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The Christianization of Europe and the witch hunts are two completely separate things.
The witch hunts took place in the early modern period, well after Europe was Christianized.
The witch hunts were driven by conspiracy theories. It's literally a predecessor of QAnon.
Many conspiracy theories of the witch hunts were repurposed antisemitic conspiracy theories. (For example, blood libel and Satan worship.)
Lots of Christians practiced folk magic. They didn't usually call themselves witches.
Witchcraft was associated with polytheistic religions by Christians. Polytheists didn't call themselves witches. Whatever they were doing, they had their own words for it.
Modern witchcraft is a modern construct. It is not a revival of a genuine pre-Christian tradition of any kind.
Modern witchcraft cannot be "colonized" because it's literally a modern creation made by white people. However, modern witches are capable of doing colonialism, such as when they promote pseudohistory about other cultures.
Posted this on twitter and this is borderline headcanon but id like to imagine that dr futterman being depicted as a bird is also a reference to him being jewish and or black. black people with fuller lips being described as duck-lipped and as well as jewish noses being compared to bird beaks.
also generally the fact that Scrooge McDuck , his more likely equivalent than Donald Duck , is characterized as a greedy, lazy, crass money hoarding jackass. Which is also a very well known stereotype for jewish people ( usually men but it varies ) .. can anybody hear me ...
It seems that the Tumblr team has no other purpose than to delete, close, and attack the accounts of transgender people and Palestinians trying to survive genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Two days ago, I was shocked to find that my blog, abdalsalam2000, had been deleted without warning and without me having done anything wrong, simply because I was asking for help from the Tumblr community. That blog was our only source of income that kept us alive in Gaza, and unfortunately, it was deleted by Tumblr employees.
In Gaza, we need at least $300 a day just to survive. After Tumblr deleted our account, this blog is all I have left. I hope you will help me by sharing this post, donating, and following this blog. Please, please help us and donate now.
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As a father, this is the deepest pain—to see your children suffer and feel helpless.
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Hussam is a father, a husband and a survivor.
From a father who is trying not to lose everything
genuinely boggles my mind when i see people using the oppression of black men as an example of systemic misandry. because by that logic white men would also face those same issues on account of being men (and therefore hypothetically victims of misandry) but they dont. because theyre white. and its an issue of racism.
It's often the most male-catered to and even misogynistic media that feature some of the deepest and borderline homoerotic relationships between men. But that is to be expected. People think that patriarchy enabling homoaffectionate relationships between men is a bug, but it's actually a feature. True love can only come from a place of respect, and men often don't respect nor esteem women. They don't see women as capable of intellect, or strength, or imagination or even humanity. Those attributes are reserved to men. Which is why men's true love is often reserved for other men while women are just props to them. That's why it's easier for a lot of male writers to create stories about supposedly heterosexual male characters having the most world-shattering (accidentally romantic) bonds with other men, but not with women that they're canonically attracted to. It's because they can't fathom their male protagonist being so deeply affected by a woman's character, since women are to be lusted for and kept as props for their little domestic fantasies but never truly respected or admired as individuals. The ancient greeks were more honest about this stuff because they understood that patriarchy and male/male affection went hand in hand.
every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...
i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post
This Cormac McCarthy quote from Blood Meridian reminds me so much of Dutch, I had to draw about it. I also love that they took inspiration from Blood Meridian for the Red Dead games.
It's too early in the evening for a midnight migraine post, but anyways.
My hottest take of today is that we, the Elden ring fandom, just don't bully fire knight Salza and black knight Edredd hard enough. Like, seriously, why Queelign\Seluvis\Gideon suffer, but not these two, they're just as awful and pathetic lmao