Bad History Takes (@bad

Bad History Takes

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Bad History Takes

@bad_histories

Debunking the worst history takes on the internet. DMs are open to submissions. Run by @JasonLHughes , a "gay, activist nerd who can't change his own oil."

Joined May 2022

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Bad History Takes
@bad_histories
Mar 3, 2023
Alright so you have found this account (I'm so sorry). You probably have some questions. First off, if you see a bad history take on any platform, please send me a dm with either a link or (preferably) a screenshot. This is the best way of making sure I see your submission. 1/9
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@bad_histories
Mar 29, 2024
Japan wasn't colonized in any meaningful sense by "Western" powers at any point in its history. European merchants were present in Japan during the period depicted and they even owned some land, but they were very much subject to the will of local daimyo and later the shogun. 1/
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@bad_histories
Mar 26, 2023
Most of them.
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@bad_histories
Mar 25, 2024
Hate to break it to you, but the Portuguese were not "good" colonizers. They were heavily involved in the enslavement of indigenous peoples and the transatlantic slave trade. And that's before we get to the Portuguese Colonial War. Colonization is bad no matter who does it.
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@bad_histories
Sep 21, 2023
No.
Jimmy Corsetti
@BrightInsight6
Sep 20, 2023
Did Hitler and the Nazi’s know something about lost Ancient History that we don’t?
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@bad_histories
Jan 31, 2024
Counterpoint: Witches aren't real and judicial murder is bad actually.
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@bad_histories
May 21, 2023
He was never accused of sexual assault, even by the racist bastards who tortured and murdered him. His "crime" was supposedly flirting with a white woman. It is quite unlikely physical contact was made, but even if physical contact had been made, he didn't deserve to die.
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@bad_histories
Oct 4, 2022
Yeah, so Tibet, India, and Vietnam would like a word. It's so, so easy to criticize the US without making stuff up.
Bad History Takes
@bad_histories
May 29, 2024
So Dune was written in 1965. Which is 14-15 years earlier than the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (where the Soviets faced the Mujahideen, not the taliban). Herbert was drawing inspiration from the Algerian War of Independence, the Murid War, early Arab conquests, WWI, etc. 1/3
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@bad_histories
May 14, 2023
Oh boy. So at no point could Sparta be considered a superpower, which has global connotations and was first coined in the 1940s, or a nation. And it's position as a regional hegemon lasted roughly 30 years until they were rekt (to use a highly technical term) by the Thebans. 1/9
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@bad_histories
Jun 16, 2023
¿Qué?
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@bad_histories
Mar 27, 2023
You might be shocked by this, but that is not a genuine photograph of Jews in a Nazi concentration camp. Some concentration camps did have (usually makeshift) swimming pools on their outskirts for SS personnel and their families. Because even mass murderers enjoy relaxing.
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@bad_histories
Dec 9, 2023
Lol. Lmao even.
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@bad_histories
Dec 11, 2023
The Nazis utilized military brothels during the Second World War that often "employed" teenagers. And the Nazis very much engaged in human trafficking while committing their numerous crimes against humanity. Which also involved children. This might shock you, but Nazis bad.
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