This sounds extremely elitist. Are you calling poor people who do not agree with your politics cruel?
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If it's elitist to disagree with this guy, count me in: https://twitter.com/jewsbadnews/status/788782319016480769 …
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Yikes! That chap is clearly bonkers. My point was about implying peasants (working class folks) are evil. Alienates so many groups.
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I've already said explicitly that I don' t believe that:https://twitter.com/paulg/status/786487108504432640 …
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Ah. Duly noted. The phrasing left room for misinterpretation in my mind and I had to ask. Thanks for clarifying. I see your point.
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you let him off too easily
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I only wanted to see if he was generalising and if there was contempt for less-privileged folks.
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Precisely. There still is.
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I believe Martin Luther wrote a pamphlet titled 'Against the murdering thieving hordes of peasants'
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Which sounded better in the original German...
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ooh you're brave
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let them eat soylent
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the peasants are overwelmingly voting Hillary. Unless your def of peasant is everyone not in NY City, DC, or Silicon Valley.pic.twitter.com/trmmUa3iOU
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@paulg I'm really interested in unrest and revolts, and have read back to the Judean revolt, and ime consensus a pretty rare thing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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jfc that's elitist and also, Trump's biggest swath of supporters are middle class, so...
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you're trying to trick us into buying WiFi-enabled torches and pitchforks amirite
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Peak elitism confirmed.
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Always amusing when the word sinister pops up in the context of worker rebellions. Sinister Peasants also a good punk band name.
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@paulg well, in my experience, like most scholars, they have complicated & nuanced opinions about many multiple events & often disagree. -
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@paulg very few people putting serious hours in on the history of peasant revolts would say they were all good, or totally unjustified. -
"We're so poor from paying rent to the barons! Let's kill the Jews!"
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...there's.. a bit to unpack there.
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I'm not saying that's all there was to them. But it's a recurring theme in populist violence. ("socialism of fools")
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the majority of peasant unrest didn't even involve jews! but, maaan there's such a range.
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I'm thinking partly of the Crusades, which were sometimes used to draw off peasant resentments.
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absolutely, the 1st crusade for sure was partly about bleeding off the peasant unrest
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