I suspect the problem is bigger in Europe because a lot of europeans feel closer to the idea of crusaders than a lot of Americans who might see the great frontier western cowboy era as their nostalgic period of reminiscent cool strong hero dudes. It's really telling, but not uncommon from my experience. This review by History Buffs- A really fun historic movie channel, have this review of Kingdom of Heaven DC that goes off the rails, because its historical revisionist (code for: too kind to the evil muslims). The least romantic war is the Nagorno-Karabakh War, but only because none of you know where that is. The Crusades were no exception, just one more in a long line of useless, stupid wars that people now romanticize for some reason. The bad crusaders where just a few rogue individuals. 8 reasons not to get that Crusader tattoo. Noble knights who just wanted to guard the passageways to the holy lands and protect the pilgrims. I think it's because they were bad ass looking skilled fighters, and as a result a lot of people in Europe have a need to have these guys be the good guys. Crusaders have a special bias for many european history buffs that the Inquisitors don't. I've talked to more than a few people who become very hostile when the subject gets to the bad stuff Crusaders did. But I've seen Deus Vult memes following Kingdom of Heaven Director Cut.Īnd on that note, not having necessarily anything to do with alt-right or nazis, there are many people in Europe who have very protective ideas about the Crusaders being good guys.
It has a overlap with Rome Total War 'fucking plebs' / 'catapult' memes. I've seen Deus Vult memes going back several years.
