This is the last in a series of comments I made at a Islamic history Youtube channel. My objection was that the host lambasted the Greeks for fabricating anti-Turkish folklore about the Ottoman invasion and centuries-long occupation. The video's ugly title is "Is Greek Nationalism built upon a Lie?"
The subject turned to Spain, and I posted the below. It was written quickly without fact-checking, which is why detail and depth is sparse. It's a Youtube comment, not meant to be an exhaustive history. Here it is with link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fGGia6Ogsc&lc=UgwT6KZOtHfP3HzQsWF4AaABAg.AZ7wMW5EStQAZAo_xK-XLx
I can see that there is little use in going on with this as some people, probably most, cannot deal with reality. Most people see themselves as belonging to an innocent race or religion or whatever, few have the desire or strength to confront the atrocities their race/ethnicity, their religion have perpetrated. All prefer to believe they are victims, not victimizers; always the good guys, never bad guys. And reading the comments on this page it is crystal clear, crystal clear, that there are Muslims who refuse to acknowledge that the Islamic expansion was a bloody and brutal affair, that the religion was spread by conquest, by armies of mercenaries, not by evangelists, and I know that I'm not going to change that. So this is my last post here.
