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Azeze1 t1_iwla9wz wrote

"The harrying of the North" it's called, I'm from the North and we still haven't forgiven those Southern bastards, the North remembers

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cujodeludo t1_iwm4d8r wrote

You might have forgotten though that William I was a Norman invader with the Harrying taking place only three years after his initial conquest...

Or that the Northern aristocracy were Danish having fought a war against the English a few years prior. And that they invited the Danish King's armies to assist them who promptly raided and looted the coast.

Hardly Southern bastards vs the North of today, is it?

Besides, records show approximately 75% of the Northern population was killed or fled. It's far more likely you're one of those bastards than a Northern Anglo-Dane of a thousand years ago.

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Azeze1 t1_iwmx850 wrote

Yer've made an enemy fer life!

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Ugg-ugg t1_iwlf0ds wrote

Yeah, I don't think people are holding 1000 year grudges mate.

Edit: Seeing as I'm getting edgy throwaway comments, I'm not talking about the world, I'm talking about England.

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dubamamorange t1_iwlisvz wrote

...the recorded history of human civilization has entered the chat

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cupofteawithhoney t1_iwljl5k wrote

I’m guessing history and religious study weren’t your best subjects.

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Ugg-ugg t1_iwlq3z6 wrote

Please, find me a study where people in the North of England are holding a grudge against the south because of a king 1000 years ago. If you ever tried anything more than being smarmy on the internet, you'd know that historians rely on facts and evidence.

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HooShKab00sh t1_iwllh5r wrote

Ever heard of a place called Palestine?

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Ugg-ugg t1_iwlpp9m wrote

Damn, I didn't know Palestine is in the North of England.

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HooShKab00sh t1_iwlrea9 wrote

>Yeah, I don't think people are holding 1000 year grudges mate.

I'm illustrating that they do. What would make any other group of humans less susceptible to that, regardless of what they call their homeland?

That was my point.

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Ugg-ugg t1_iwls48u wrote

The issue is that your example has had continuous developments since then. If everything happened in Palestine, once, 1000 years ago, people would have moved on. Which the event of OOP is talking about. Like I get what you mean, but we're talking different timelines.

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grizzburger t1_iwlmyae wrote

Tell that to Slobodan Milošević, may he burn in hell.

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Slurms_McKensei t1_iwlldth wrote

Clearly someone's never been to a mosque with Christian parents. Or even a black church with white Christian parents.

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