HistoryObserver

Man on the wall

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@smallhusk She went from describing herself as selfish and loose to an unwilling target of fatal infatuation. I really fucking hate talking to you people. Like, you absolutely know you're wrong. You're just grasping at straws here.

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@smallhusk Seems like cope. Anyway I'm right and you aren't

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@smallhusk She blames herself in a way that denies her having personally done anything wrong. She is acted upon, not an actor. This changes her from what she is, a flirt who creates chaos by her own free will, into a tragic victim.

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@smallhusk *woe
Autocorrect. Also fuck you freak

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@smallhusk No it isn't. She paints Helen as a totally beyond reproach and the object of irrational obsession, completely stripping her of any accountability. She bemoans that she's "hounded" so many men by how beautiful she is, woah is her! A complete accident!

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@smallhusk Oh well you're probably gay because you type like a stupid bitch

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@smallhusk "No, no! I'm really not playing!" She said, lying.

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@smallhusk (still relevant!) Do you really expect me to believe you don't understand what this is all about? We are seriously going to walk through the process of debating the meaning of a word we both, genuinely, 100%, know the most probable meaning and intention of? Fuck off you psycho

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@smallhusk Ok Socrates, listen. I know you already know. We are both fully aware of the content and intent of this translation. I am not at all charmed by you playing coy. You are ridiculous.

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@smallhusk Can't you fucking read? Why are you still pretending as if you have no idea what this is about? Outrageous. You are truly pathetic.

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@smallhusk From "dog-faced" to "hounded"

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@smallhusk You are outrageous. Don't you have any self respect? You don't feel any shame at all for trying to do this?

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@smallhusk Helen of Troy is partially responsible for the Trojan war. The translation shifts blame away from her and makes her out to be a victim of the capriciousness of men. You are, again, aware of this, and also why this was done.

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@smallhusk Because I'm right, you know I am, and don't actually have a good argument. You are just backwards ideologues who's interest in classical literature or history in general, only extends to how far you can distort it.

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@smallhusk I've never read it, I don't speak Greek, never went to college, and am fat and unemployed. I go to sleep with a sweaty body pillow every night and have type 2 diabetes. All of that could be true, and you would still be wrong. You are just looking for a way to disregard me.

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@NewWaveBlueWave @Cat_n_Bagpipes @BretDevereaux Do you think that people have been lying about what The Odyssey says for thousands of years?

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@smallhusk In her case, and yours, you are using that fact to peddle mistranslations that just so happen to implicitly advance your political cause. Again, why are you doing this? I know what you believe and why, and also why you support her. You're totally partisan.

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@smallhusk Sure, you're in favor of leftist readings of everything humanity ever produced and I'm normal. That is your position. Objectivity is impossible and all literature is political, therefore changing the meaning of words in classical literature is permissible. So now what

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@smallhusk Pretending not to understand. You know you've lost this argument right

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@smallhusk @theo_nash Modern political ideologies do not map perfectly to the ancient world, which should be obvious to anyone capable of objective thought. You don't think this way, because you're cynical and self interested. I do think this way because I'm "twelve" (sincere)

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@smallhusk @theo_nash You aren't. The Odyssey is already "right wing," to the extent that matters, which is why there are idiotic leftists trying to change the perception of it and other classics. Because it's about strong white people doing things that are cool, which makes leftists retch and seize.