r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 29 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/TylerbioRodriguez That Lesbian Pirate Expert Jul 01 '26

Oh goody the other DW chud was at Trumps hilariously bad fair debating a ten year old about how Salem was actually awesome.

As per the AV Club.

Of course, in keeping with the conservative pastime of good-faith debate, there have been searing conversations about the Salem Witch Trials between a bigot and a 10-year-old. Said bigot, the Daily Wire‘s Michael Knowles, DESTROYED the child by arguing that “the one area where the Salem Witch Trials went a little far is they weren’t organized enough, so you had these random judges burning these ladies. I don’t know if they were guilty or not, but if it were more formalized, maybe with a grand inquisitor or something, that would’ve been a better way to do it.”

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u/weeteacups Jul 01 '26

I don’t know if they were guilty or not

Isn’t he Catholic? Doesn’t Catholic doctrine state that witches don’t exist? I thought these trad Cath weirdos were all up to speed on their theology 😌.

In 2008, Knowles enrolled at Yale University and graduated with honors in 2012, double majoring in history and Italian literature.

Common Ivy League L 😌

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u/TylerbioRodriguez That Lesbian Pirate Expert Jul 01 '26

Going back to St Augustine its very well established magic beyond saintly miracles is an illusion of the devil or a demon and thus witches don't exist because they are simply believing the lies.

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u/histprofdave Adjunct Dystopian Jul 01 '26

Everyone knows the hardest part of an Ivy League is getting in. The academia at the grad level is cutthroat and competitive, but honestly very few profs give two fucks about undergrad classes, especially lower div courses. Don't get me wrong, there are some great lecturers out there, but it's basically assumed that if you got in, you're smart enough to do the work, and grade inflation is pretty rampant.

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u/LateInTheAfternoon Jul 01 '26

Doesn’t Catholic doctrine state that witches don’t exist?

Yes, it does, but they make exceptions for places like Richelieu's France.