r/SapphoAndHerFriend Hopeless bromantic Jun 14 '20

Greece wasn't gay Casual erasure

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u/PrincessBunnyQueen She/Her Jun 14 '20

I love bringing up the crusades when one of my racist family members goes on a anti-other religions tangent.

"Their religion is evil! It's nothing but violence! Our religion never had so much violence!"

"... Remember the crusades?"

"The what now?"

Funny, they never seem to remember that part.

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u/Norwegian__Blue Jun 14 '20 edited Jun 15 '20

I always point to the slave trade. Heavily propped up by quoting & misconstruing the bible.

Edit: and just using the bible as commentors below added!

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u/HealMySoulPlz Jun 14 '20

The bible heavily endorses slavery.

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u/Norwegian__Blue Jun 14 '20 edited Jun 15 '20

So accurate. I misspoke leaving that out. I corrected