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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 88 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 10 months ago

Because he's the son of God

And according to Europeans or those of European descent, the son of God has got to be white like them and not some dirty brown curly haired middle eastern Arab.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably because 95% oft all people in the medieval age and prior (where this specific depiction of portrait-jesus emerged) have never seen a black person all their life - including artists. Can't blame people for drawing people as they know them.

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Nah, Europe had black people.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the Moors controlled the Iberian peninsula for nearly 800 years from 711-1492.

[–] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The moors were mostly Arabs and Berbers, though.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Yes, and Jesus was from the middle east, so the people of europe would not be unaware of what people from there might look like.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, yes, black people were present but in very small numbers, and their presence was rare enough that they often stood out significantly in the historical record. The most were probably around the southern borders of todays europe, like spain, italy and greece, but black people in todays germany, poland or even further up north were an absolute rarity. Even in southern europe, black people were rare enough that many people only saw a handful of them in their lifetime.

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Many people only saw a hundred people in their lifetime. Most people were farmers. There were no trains or TV then.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Those people weren't the ones painting paintings and writing stories

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, those people saw plenty of black people

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but these were painted in Italy.

They've barely got any black people even now.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

IIRC, white Jesus is specifically made to look like members of the Medici family, who were major sponsors of the same Renaissance artists who painted most of our iconic religious art.

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks I'm gonna call him Medici Jesus now and accuse anyone who uses that portrayal of Medici propaganda

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 65 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gays, immigrants, and marginalised people together strong 💪

[–] Aufschieber@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And please acknowledge the fact they called it Gulf of Mexico instead of Gulf of "America"!

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Twas the cherry on top.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This sentence could land you in prison for life if they go ahead with "suspending" habeas corpus. Remember folks, if your detention cannot be challenged legally, it doesn't matter AT ALL whether your detention was legal. If you think they'll never come for you, you're forgetting that they'll rely on the volunteer army of MAGA "informers" who will turn you in for treason because you annoyed them by being kind to someone they were bullying or something completely trivial. Without habeas corpus, suspicion is sentencing.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Also exactly what Hitler did with the Reichtag Fire Decree: https://alphahistory.com/nazigermany/the-reichstag-fire/

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago

I know first hand of an anti- DEI-ban protest that occurred on a college campus in a red state. I also know first hand that the Turning Point USA group chat had at least one individual, a student of that same university, threaten to call ICE on this university-approved peaceful protest, as they were upset at the noise.

[–] daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

or some uptight twitter green smartass (cia bot) about the fact that they were on diesel guzzling cruiser.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are you saying that only the Central Intelligence Agency wants the USA to stop using destructive and limited fuel sources?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, but the CIA wants to discredit critics by making progressives look extreme with ridiculous psyop campaigns.

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I remember the one where the so-called feminist pours bleach on men on the train who are "manspreading". Although that one turned out to be Russian in origin. Same sort of thing however.

[–] daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

yes, that is 100% precisely what i am saying it's right there in my comment right next to the part that says you're a moron.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You could have just said "Yes, you're correct", no need to compliment me aha

[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

daepicgamerbro69 : right next to the part that says you’re a moron.

Lyra,

You said in another post today you have memory problems. I have extreme severe brain damage. Maybe you have problems like I do?

no need to compliment me aha

Do you go all over Lemmy being insincere and mocking what you don't grasp or understand?

You could have just said “Yes, you’re correct”

You could have said that to me as moderator of my community when you seem highly confused and made a claim a post broke rules. But instead, you insulted me instead of actually addressing your misunderstanding.

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago
[–] Godric@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Incredibly based

The homosexual underground in action