• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    How about this, then?

    IMO that’s basically white supremacy. The most generous possible thing you could say is that Hancock is too stupid to recognize racist bullshit when he sees it in terms of things like Quetzalcoatl being a white man (utter bullshit) but I don’t think he’s that stupid.

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      22 minutes ago

      Hancock is a con man plain and simple but what part of that makes this more acceptable?

      The Hopi people have lived in or near the Grand Canyon for at least 2,000 years and claim a sacred site inside the canyon as their place of emergence.

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          15 minutes ago

          So it’s bullshit, which granted it is pretty harmless, but it’s still bullshit when discussing the origins of people.

          It doesn’t deserve to be repeated in an article about someone denying science. That claim also denies science (and common sense).

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            13 minutes ago

            The bigger issue is Hancock’s idea of indigenous people worshiping a white savior. Check out the excerpts from his book I pasted.

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              11 minutes ago

              I like how you continue to dodge the fact the indigenous peoples claims they come from a fucking rock is ridiculous when I have already agreed that Hancock is a con man.

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                8 minutes ago

                Yes, many indigenous folk beliefs don’t make sense. But there’s a reason punching down is a shitty thing to do. And you are punching down on indigenous people. Maybe just accept that they have a belief that doesn’t make sense, since it isn’t hurting anyone.

                Unlike the racist with the hugely popular Netflix show.