Cypher, the Cynical Historian
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The Cynical Historian on YouTube; professor specializing in American violence during the frontier Southwest; fervent W.Wilson basher
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Even
#DSouza
distributers had to apologize for his
#2000Mules
lies. He's been a propagandist since the his 1991 book "illiberal education," yet Lionsgate keeps distributing some of his stuff. Watch us tear apart his 2016 film, "Hillary's America" -
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They only have themselves to blame
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Simply putting Reagan on graphs make some problems become obvious
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How dare you expect a good movie!? I'll make it as shitty as I can and if you identify my failures, I'll ignore any criticism by claiming you dunno successes, because I've got no skill whatsoever
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The prophecy foretold this would happen
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King Charles I - Dissolved parliament, causes civil war, gets beheaded
King Charles II - Dissolved parliament, proclamed absolute monarchy, successor ousted
King Charles III - Third time's the charm?
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@JJ_McCullough
You have an absolutely terrible argument here - literally just the authority fallacy. Furthermore it renders the difference between primary/secondary/tertiary sources moot - thereby destroying your ability to read historical scholarship altogether. You can't be serious
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The 1st amendment according to our Senate
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Here's an interesting parallel: The 2003 US-led coalition invasion of Iraq took 26 days, beginning a miserable 8-year occupation. Russia is alone and facing a more formidable resistance in Ukraine. Iraq went terribly for the US; and this might be worse for Russia
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Johnny Harris appears to be getting worse. I couldn't make it through a third of this crappy video. He's gotten to a point that I honestly need to make a video about why this kind of pop-history trash hinders us all. He looks slick and well researched, but is the opposite
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Moderation in the face of fascism is appeasement
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Why do pictures turn yellow when I cross the border into Mexico?
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It's been bizarre watching the wackjobs on either side of the political spectrum wholeheartedly endorse Putin's propaganda. Horseshoe theory should've remained meme
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I'm less worried about Russia's invasion causing WWIII, more of Biden essentially becoming Neville Chamberlin. Think about 1938:
Austria = Crimea
Czechoslovakia = Donbas
Difference being, Russia is significantly weaker and without allies in this - maybe China, but doubtful
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"The USA did a lotta bad stuff, therefore the USSR, CCP, CPK, DPRK, and Cuba are better," says candidate for r/IAmVerySmart
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California is a vastly larger economy than the entirety of Russia, and that's just the most power US state. Even Texas, with a 60% smaller economy than California, beats Russia by 35% GDP. Russia has too weak an economy to play this imperialism game
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Anti-woke activists are truly the scum of the earth
The Nazis were Woke and the Holocaust was an example of Woke policy in action because National Socialists thought Jewish people had Jewish Privilege and were the racial embodiment of Capitalism and to them extermination was just an example of "punching up" against oppressors:
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Given my work on California history, I'm appalled by Johnny Harris's new video. Like it's so terrible, I'm honestly thinking of doing a reaction stream. Just so many things incorrect - not to go full debunking more, but like dude… just read some history books already
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Despite being called "Hawaiian pizza," a Greek-Canadian invented the abomination in 1962
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"Don't moralize history." ... "genocide is good actually"
-tankie no.42681683
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Only boring people find history boring
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Karl Marx didn't invent communism/socialism. Socialism preexisted him by decades and communism centuries. Current leftists ignore everyone else to their detriment. Learn about other forms and you'll realize how much more vibrant those political philosophies are
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Headlines that show pessimism should be the default
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The only way to stop a bad guy from indoctrinating your children is to arm them
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You hate Woodrow Wilson because he was a racist (federal segregation and endorsement of Birth of a Nation). I hate him for his nefarious legacy (Lost Cause historiography and its causes, corruption of progressivism, and Wilsonian interventionism). We are not the same
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It's amazing how many common quotes would not be used if people knew there original purpose. Like "history is written by the victors" probably originates from a Jacobin lamenting Robespierre's downfall. But this one is worse
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Everything since 1918 is Woodrow Wilson's fault, LOL. Here's an article from 2014 blaming him for Russia invading Crimea:
By extension, that makes the current crisis Wilson's fault too
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This episode will have a cesspool in the comments
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A primary contentions of JFK assassination conspiracists is that he supposedly wanted to end the Vietnam War. This is unadulterated nonsense. He did nothing but escalate US involvement and LBJ was likely trying to live up to that hawkishness. JFK's peacenik image is a myth
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Comments over winter break got super duper crazy. Dunno what it is about Christmas that brings out the worst of the worst
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Seen bad takes saying 🌎 only cares about 🇷🇺➡️🇺🇦 b/c "it's white people this time"
Utterly false
Besides threatening WWIII, the last comparable 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 invasion of a sovereign nation was 1990 🇮🇶➡️🇰🇼, neither "white." 🌎 cared then too, leading to the Gulf War…
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Homeschooling in the USA is almost entirely a way for parents to indoctrinate their kids into their ignorance and hatred. Redbaiting "anti-woke" legislation is simply trying to bring that denialism to the classroom
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Since Cuomo resigned, does that mean he's going to a retirement home?
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This anti-progressivism cartoon from 1915 looks awfully familiar. It's almost like evangelicals haven't progressed very much
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I normally have qualms invoking my position, but fuck these people in particular
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I haven't cried over a human since my grandma died in 2012. Cats have prompted it since then, but not people. But today i watched a bunch of news about Afghanistan, and i cried today. The are no words for what i feel about the last couple weeks
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A perfect visual metaphor for 1977, just before the release of Star Wars
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If you think social media has encouraged the most hyperbolic publications, you've never read a 19th century American newspaper
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CGP Grey striking two of Vlogging Through History's videos is simply wrong. Regardless of whether reaction content showing a whole video is good, VTH adds much context for his viewers, unlike most reactors. Issuing 2 strikes rather than Content ID claims is ridiculous and cruel
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History is not biased against conservatives; reactionaries are simply incapable of dealing with history
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"The US is a new nation, while the UK is ancient." Absolute BS.
US = 1788
UK = 1808
Apparently lobster-backs cannot count 🤪
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Mexican presidents often served very short terms, but this is ridiculous
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@AltHistoryHub
Nothing says "I'm tired of facing the consequences of my bullshit" like siding with a traitor to mankind
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YouTube: We'll demonetize anything that has a swastika in it
HistoryTubers:
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I've realized the biggest warning signs on Twitter are:
Most common⬇️
-anime PfP w/ hammer/sickle or emojis in username = tankie or wokescold
-confederate symbols = lost causer
-MAGA prominently featured = Trump-ette conspiracist
-bio complaining about socialism = reactionary
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The motivation behind so many parents opposing CRT in grade-school when it's not even taught
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HAHAHA. Homophobes don't only hate gay people, they also hate history itself
Netflix made a new documentary about Alexander The Great. Within the first 8 minutes, they turned him gay.
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-Joined a project about Ukrainian history
-Told we're not allowed to talk about anything since 1991
-Quit immediately
If you cannot bring the past to the present, you are doing an incredible disservice to the people affected by that story. I will not participate in malpractice
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@AltHistCody
It's basic arithmetic, far too complex for the average Twitter checkmarked user
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@AltHistoryHub
Twitter leftists complaining that world doesn't conform to their fantasies, as usual. Though bottom left has a past that makes me avoid him altogether
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Our most libertarian president was James Buchanan. He did absolutely nothing, even when called upon to do something
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The pride flag has more heritage than the confederate flag
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Russia really just wants Chernobyl back
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"I'm not [prejudiced], but…" - that specific type of hatred they're denying
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There's a huge uptick in anti-Catholic conspiracism in my comments section. I'm guessing it's because Biden is Catholic? Goes to show how demented reactionaries are. Reminds me of Klan-affiliated Birchers talking about JFK. They're really turning back the bigotry clock
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The 5 steps of atrocity denial:
○ That's opposition propaganda (blanket refutation)
○ There isn't enough evidence (stacking deck)
○ What about this other thing? (red herring)
○ It's overblown (downplaying)
○ They deserve it (moralizing)
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Being gay is not a political belief. Does a business have a right to only hire white men? No. Can a diner refuse to serve black people? No. Do not conflate a person's sexual orientation with an ideology
@Cynical_History
Do you want to be able to kick proud boys, religious zealots, etc out of your businesses? Imagine a Christian extremest asking you to make a banner that says something like lgbt deserve to die. This ruling says you don't have to serve them.
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When you're so homophobic that you're afraid of prisms. Anti-woke complaints are really just concealment for hatred
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People who say "all wars are fought over X" (religion, resources, money, ect.) have never studied the subject
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US Army is getting desperate for recruits
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I stubbed my toe, therefore the CIA did it.
My evidence consists of a shady character existing in my vacinity
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B/c of Hbomberguy's vid, there's much buzz about plagiarism. I want to point out that it's more than copyright theft, which is prosecutable and is the subject of most of his video. It's still plagiary if someone completely rewords everything. Here's a few things /1🧵
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I'm using this Woodrow Wilson AI-generated art for the next time I mention him in a video. Let's see if anyone notices
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On Sunday at noon PST, I'll be on
@beatmastermatt
channel to livestream about the historical context of what's happening in Ukraine. Joining us are
@AltHistoryHub
@EmpTigerstar
@HikmaHistory
@MnLaser
All proceeds donated to Ukraine's Red Cross.
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Republicans proudly deny that the party switch and southern strategy never happened, yet this epitome of what they've become might as well slap on a klan robe and proclaim "the Confederacy shall rise again." Surreal that the USA hasn't learned anything from the Capitol Siege
We need a national divorce.
We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government.
Everyone I talk to says this.
From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are
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It's fun to watch students realize that history doesn't support their politics. I talked about Washington using variolation (an unsafe form of vaccination) for smallpox in Valley Forge. The founders supported vaccine mandates. That horrifies reactionaries to their core
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If you claim "I won't be lectured from a white guy" in my comments section, I will ban you. History isn't exclusive. Bigotry is, and bigots👏 get👏 banned👏
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I keep reminding myself of this meme, because it's so true; but I'm failing to find historical precedent, which is the most worrisome thing about 2020
History doesn't repeat itself, it just tends to rhyme - which is reassuring
And if it's like 1918, we've got tough years ahead
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The last POTUS who wasn't a war-criminal was Ford. All US presidents should spend at least, 10 years in the Hague as a consequence for their actions
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I've grown weary of blaming current Middle Eastern problems on the post-WWI mandate system. That's like saying the they are the Ottomans' fault. You're reducing the decades since then down to "the British did it" and removes Arabs' agency in history, which is frankly racist
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Is it now a Twitter tradition to misinterpret geopolitical turmoil during January and get World War III trending? This is the 3rd year in a row
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Imagine being such a Christian nationalist that you think "Putin's Christian values" makes invading Ukraine a good thing. Somehow this YT short I released today, but created 3 months ago is perfectly relevant:
Lauren Witzke, the Delaware GOP's candidate for Senate in 2020, has nothing but praise for Putin and "his Christian nationalist nation": "I identify more with Putin's Christian values than I do with Joe Biden."
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