilities working. The water systems that deliver water to the faucet. Maintain the natural gas distribution systems. Without these systems and infrastructure society would quickly fall apart. 1) Its not race that sees these men in these jobs. Its a work ethic. Personally l don't care who is doing these jobs in terms of ethnic backround. What l care about is the jobs get done. What l care about is competence. If that makes me an ablist so be it.
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  24. With your clearly evident Two Tier Policing I always think of the irony of 1984. Some pigs are more equal than others.
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  25.  @TeddyG-y6s  I already l got the humor but the comment got deleted.
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  26. Once again the Arab and other Muslim countries have really stepped up.
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  27. In any democracy the attitudes of local elected offcials on matters outside the borders of their own constituency. Especially outside their own national borders. Have little or no effect on the polices and practices that actually matter inside their own district, town, city village etc. It has about as much effect as declaring your city a "nuclear free zone" as declaring solidarity with Gaza has on whether or not the potholes get repaired. Or public spaces such as parks are maintained. Or local water systems, sewers and other public services are managed properly. Local elected officials are elected to look after local matters. If your local elected officials do not look after these matters but instead use the position to posture in the local community they should be voted out in the next election. This applies to communities in any nation that has real elections. The practice of some local officials in any democracy to enrich themselves at the expense of the citizenry is another matter. (1) Otherwise you may as well hire professional city managers or revert to officials who find their office through appointment or heriditary means (2). 1) This is another factor of massive immigration into First World (mainly what is refered to as "The West") nations by immigrants from nations where graft and corruption are just the way things are done. Not that these things are not done in the First World. But in the First World everybody knows it is illegal. 2) l am not a fan of hereditary forms of government except for one possible aspect. In such a system it is possible to raise the next generation of rulers, local or national, with a sense of duty to their posisition and responsibilities. Note l said possible. Not that they always would have a sense of duty.
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  28. How? By convincing them if they elect him he in concert with his/her party will solve all their problems.
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  29. Just wait until they start wearing sashes like Latin American politicians, presidents and dictators.
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  30. Is the bias on the part of their leadership? On the part of the cop on the street? Or all the way across the board?
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  31. In the US every so often we hear proposals to privitize the mail. Only in the US Constitution there is a requirement for the government to provide postal service to every resident (1)(2). It does not mean service to your mailbox necessarily but it does mean service. If your postal service does get sold off look to see unprofitable service areas to get reduced service or eliminated altogether. And higher rates. 1) Prior to the reforms of government service under President Chester A Arthur government jobs especially Post Master jobs were prime patronage jobs. Lincoln when he first became president and was besieged by office seekers is said to have commented about not enough teats for the pigs. 2) About the only things the US Constitution required the Federal Government to do was deliver the mail and provide for the common defense.
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  32. I have been wondering just how long it is going to take for some enterprising refugee. I mean immigrant from Afghanistan, Somalia or another garden spot to look at all that grass in Hyde or Central Park and decide it needs a herd of goats. Then maybe the powers that be will wake up. Locally we banned keeping chickens in the back yard due to the stink and the noise decades ago. Now we have "progressives" that want to bring it back. And most of these progressives probably live in flats or apartments.
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  33. Any Western politician that is sucking up to the Muslim vote should look at what happened in Hammatrack Michigan. The Alphabet community had their backs and when a majority Muslim City Council took over the knives came out.
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  34. It was the elites and their servants in Western countries that pushed increased immigration from foreign nations by peoples that share little no measure of any cultural commonality. If the experience of the United States concerning immigration in the last half of the 19th and early 20th Centuries is anything to go by. These immigrants will largely settle into urban ghettos. Where they will to some degree attempt to recreate the society they came from. St least the United States had three things largely working in its favor during this time period. The first was the immigrants were largely European in origin. Second there was by and large some common religous backround even with the Protestant/Catholic divide. The third thing is there was enough open land for the establishment of new farming communities. Largely by Central and Northern Europeans. Today Europe is facing an immigration wave of people wio share none of Western Europes values. Social, religious or even tolerance. These people by and large seem to dispise not only the West but their own hosts. What these immigrants seemingly refuse to understand is that tolerance (1) is a two way street. If your host is expected to be tolerant towards you. Then you should be tolerant towards the society that you have CHOSEN to immigrate to and live amongst. 1) It seems the elites and certain politicians in West have forgotten about the idea of tolerance towards their own people if they hold opposing points of view.
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  35. Two solutions. 1) Start your own media outlet. Just be sure to hire a diverse team of employees. 2) Immigrate to where you feel comfortable.
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  36. If a political party forms in the UK or any other Western country that identifies as Muslim IMO odds are that lagally the elected officials of that country will be hands off. But if a political party formed that promoted the interests of a particular Protestant denomination (1), Roman Catholics or any other Christian sect they would come down on them like a ton of bricks. 1) The Southern Baptists in the US come to mind.
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  37. The adage about the grass and the snake that hides there in comes to mind. And it can be applied to just about ethnicity or religious group. One Christian denomination that comes to mind is Southern Baptists and the KKK members that sheltered in it and called themselves Christian.
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  38. Shows who is valued. And who is not by the powers that be.
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  39. Why is it the Left always fail to understand just what democracy means. Sometimes they seem to think democracy in a representative government means the people have a direct voice in government. A modestly sized city much less a nation state are far too large for such a system to work. The Representative of a district, region or whatever it is called is empowered to act in the interests of the people in that district. All the people. Not just the ones that voted for him or her. And sometimes that representative has to vote on issues in a way that is best for the whole city/region/state/nation even if that nay go against the percieved interests of the people they represent. The modern Left (1) percieve democracy as being a one party state controling legeslative, executive and judicial powers with only minor opposition represtation allowed to maintain the illusion of "democracy". Just look at the post WWll nations that embraced communism. And the titles of those nations. The German Democratic Republic. The only non lie in that name was German. It was neither a Republic or Democratic. And that is just one example. Another issue here is the term Far Right. The Left bandies the term and the label with so little regard for reality it has lost all meaning. Basically anyone to the right if their position on anything is labeled Far Right. This does not mean that Far Right elements do not exist in many societies. But not to the extent that Far Left elements seem to do. Both in my opinion should be shunned as extremists. 1) Personally I have a great deal of distain for the idea that a simple Left or Right label can be used to discribe anyone. Just as Liberal or Conservative can be used to discribe anyone. It is entirely possible for an individual to hold views on different subjects that can be both Left or Right. But far too often the extremists demand ideological purity.
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  40. Why can't the OP just have them arrested because his feelings are hurt or he feels threatened. Oh, right.
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  41. BBC = Brits Being Communists.
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  42. There are cases when adapting a literary work set in one social environment to another with ethnically appropriate actors to that environment work. A lot of Shakespeare can be done this way. The Scottish Play (1) could be adapted to just about any society. The Film Ran by Kurosawa is a good example. West Side Story is Romeo and Juliet to New York City's housing projects. Forbidden Planet is just The Tempest. But if you do the adapting to really be believable IMO it needs to be set in that ethnic environment. Personally I'd like to see the BBC adapt a non European work into a project set in a ethnically appropriate Britian for its time period. Just to see if they have the guts to do so. But no, the BBC (2) will continue to blackwash other works while likely trying to insist they portray an accurate image of the period. The individuals that insist on continueing to do this should remember one thing. Just because you have the freedom to do this. Everyone else has the freedom not to watch or buy into it. 1) Macbeth for those who do not get the reference 2) Along with other production companies. Netflix comes to mind.
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  43. ​ @EH-jq1st  Your king Chucky may not have much real power but one thing he does have access to is what Teddy Roosevelt called the Bully Pulpit. One thing he should be using the Bully Pulpit for is the current unrest in the UK. That unrest is being driven by the UK's government policy on immigration (1). The UK simply cannot continue to absorb waves of immigrants. Especially waves of immigrants, legal or illegal, that are men in their early 20's. There aren't enough employment opportunities available. Your manufacturing sector was destroyed by a number of factors. Competition from aboard. Mainly from low cost nations. Poor management, government meddling and overly aggressive unions. They all share part of the blame. The US has seen some of the same effects minus government nationalizing companies. Somehow Germany despite high labor costs remains a strong manufacturing economy. All of these young men you are "absorbing". If they cannot find legitimate work they are either going to remain being supported by the state or turn to criminal activity. Possibly both. Maybe it is time to return to limited immigration. And simply having a thick enough hide to tell the critics that will call you racist or immigrant phobic to shut the hell up. Because if you don't, the Britain you know will be gone in 30 years tops. The English, Scots, Welsh and Irish will be disposed minorities in their own homelands. 1) More a lack of a policy from my viewpoint.
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  44. ​ @EH-jq1st  Another thing that limited their potential marriage pool is the limiting of their prospects to only supposed God fearing Protestants.
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  45. With all of the architects, engineers, scientists and doctors recently immigrating back to their ethnic homeland. One would think that Britain wouldbe expetiencing a scientific and cultural blossoming. New and brilliant structures, revivalised High Speed Rail, a NHS with no waiting periods for appointments and other wonderful things. If you are not perhaps the PM can explaine why. Must all because of those imaginary far right extremist.
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  46. Arrrrrrg. National Talk like a Pirate Day (1). The thing is most of these "Hallmark Holidays" do not have elected officials proclaiming them. 1) September 19th
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  47. ​ @michaelgregory9929  Even if Cheddar Man was dark skinned that does not mean he was culturally Sub Saharan African. And Sub Saharan does not automatically mean heavily melanated skin tone. Witness the San. Who used to live all over Southern Africa. When are they going to get reparations from the Bantu?
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  48. Go further than that. Legalized discrimination against CIS white males. Employing one wrong to correct another wrong does not make things right. All it will do is either perpetuate existing racism in some poeple or create new racists in others.
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  49. Anyone to the political right of Mao or Pol Pot is pretty much Far Right these days it seems.
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  50. I do some writing myself. Purely for my own enjoyment. I do not consider myself good. But l am better than some stuff I have read. But one thing l can not understand is when modern "experts" can not believe that Shakespeare could have produced so much when the total word count is less than many modern potboilers
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