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In reply to the discussion: The "liberal elite" [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)Ironically, Hitler and the Nazis were apparently trying to convince themselves that the vedas and the Indus Valley civilization as whole was as advanced as it was due to some White men they made up. They were literally claiming that brown people couldn't possibly have created it, there must have been white leaders who were responsible. It's a common trait among the white men who invaded the rest of the world from the peninsula of Asia styled as a continent.
There are many who are unwilling to accept anything that's not a eurocentric view of the world.
As an aside: I like to watch documentaries on youtube, and found a new one on the crusades, which I've always found to be a bit biased. You know how they're always looking for the "real location" of Noah's ark or trying to figure out if the Shroud of Turin is a medieval fake or the burial shroud of Jesus? Because no other human was ever crucified ever, and there can be NO other possibilities? I stumbled on a 4 part documentary from Al Jazeera on the crusades, and their handling of the topic was hilarious. The western bias that permeates everything so much so that we forget that it's there, stands out when we see the "middle eastern" version of it.
I didn't even notice where it came from til I heard their pronunciation of the word "islam" and took a closer look.