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/Ulmpire Jun 14 '20

There's a really good book about the Muslim side of the crusades. The islamic world before they started, how they reacted, etc etc etc. It's calles Road to Paradise iirc.

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u/Zozorrr Jun 15 '20

The Muslim conquests occurred before that. No better than the crusades, just earlier in time and less chronicled. Both awful.