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Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for
the day
It looks like another day of moisture…sometimes rain, sometimes snow. I’ve
lived here for over a decade and a half and I don’t remember a wetter fall. I
just read Phoenix set a record for rainfall in November and there is more
November ahead. No complaints.
I am discouraged after the ASU/CU football game. The Buffs played an awful
game and all the talk about ‘it’s a rebuilding year’ was in full view. I had
hoped for so much more from the team and from the coaching staff.
I hope all sides can find an end to the war in Ukraine. I learned long
ago that when there is a disagreement, it is best to have all sides sit down at
a table and figure out how to go forward. Everyone needs to express their past concerns…which
will be very difficult…and then work for what to do in the future.
History that is not true…
The Aztecs thought Hernan
Cortes and the conquistadors were gods
History is written by the
winners, and perhaps nowhere is this truer than 16th-century Mexico. The
Spanish conquest of the Aztecs is prime myth-making territory, as most of our
sources are self-aggrandizing retrospectives by victorious conquistadors describing
events that happened deep in the jungle. A profound sense of cultural and
religious superiority oozes from these accounts, obscuring the customs and
perspectives of the defeated Aztecs, many of whom did not live to tell their
tales.
Chief among these myths is the idea that the Aztecs thought the Spanish were
deities – specifically the prophesied return of the creator god Quetzalcoatl . This
notion was cooked up by Franciscan friars in the late-1500s and is absent even
from most Spanish sources. Even Cortes himself – the leader of the
conquistadors, and one of history’s least modest individuals – makes no mention
of it.
Myths people still believe about
Native Americans…
Native Americans who don't know their culture
are less authentic
Millennia of involuntary acculturation, boarding
schools, adoption, and the prohibition of Native religions cut a lot of
cultural ties. To fault Native people because they were not Indian enough is to
miss this history.
Many people today are reclaiming what they have
lost, such as the study of ancient languages and the re-establishment of
traditional rituals. This Renaissance is not a lack of authenticity, but rather
one of resilience and hard work.
Random Thoughts…
Do you
think Spider-Man has the auto-rotate feature turned off on his phone?
All of
the caution messages on various products were likely put there because someone
tried them out.
The way
we treat moths versus butterflies is a real-life example of pretty privilege.
One day,
they’ll probably create a Harry Potter remake,
and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.
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