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Guaporense S.

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  • Historum

2/8/23

I used this forum from 2011 to 2023. Yes, about 12 years. Yet, authoritarian moderation banned me from stating facts because that "insulted" a certain group of users of that forum. That is like banning a user from a geography forum because he stated the fact that Mexico's per capita income is lower than America's as if that was offensive to Mexicans!

As I remember it, the site was not as bad in the early 2010s, but now clearly ideologically driven: one can freely deny the genocide that Stalin executed in Ukraine and deny the monstrosity of the crimes of some of the most brutal dictators of all time like Pol Pot and Mao Tse Tung. Yes, the moderators are literally communist sympathizers: if they had any sense, they would either ban denial of genocide or allow holocaust denial.

Thus, the site has a clear Marxist and Critical race theory oriented ideological agenda, applied to revisionist history. If you think anybody who is considered "white" in the past was great, then you are a white supremacist sympathizer. While it is the most common thing there to denigrate anything considered "white" or "eurocentric." "Socrates? Just garbage." But God forgive you if you state there that Confucian though was religious (which is true), as associating philosophy produced by "non-whites" to religion is considered supremely offensive. How come? Marxists hate being labeled religious (because they ARE!); thus they think it's insulting to label ancient religions, religions (as long as they were not practiced by "whites," if they are "white," however, then it's the duty of the users of the forum to denigrate it). But there is nothing more Eurocentric than giving 100% differential treatment to European history relative to non-Europeans! That is, by trying hard not to be Eurocentric, you become Eurocentric: because you orient yourself around Europe either way.

Indeed, one veteran user told me there is no issue if the Chinese are racist. To him/her it's not a problem as long as they are not "white." That is because, in the head of this user, we should not expect a person of non-white ethnic background to be capable of behaving in a civilized manner. How can you get more bigoted than that?

If you disagree with the obvious Marxist-revisionist-critical race theory agenda that all users must follow, you better stay away. Then, why did I stay there so long? Simple, the first years there, I was a naive student who lacked the sense to understand how vile some people were, and the moderation was not as bad in the early 2010s (although in retrospect, I admit the moderation was already biased, but now it's worse). I thought that the signal/noise ratio was good enough to justify my time spent there. Now, the quality went down, and the ideology went up.

Tip for consumers:
If you want to learn about history, start by reading books written by serious authors, for antiquity I recommend the originals like Herodotus and modern authors like Peter Green. Stay away from internet drivel such as this forum.

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