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Howdy, r/badhistory! It's time for another edition of Modmail Madness. Every time the sub is mentioned on Reddit or one of our top-level posts is linked in a comment, we receive a notification. We compile some of those here for your interest. Onward!
Before the advent of "Anglo-Saxon Christianity" there was no misogyny, actually, because men were forced to join the army. I guess no one was ever forced to join the army again after those Anglo-Saxons?
According to one comment, all (or most) American laws are "literally remnants from Roman Law." Another comment in the chain helpfully elaborates that this is because American law is really English common law, which is really the law from the Norman Conquest, which is really the law from Rome!
It's in no way bad history to write a long rambling comment defending a thoroughly debunked and outdated historical idea. Bonus points for "proving" the Spanish were a small and technologically superior force that could conquer Latin America because Canadian troops won the Battle of Kapyong in the Korean War.
Pop quiz! If you disagree with the Mother Teresa post and its 60 sources, should you A) Engage in good faith debate and specify what you object to? B) Provide an alternate source? or C) Just say it's all a bunch of lies anyways and leave without elaboration.
"Imperialism wasn't significant for Western states" claims this comment, which then goes on to say that the advantages Western countries have from imperialism definitely weren't from imperialism. They were from, uh.... well, not imperialism!
And finally, we are delighted to report that someone wrote a paper about everyone's favourite book Guns, Germs, and Steel and titled it "F%&k Jared Diamond." Amazing.
Across Reddit this month, Mother Teresa retained her coveted most mentioned crown. She was linked in 11 unique threads (over 90 times between those 11 threads, but we only count mentions once per unique thread or we'll never have a hope of having another top post every again). Tis the season for bad history was the second most mentioned thread, coming in at 4 links. And finally, Woozling history: a case study was mentioned in 3 unique threads. Ultimately, 21 r/badhistory posts were linked in 36 unique conversations across Reddit. That's all for now, and see you next month!
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