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Year 2 of Lockdown, Day 6
First of all this very interesting piece. I'd recommend reading the comments too, because people dig into stuff and point out where the author might be missing a point and help refine it or offer criticisms (generally thoughtful, rather than just trolling):
The War Nerd: Amateurs Talk Cancel, Pros Talk Silence
Victorian Britain carried out several of the biggest genocides in human history. It was also a high point of virtuous literature.
[The Victorians] were smart about language. They didn’t rant about the evil of their victims or gloat about massacring them, at least not in their public writings. They wrote virtuous novels, virtuous poems. And left a body count which may well end up the biggest in world history.
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Clearly this is the post for long & thoughtful writings - this one is long but looks at SO many things:
How Portugal silenced ‘centuries of violence and trauma
There has been little acknowledgment of Portugal’s role in the transatlantic slave trade – until now.
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And then as a complete counter point: I came across these videos entirely by accident. They're the vlogs of a (well-travelled) Polish woman about her trip to the Faroes. The first one is here, but I decided to embed the one below because of the sheep. It's all just RIDICULOUSLY familiar:
^This is what the Faroes are like! It's like I am there.
(I'll get to comments, promise.)
The War Nerd: Amateurs Talk Cancel, Pros Talk Silence
Victorian Britain carried out several of the biggest genocides in human history. It was also a high point of virtuous literature.
[The Victorians] were smart about language. They didn’t rant about the evil of their victims or gloat about massacring them, at least not in their public writings. They wrote virtuous novels, virtuous poems. And left a body count which may well end up the biggest in world history.
~
Clearly this is the post for long & thoughtful writings - this one is long but looks at SO many things:
How Portugal silenced ‘centuries of violence and trauma
There has been little acknowledgment of Portugal’s role in the transatlantic slave trade – until now.
~
And then as a complete counter point: I came across these videos entirely by accident. They're the vlogs of a (well-travelled) Polish woman about her trip to the Faroes. The first one is here, but I decided to embed the one below because of the sheep. It's all just RIDICULOUSLY familiar:
^This is what the Faroes are like! It's like I am there.
(I'll get to comments, promise.)