Now,since that's quite a mouthful so to disect Shahids racist pov,let's continue with this.
"While his supporters argue he is delivering an anti-imperialist, post-colonial critique of global power dynamics, watchdogs and academic analysts emphasize that his method—using sweeping, dehumanizing language to judge entire populations by their geographic and ethnic origins—functions as a powerful tool for radicalization and social division."
To be fair, I asked AI this follow-up,to to fully explore the slant Shahid levels at "Colonialism".
Question: Was Colonialism the only afront in ancient European history.
AI response: *This continuation of answers to my query should be found on the initial GAI link I posted above. But,just in case:
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No, colonialism was far from the only affront in European history. When looking at European history before global colonialism began (prior to the late 15th century), the continent was defined by brutal internal wars, systemic oppression, religious persecution, and mass atrocities. [
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1. The Transatlantic Slave Trade Precedents
Long before European powers colonized the Americas and Africa, they enslaved each other. [
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- Ancient Roman Slavery: The Roman Empire was built entirely on a slave economy. Slaves were acquired through European conquests (such as the Gallic Wars) and made up an estimated 30% to 40% of the population in Italy. They were treated as legal property, subjected to extreme violence, and forced into brutal labor or gladiatorial combat. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- Medieval Slavic Enslavement: During the early Middle Ages, millions of Europeans from Slavic regions were captured and sold into slavery across the Mediterranean and Middle East. The trade was so massive that the very English word "slave" originates from the ethnonym "Slav". [1, 2, 3]
2. Extreme Religious Warfare and Persecution
Internal religious violence in Europe caused immense death and destruction. [
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- The Albigensian Crusade (1209–1229): The Catholic Church launched a military campaign in southern France to eliminate a peaceful, breakaway Christian sect known as the Cathars. It resulted in the slaughter of an estimated 200,000 to 1 million Europeans. It is famously associated with the phrase "Kill them all, God will know His own," uttered during the massacre of Bezier. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- Anti-Semitic Pogroms: For centuries, European Jewish populations were subjected to systemic expulsions, massacres, and forced conversions. Entire Jewish communities were wiped out across England, France, Germany, and Spain during events like the Rhineland Massacres (1096) and the Black Death persecutions (1348–1351). [1, 2]
- The Spanish Inquisition (Started 1478): Implemented just before global colonization, the Inquisition used state-sponsored torture, secret trials, and public executions (autos-da-fé) to root out religious non-conformists. [1, 2]
3. Brutal Internal Expansionism
The mechanics of later global colonialism were first tested and perfected by European powers invading their immediate neighbors. [
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- The Norman Conquest of England (1066): Following his invasion, William the Conqueror brutally put down rebellions in northern England. Known as the "Harrying of the North," Norman armies salted the earth, burned entire villages, and slaughtered livestock. Over 100,000 people died from violence and the resulting artificial famine. [1, 2]
- The English Conquest of Ireland: Starting in the late 1100s, England began a multi-century violent subjugation of Ireland, stripping native populations of land, outlawing their culture, and setting up a template of settler-colonialism that England would later apply worldwide.
4. Severe Social and Feudal Oppression
For the vast majority of regular Europeans, daily life under the feudal system was deeply oppressive.
- Serfdom: Most Europeans were serfs—legally bound to the land owned by a noble lord. They had no freedom of movement, could not marry without permission, and were forced to surrender the vast majority of their agricultural yields to the ruling elite under penalty of death or torture. [1]
- The Crushing of Peasant Revolts: Whenever regular citizens attempted to fight back against extreme taxation and starvation, European rulers responded with overwhelming brutality. During the Jacquerie in France (1358) and the Peasants' Revolt in England (1381), tens of thousands of poor peasants were hunted down and publicly executed to maintain the strict social hierarchy. [1, 2]
