Silver Tongue

smuganimebitch:

smuganimebitch:

so someone just said they’re “really interested in history” how careful do you have to be?

 “i just think history is interesting in general! i’m not interested in any specific part of it”: this person is most likely safe. never drop your guard though

“i’m interested in this specific subject or time period in history. (ex. ancient egypt,  the golden age of piracy, the history of the printing press”: still probably safe. be on the lookout for certain risky historical subjects. you should know them you see them 

“i’m really into WW2 history”: this is the caution zone, there’s plenty of valid reasons to be into WW2, but if they start talking about how Operation Sealion totally could have succeeded, it’s time to abort

 “i’m specifically into roman history, the crusades, prussian military history, and WW2”: danger! do NOT talk about history with this person. in fact, do not talk to this person at all. you will regret it, you do not want to know what they think of the treaty of versailles or why germany lost the first world war

this post has inspired three different responses

1) people who lack any reading comprehension skills whatsoever and seem to think i’m saying “being into history makes you bad” 

2) history students/historians saying some variation of “tbh this is true”

3) the kind of people my last point was specifying calling me slurs

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    Somebody please tell me what stereotypes exist around people obsessed with World War ONE
  3. liminalblessings said: These wouldn’t be incredibly common academic and lay stereotypes that cross multiple barriers of society otherwise. And that’s part of WHY it’s so INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT - whether you’re an academic or a layperson of any stripe- to fully and properly educate yourself on the most common antisemitic, neonationalist, supremacist, etc, dogwhistles.
  4. liminalblessings said: What someone’s interested in isn’t 100% a garuntee they’re going to be a nazi / fascist / nationalist (etc). But there are actually some areas where, even among the actual academics of the field AND the lay people, it’s a VERY strong possibility to the point that yes. It typically winds up being a red flag that you need to perk up and pay attention to in order to look for OTHER distinguishing dogwhistles to make sure they’re NOT.
  5. liminalblessings said: @invisibleinscriptions What you’re not getting is that there’s a difference between a historian and a lay person. And most lay people fall into the “creep” category. Sincerely someone into Early 20th century fashion and food and extensively studies wartime lay propaganda and runs into this shit literally all the time: Most the time you even have to watch out for the HISTORIANS too.
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