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History Hyenas, Queen Month, and the Skewed Left Education

from Bay Ridge Boys · #133

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4 min

Discussion of the History Hyenas podcast's Queen-themed episodes on Cleopatra and others, then a shift into how liberal arts history education over-focuses on colonial sins while ignoring ancient brutality and disease's role in Native American deaths.

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  • 30:17History Hyenas is doing "Queen Month" this month instead of women's month.
  • 30:27Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian—she was actually born in Greece and was Macedonian, not the Sandra Dee people assume.
  • 30:53Tim contrasts his free speech with his co-host Chrissy, calling him "Chrissy Greenlights" because he just says whatever.
  • 31:09Tim describes how material that gets applause breaks at Knights of Columbus in Ridgewood would land him in jail if said publicly in the West Village.
  • 31:43Tim majored in history and loves going on history tours to learn about different neighborhoods and eras.
  • 32:04Growing up, Tim couldn't be open about interests like brown street signs marking historical areas without getting threatened by people like the Bartoli brothers.
  • 32:22His liberal arts history education is skewed left, attempting to include the people's history instead of just corporate heads and leaders.
  • 32:55Including diverse perspectives was good, but it's increasingly usurped the curriculum—now it focuses only on Western sins while exaggerating them.
  • 33:27Ancient history was barbaric and cruel with countless invasions and enslavements, but the curriculum ignores that to focus on Christopher Columbus being bad.
  • 33:39Up to 90% of Native Americans who died were killed by disease, not colonizers—it was inevitable once germs arrived.
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historyChristopher ColumbusQueen ElizabethMary Queen of ScotsCleopatra

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