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

  1.  @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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  2. 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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  3. ​ @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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  4. Plus all those West Virginia coal miners.
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  5. 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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  6.  @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  All that was missing was the god Finagle and his prophet Murphy.
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  7. Is mathematics as we know it the creation of white civilization? I would not be so sure about that. Yes Euclid, Pythagoras and other contributed. But the roots of higher paths go back to into Mesopotamian and Indian subcontinent civilizations in my opinion. Is Newton the role inventor of calculus? Liebnitz was arriving at the same point a th the same time. I think we remember Newton more mainly because of his Mathematical Principles. In antiquity there was some working towards calculus. The point is normally nothing is developed or invented in a vacuum. But mathematics truely is a universal logically consistent* system of of finding answers to problems. At least those problems that can be defined by it. *I think to really crasp mathematics you need to understand cause and effect. If your world view is based on magic or mysticism then IMO you are going to have problems.
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  8.  @HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb  Moderation in all things. Including moderation. 😉
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  9.  @physiocrat7143  Well, the plum brandy will liven any gathering up.
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  10. 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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  11.  @TeddyG-y6s  I already l got the humor but the comment got deleted.
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  12. Everybody knows that Shakespeare was black. Or stole all his ideas from African cultural stories.
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  13.  @UICeinnselaig  Othello is described as a Moor. Moor does not necessarily equate to Sub-Saharan. My initial comment was sarcasm.
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  14. Once again the Arab and other Muslim countries have really stepped up.
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  15. 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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  16. How? By convincing them if they elect him he in concert with his/her party will solve all their problems.
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  17. The early Christian's certainly co-opted Saturnalia and other pagan Winter Soltice celebrations. The early church could have chosen any time of the year really. Look at Easter. The first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. That's always sure to deliver a regular date. I was born on Ash Wednesday and a friend in school was born on Easter. It wasn't until a few years ago when I turned 62 that my birthday was on Ash Wednesday again. I will leave it as an exercise for you to figure out the respective dates
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  18. Just wait until they start wearing sashes like Latin American politicians, presidents and dictators.
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  19. 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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  20. I'm surprised they didn't want to require a quota for "Asians"
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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24.  @jamescollins3647  No, the Toyota's are used as war chariots. AKA "technicals"
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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. Shows who is valued. And who is not by the powers that be.
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  30. 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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  31. Why can't the OP just have them arrested because his feelings are hurt or he feels threatened. Oh, right.
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  32. BBC = Brits Being Communists.
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  33. It's obvious. If you can afford to go on holiday you are danger to the health and safety of those less economically advantaged. Now if you gather in a large group for Friday prayers. Well, that's alright. And yes the world has gone slightly mad. No one with half a brain really thinks the current health/medical/contagion crisis is not real. But we should see that it seems no matter what governments try and do nothing will stop it. People are reacting with shock it seems when they find out this edition of a Carona virus has mutated. That's what viruses do. Or they panic when they hear that the current vaccines might be effective against the new strains. Well guess what. The only thing that is a absolutely assured when you are born is YOU WILL DIE AT SOME POINT. Not even taxes are required provided you are creative enough. Even people on welfare, public assistance or what ever you call it pay taxes. Sales tax, VAT etc. The only thing we can say about when we die is we have some choice over the matter. I say some because there things beyond our control. One can live a healthy life style, eat wholesome foods, partake of other things in moderate amounts and still get hit by a bus. None of us physically are immortal. I'll leave the philosophical discussions to others. Accept that you are mortal. Take reasonable precautions for your safety and the safety of others. If you are sick stay home. No one else wants your common cold, Covid or flu. It's yours you get to keep it. Odds are you will be just fine.
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  34. It appears the government reaction to wokeness has begun in France. I'm not advocating it but I wonder if we will see a return of Madam Guillotine
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  35. 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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  36. Not so funny now.
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  37. I guess that no no space isn't working out so well.
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  38. I sometimes think the early church leaders had certain, hangups shall we say.
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  39. ​ @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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  40. ​ @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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  41. I'm getting the feeling it is going to take the lower ranks of the police to say not only no but Hell No.
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  42. 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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  43. 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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  44.  @anitamaguire7640  5? I suspect they have the next 25 planned out. The words and issues are simply fill in the blanks
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  45. But these knife fights are just ways for teenagers to let off excess energy. In case anybody can't recognize that it is called SARCASM. To the Left they only thing us "normies" are good for is to pay taxes to support their fantasy world.
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  46. Don't worry. In 30 years yhere will only be one text that is taught.
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  47. The Left. Especially the Woke Left does not believe in Childhood. They consider children to be merely little adults. That can be molded into whatever is required.
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  48. ​ @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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  49. 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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  50. It may not distract from my enjoyment in watching a western movie but when the film has its characters using firearms from a later period than the film takes place in. That to me shows a complete lack of historical research on the part of the producers. As to how side arms were carried in Old West (or Real West as opposed to the Hollywood West) there were a variety of rigs. The side carry was generally much higher on the side than the fast draw we see in the movies. Other rigs included the reverse draw style holster. This is the typical carry style for the New Model Remmington that was the standard US Army side arm prior to the adoption of the Colt Single Action Army (aka Peacemaker or Model 1873) and the Smith & Wesson Scholfield. There were also side draw rigs with the pistol carried in front on the opposite side of the dominant hand. And lastly shoulder holsters. The fast draw rig is entirely a creation of Hollywood as far as I know. The "bullet impact" as shown in the movies is purely for cinematic drama. But one thing to consider. The bullets used in the period had far different terminal characteristics than say a jacketed full powered battle rifle round of WWII. The bullets of the 1850 to 1890 Real West were lead with no jacketing. These will have a tendency to deliver all of their energy to the target*. Just not enough to throw somebody across the room. The rope trick was used in the John Wayne movie Rio Lobo on Grorge Plimpton. *As an aside in the 1980s the local police department was looking to change service weapons. The choices were between 9mm and .45ACP. The department went with .45ACP. The round used in the Colt 1911. My brother-in-law was in charge of the program. I asked him why they went with the .45ACP versus the 9x19. After all the 9mm offered higher capacity. His said that first they looked at data for all police reports in which an officer had to fire his weapon. It came out to two or three rounds per incident. Second was the possibility of innocent civilians being hit by rounds that over penetrated. This was a big problem with the 9mm. The .45ACP had a much lower chance of over penetration.
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