@tlatollotl can you put any validity to Ramirez’s garbage?
Ramirez is trying to portray Mesoamerican sacrifice as strictly evil with no consideration of cultural beliefs in order to somehow justify the atrocities Europeans committed toward indigenous people from 1492 onwards. Did Mesoamericans sacrifice people? Absolutely. Is that evil/savage/barbaric/horrific? Not necessarily. It really depends on the culture you grew up in and whether or not you have the capacity to understand cultural relativism (I’ve talked to some people who are simply incapable of understanding another culture). I do recommend checking out this YouTube video of Marshall Sahlins explaining Fijian cannibalismfor those that struggle with cultural relativism. Sahlins walks you through Fijian cultural beliefs regarding “cooked men” and “raw women”. If you can follow along and accept Fijian cultural beliefs regarding cannibalism, then you should be able to accept Mesoamerican beliefs regarding sacrifice.
“It’s my culture to eat people! It’s my culture to perform human sacrifice! These things are ok because My CuLtUrE!”
Your culture is barbaric, then. Cry about it, savage.
Also, Ramirez is right - the Aztects were just as imperialistic as Columbus and his merry crew, and any European army, and no amount of “its their culture!” apologism changes that. Stay pissy that your fetishized brown people weren’t perfect angels and yeah, did shitty things because they were human.
“sacrificing people is not necessarily evil or horrific”
My head physically hurts reading this
“NOOOOO YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE BROWN PEOPLE CULTURE NOOOO”
