Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

Es riecht nach Kristallnacht

Working on an emergency episode about political assassinations, because all this public discussion of political violence has so incredibly misrepresented the history of such crimes in US history that I'm compelled to answer due to studying American violence

I've been drinking diet and zero-sugar soda for years now and just had my old fav of regular Dr Pepper. It's too sweet now. My army nickname was literally that because of how much i drank it and now i dislike it. Tastes can drastically change. They aren't permanent fixtures of our personalities

The actual reaction from Kurt Vonnegut, unlike how he remembered it

Complaining about antifa is a self report

Buried treasure exists, but not from outlaws. Here are a few in California alone: ○ 3 Spanish Galleon wrecks, worth $billions ○ Micheltorena's lost 1842 cache (US paid $14k, so $millions today) ○ Fremont's 1843 cannon (maybe NV) ○ Discarded wealth along the Mojave for weight ○ Trinity Co lost gold

"We've been following your YouTube content for awhile" and therefor want you to chuck your profession asunder. I get these all the time. Who do they think they're fooling?

Silly nitpick of Trump's colossally idiotic bungling of American foreign policy, but if the USA were to annex Canada (our hat), there would be much more than a single state eventually added to the union. Dude can't even troll Canadians well, which is too easy

All automatic citation organizers have serious flaws. I keep my manually created overall bibliography in a publicly available G-Doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1... I keep them exactly the way I prefer and include Amazon affiliate links for easy copy/pasting

This is the primary reason why my adjunct position got downsized, by the way

Interesting & topical conundrum: What separates assassinations from other kinds of murder? Obviously the victim has to be a public figure (already difficult to define), but it also has to be motivated by political stance and some would argue somewhat public in implementation

"When they go low, we go high" was a mistake

Medievalists denounce the word "feudalism," saying it's overly broad and fails to circumscribe an actual system during that time. The same goes for the word "capitalism" today though. If we jettison one in our analysis of the past, we'd have to for both

Firing for expressing a lack of sympathy for a reactionary's assassination is a clear violation of free speech, as ruled in Rankin v. McPherson (1987), which said wishing Reagan had died was not a fireable offense. Keep that in mind as we witness this current culling

Apparently, Twitter responds to death threats if you file with the FBI. I normally get 1-2 a month across many platforms, but had three this weekend. Better than YouTube, who've never responded to any report I've sent them

Starting in 1925, people going on long trips would pick up dry ice from gas stations and put it in a bracket to cool the car. Why didn't we do this when crossing the Mojave without A/C? Just had to be miserable stewing in the heat

We didn't put flags at half-mast for George Lincoln Rockwell's assassination. Really shows how much the United States has shifted rightward since "The Pivotal Decade" [1970s]

Many people ranting about the rise in political violence were alive when it was worse during the 1960s-70s. There'd been faaar worse before that and it's interrelated. MAGA created this current problem, but it's rooted in our history of violence. Book recommendations:

Underperforming episodes at the beginning of the year versus since absolute algorithmic annihilation. My channel is withering away and i have no way to prevent its fate

Longtime propagandist Dinesh D'Souza spent a career demonizing intellectuals because his political persuasion is only informed by hatred and denial. Now he's using a dropout assassinating a fellow reactionary on campus as pretense to destroy scholarship as a whole

I unequivocally denounce murder. Dunno why people pretend that a historian of American violence believes otherwise. It's a Commandments ("kill" is mistranslated, should be "murder"). But hey, when Republicans face such offenses, suddenly their spewing hatred is of no consequence

How come encyclopedias never give casualty statistics for policies like Indian Removal or Jim Crow, but have entire sections for estimating casualties from genocides like Rwanda or Darfur? Shouldn't ethnic cleansing in the Soviet Union or United States be treated the same?

If you ban "biotas" [bigots] to publish in *your* comments section then you "defend the assassination." Exposes who wants a crackdown on academic freedom in response to this crime. Rightists never wanted free speech, only ultranationalist indoctrination. Bigots get banned

If the next episode performs this poorly, I'm ceasing new productions. There are 3 in episodes I'm editing and 5 ready to go. Don't see any reason to prepare more. "Restricted Mode" has absolutely demolished my channel

Today is not only the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, it is also the anniversary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. So join me in a few minutes while I edit my episode on the latter topic and discuss the history of American violence in general on twitch.tv/cynicalhisto...

Indian Removal was perhaps the first act of ethnic cleansing in American history. Now that we're experiencing another with mass deportations, it's worth remember the details of the original. Here is my newest lecture on the topic:

The 9/11 Attacks sparked the War on Terror. No American was unaffected. Though only 13yrs-old at the time, I'd turn 18 in basic training and 21 in Afghanistan as a result. Here is a playlist of episodes I've made on the topic: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Never forget

Having served in combat, I had to learn how to drive defensively and deal with constant threats of shootouts … once I moved to Albuquerque. Turn signals are open aggression and you've gotta look both ways before crossing on a green light. We even have a "warzone" neighborhood

We are reaping the whirlwind

So this is basically our Ernst vom Rath moment, right? To quote a song, Man wird wach, reibt die Augen und sieht In einem Bild zwischen Brueghel und Bosch Keinen Menschen, der um Sirenen etwas gibt Weil Entwarnung nur halb soviel kostet Es riecht nach Kristallnacht

Since I'm busy tomorrow during my normal time for game-streams, I'm streaming initially editing my Mountain Meadows Massacre episode on twitch.tv/cynicalhisto... in a few minutes and then play some AC Odyssey after that

Video essayists, journalist bloggers, and nonfiction podcasters aren't a new phenomenon. We used to call these authors; documentarians, columnists, and pamphleteers. The medium changed, but the format did not. Remember Ecclesiastes 1:9

Now that's a helluva clickable thumbnail for my longest scripted episode yet (around 2hrs20mins). Too bad the "restricted mode" problem makes this impossible to release without suffering an egregious loss. Until viewership returns, this'll remain for patrons only

Now that SCOTUS allowed ICE to racial profile, mass deportations are now undeniably ethnic cleansing, replete with concentration camps and secret police. Never let Republicans claim to defend the Constitution, for this crime against humanity is what they voted for

restricted mode for my live streams is hilariously lacking. Disable this broken feature

Crazy how often transphobes claim "biology" proves their bigotry, when every worthy biologist & anthropologist acknowledge the difference between sex and gender. Reactionaries demand scholars conform to their ignorance and pretend we "oppose free speech"

I prefer "Department of War." It's more honest and historic. Truman made a mistake w/ the 1948 renaming "Department of Defense." I don't care who's in office, the renaming is a good idea. While we're at it, make the Marines and Space Force no longer separate branches please

My channel is performing poorly likely because of innumerable episodes getting blocked by "restricted mode." As you can see from these screenshots, many episodes have become invisible to anyone with that mode enabled. Please disable this malfunctioning feature

As an experiment last night, I played previous episodes on twitch.tv/CynicalHisto... . I was busy, but popped in for chat every 10-20 minutes. Purposefully didn't notify social media. For those who tuned in, what y'all think? Anything worth improving?

Even worse, there's been something terribly wrong with the recommendation algorithm reported across the board. TeamYouTube is doing nothing about it, if not encouraging it

That was obvious. Too bad that 1878 act meant to prevent another Reconstruction, as the Republicans retreated from civil rights. Now the parties have so severely flipped that Republicans violated the act to violate civil rights. Here's more: youtu.be/i-E14o6Do9Y

Reading on the Nuremberg Trials and hilarious how defense's arguments (victors justice, tu quoque, ex post facto, superior orders) are easily countered by saying, "yeah, so what?" Gonna be 🤔 connecting to the ICC's indictment of 🇮🇱's ongoing genocide of 🇵🇸 (Nuremberg is the precedent)

I'm 37 years old today

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"Judeo-Christian values" or "western culture" are a dogwhistles for white supremacy. That's been the case since their coinage by Orwell and phrenology in the 1930s or 1830s. Stop being such a coward when using these deflections and admit that you are a racist

Ever wonder why Europe was able to become the world's hegemonic power instead of anywhere else? In my newest episode, I analyze one possible answer: slavery. It's very complicated, so check it out: youtu.be/8_1T1PXth8s

My new Chyka versus Crypto shirt is now available along with all my other merchandise. Check it out: cynical-historian-shop.fourthwall.com

My gigantic episode about redbaiting is up for preview on Patreon. It's currently 2hrs and will grow before release. Unfortunately that multiplies the idiotic Content-ID problems. Unwilling to retry b/c it took 22 failed renders. Here's the link: www.patreon.com/posts/redbai...

Conservatives demanding reverence of historical figures instead of understanding is the difference between idolatry and learning