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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying I'm weird because I love history for history's sake and not any particular political reason?

I am interested in the world wars, among many other things. Everything from 1940s/50s Hollywood scandal and crime to The Bronze Age Collapse and lots of other stuff in between.

I majored in Near Eastern Classical Archaeology, but I never equated any of it with particular personal beliefs.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So you’re saying I’m weird because I love history for history’s sake and not any particular political reason?

Literally no. The first group of people is exactly what you're describing.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

never drop your guard though

Literally yes, they explicitly say the history buff still shouldn't be trusted.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Literally no. They do not say a history buff shouldn't be trusted. They say do not drop your guard when getting to know them initially. This is a pretty safe and reasonable course of action for getting to know any human. History buff is irrelevant to that statement.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

Crazy, considering the words that precede them are they are likely safe.

If you think that's trust you're a broken human being.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Literally no. They said don't trust people who understand something that you don't.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah I am pretty sure we all know what you were saying. Go ahead and backtrack some more, it is amusing how you are aborting your own position.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hyperdefensiveness looks really bad. We all like stuff that has terrible fan bases. I'm into anime/manga/manhwa, video games, and I do enjoy history and learning from it. I so know many people who share the same description who are straight up nazis, misogynists, incels, etc.

If this is like the MIAC report, where it noted data on both right wing and left wing domestic terrorists and some of their tendencies. For left wing it mentioned environmentalists, socialists, communists etc. For right wing it mentioned 2A, Ron Paul, sovereign city, tax protestors etc.

In no way for either side did it say that having those tendencies was the same as being a terrorist, just that they tend to have those interests. Right wing grifters and broadcasters lost their fucking .inds to the point this fact based report had to be retracted.

If you can't acknowledge your interests have terrible fan bases as well as good and upstanding ones, it makes you look like the terrible one angry at being called out.