Re:England's curious map of the medieval world
by legitster on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @03:41PM
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We are not doubting the accuracy of your sources. We find your central premise morally repugnant.
I could pull up any number of sources from people making charitable cases for slavery or Jim Crow laws, that the original authors were not actually racist but simply protecting society. But taking racists at their word that their motive is pure or free of ignorance is in its own way ignorant. And just because they did not have adequate words to describe their misdeeds does not forgive them for it.
To reply to your original post, medieval Europe was very-very antisemitic. This is not a debate about "complex economical issues". The idea that this refugee class had a "stranglehold" is simply not supported. Especially laughable to think that their "strangehold" was worse than the feudal lords of the day!
Jewish people were expelled from England. Full stop. If you can't agree that this was an antisemitic act (they didn't kick out merchants, or just the ultra-rich, or break up the feudal lords), I would implore you to rethink how you approach history.
I could pull up any number of sources from people making charitable cases for slavery or Jim Crow laws, that the original authors were not actually racist but simply protecting society. But taking racists at their word that their motive is pure or free of ignorance is in its own way ignorant. And just because they did not have adequate words to describe their misdeeds does not forgive them for it.
To reply to your original post, medieval Europe was very-very antisemitic. This is not a debate about "complex economical issues". The idea that this refugee class had a "stranglehold" is simply not supported. Especially laughable to think that their "strangehold" was worse than the feudal lords of the day!
Jewish people were expelled from England. Full stop. If you can't agree that this was an antisemitic act (they didn't kick out merchants, or just the ultra-rich, or break up the feudal lords), I would implore you to rethink how you approach history.