Jeffrey Goldberg
Twitter is a place where you can meet people who defend the Inquisition: https://twitter.com/BornAgain8344/status/563542337775616000 …
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@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Though of course also connected in various ways.
Jonathan Chait
Ross Douthat
@jonathanchait @JeffreyGoldberg But Christianity spent almost entire period, 700-1700, under siege by Islamic empires.
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@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Crusades were short, failed era of counterattack. In which Christians, yes, committed terrible crimes. - View other replies
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@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Anyway -- this is not a discussion suited to Twitter. And it's late. Good night to you both. - View other replies
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@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Anna Komnena didn't get the memo about one big happy Christian family fighting back together -
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@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg FWIW no Muslims and almost no Christians saw scattered Christian-Muslim wars of pre-1098... -
@KevinMFeeney@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg muslims conquered spain and even invaded france (frankenreich). invaded italy, too - View other replies
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@alb_ma@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Muslim Fatimids also offered to help latin Christians against Muslim Seljuks on 1st Crs -
@KevinMFeeney@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg yes, i know. but marrative key here: crusades were taught to me as a defensive+ - View other replies
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@alb_ma@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg I certainly agree there are problems with the later narrative!
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@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg The word for that is... bullshit. In conflict, perhaps, but "under siege"? Patently absurd. -
@DouthatNYT@wizguy123@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Don't be so counter narrative. -
@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg The primary sources for the first crusade in particular rather cast this claim into doubt -
@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg as parts of a single overarching conflict. That was a frame imposed retrospectively -
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@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Justifying Christianity's heritage to people who hate it is a waste of time.#Christophobes -
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@DouthatNYT@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Why would#Christophobes give up their hate when it empowers them & makes them feel just?
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@DouthatNYT@instapundit@jonathanchait@JeffreyGoldberg Shhh he doesn't know. -
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@DouthatNYT .@instapundit .@jonathanchait .@JeffreyGoldberg Great distraction-get ppl talking abt Crusades. Relevance to ISIS? TODAY'S prob
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