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Topic	Genghis Khan is being cancelled on twitter right now
LightSnake 08/15/20 4:56:56 PM #81:	Zero_Destroyer posted... I'm not saying we should "cancel" him I'm saying views on his atrocities are interesting thought experiments. The twitter thread in question had people ironyposting Evidently his social impact isn't the same as praising people like Robert E. Lee who are still relevant to American society It's a bit easier to disconnect from atrocities 800 years ago when brutal conquest was the norm of expanding regions. Social norms weren't exactly against Genghis Khan wiping out the Khwarezmian empire. He sent enjoys who were tortured and killed, which is like an open invite to say "destroy us" --- Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen <cite>LightSnake posted [p:943422916] in Genghis Kh... [t:78913686]...</cite> <quote>Zero_Destroyer posted... </cite> <quote>I'm not saying we should "cancel" him I'm saying views on his atrocities are interesting thought experiments. The twitter thread in question had people ironyposting Evidently his social impact isn't the same as praising people like Robert E. Lee who are still relevant to American society</quote> It's a bit easier to disconnect from atrocities 800 years ago when brutal conquest was the norm of expanding regions. Social norms weren't exactly against Genghis Khan wiping out the Khwarezmian empire. He sent enjoys who were tortured and killed, which is like an open invite to say "destroy us" --- Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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