Willing to do Black Hawk Down soon?

Hey, do you think you could take a look at Munich? especially what's going on now

As a small nitpick, the book was less of a historical fiction and more just a framework to dissect the McCarthy era red scare insanity, people selling eachother out, using it for personal benefit, the fervor of zealots and lives ruined by one single report by a bad actor, it's an excellent allegory and flew under the radar. It's still got a lingering effect in the states with anything remotely left being demonized as commie while alt right nutters literally attempted a coup haha

12:07 Let's not forget that Miller wrote his version during the Red Scare.

I really disagree with your line about McCarthyism. Communism isn't like any political belief. Communism can only be brought about in a violent revolution as Marx calls for in the communist manifesto and goes on to defend in other written works. Terrorism is not a simple belief. Trying to pretend that terrorism is just part of politics is wrong. And people who want to commit large scale murder forfeit their rights.

Yup, the governor's wife was accused after she helped her friends escape.

This could mean two very diferent things.

It was the same in Europe. When the friend of the former governor of western Norway was burned as a witch, large parts of the clergy made strong complaints, claiming the trial was personally and politically motivated. The king even sent an investigator, a close advisor, to find out the truth of the matter. In the end the verdict was upheld, but the local government was heavily critized, and witch trials became less common. A few clergymen were also replaced.

I dont know if this should make me laugh or cry

​@@philosotree5876Which are..?

Lisa's question is a reference to Medieval European trials regarding witchcraft. When someone was accused of it but didn't accept the Church's pardon (which involved Church work of some form), the secular King (or court) was responsible with the trial. Since the individual was believed to be a witch, they were placed in dangerous situations that would need the power of witchcraft to evade. Protestants adopted these trials later on during the "witch craze".

​@Bob-fv9vjDo you realize that you left this comment as a response to another unrelated comment?

@Bob-fv9vj That sounds like witch talk to me, Bob....

@@n4ughty_knightif I remember right the church (at least the Roman Catholic one) itself was far less into witch hunting then the government and the people themselves. The church was far more interested in hunting heretics and Muslims/jews than witches. Sadly the witch trials really got off the ground as a way to blame people for bad things that happened like 30 years war and plague outbreak and more than a few preachers were willing to take advantage of this as well

Must drop pantaloons.

Because he wanted the pain to end, but still I agree.

“Mo’ weight, less problems” -Giles Corey

What’s even crazier is that Giles Corey was a real guy who legitimately did this in the 1600s

@@MoOveOver_plz one of the first chads to be born

I am proudly one of his descendants.

Clever!😂

@@jharris3267 thanks. I have absolutely no recollection of writing that comment

Virgin Witchhunters and land snatchers Vs Giga Chad Giles

Typical government, stealing peoples private property.

Jesus christ what a fucking badass

Yes, that's precisely what he was aiming for (keeping the land in the family). Dude was old even for now (81) and he decided to take the only way out of a no-win situation.

​@@simongosimon Even more bad ass since it is said after a few days of the rock torture, Giles was asked to plea and instead of doing so he would only reply "more rocks" until he died. Aside from the reply, he would take the torture in silence.

for decades Salem has been a notable tourist destination by broadcasting this ordeal Now somehow the town has become Halloween Mecca, with countless people partying there during September & October. Also other spooky events being hosted there through out the year

Brilliant. The kind of point that only an older, wiser MAN can make.

I found the memorial very sobering and striking as well. I actually was there in October to experience the Halloween-all-Month thing, and they had a huge, 20,000 jack o' lanterns trail on display at the zoo. It ended at the memorial, so it was like, food for thought after all the fun. But the apology to the victims and it saying it was there to remind against the dangers of mass hysteria, it really was striking. So should we all remember.

Are you aware that Giles Corey was a terrible person? He beat a servant to death, for which his punishment was to pay a fine. He was simply a stubborn, unpleasant asshole, not some symbol of heroic defiance and martyrdom.

​@@kaylew108I would hardly call him wise. He was a murderer.

This was one of the points that was brought up in a history class that was specifically devoted to the witch trials. I feel like it's a period of time that doesn't get talked about enough. I took another class that was on Indian captivity. People living out in these settlements were truly terrified (and sometimes justifiably so) of indigenous tribes coming to raid their areas. Coupling that with religious intolerance, it's a hotbed of paranoia and mistrust.

Last Podcast On The Left did a really good series on the Trials, and they talk fairly extensively on King Phillips War. And Lions Led By Donkeys did an entire series on King Phillips War because of LPOTL!

You can’t talk about the Salem VVitch Trials without bringing up King Philip’s War

So interesting! Thank you

The paranoia they had was 100% caused by their superstitious beliefs. Stop reinterpreting history in a modern light.

One more stone

He refused to make any plea.

His family would rather keep their house than keep him alive? And I thought my family were jerks.

@@davemccage7918 What a highly ignorant comment. I suppose your interest in history is only cursory at best, and your empathy for people at that time is nonexistent.

@@davemccage7918they would likely die of starvation or exposure if they had been seen as tainted by witchcraft esp through the father

I was bored to death.

I remember reading the play in high school and being so enamored that I bought the book for myself so I could read it. I remember the movie being particularly captivating, my teacher didn't point out the inaccuracies but I bet that would have made it more interesting.

“Leave me my name!” Always gives me chills. I read the play before seeing it and it’s also incredible.

I only paid attention because of Winona ryders fine ahh

If you discussed this at school and the history your teacher was talking about was 17th Century Witch trials your teacher was incompetent.

"She made me call her my Giantess of Lannister..."

It is Scary because she was acting like girls do nowadays. Willing to Lie & let Innocent people die because of Egotism

​@kingarthur3978 bro get over yourself, people have always been people. Not just girls.

@@kingarthur3978you men will always be ten times worse than us

Also, they said that devil marks appear and disappear, moving to a different part of your body. Basically, if they said that you had a devil's mark, you had one and therefore you die.

Consistent theme in Christian European society was that a disability or deformity was a reflection of a crooked mind. Similar story with mental illness and disability. In some places, they might be seen as changelings or possessed. It's an attitude that still pervades us, albeit more subtly, in the way laws surrounding disability and mental illness work even now.

I don't have a single spot or mole on my entire body atm.

@@Arkantos117 looks like evil witch deception to me 🤨

​@@Arkantos117WITCH!

I bet the Putnam headstones get a lot of spit.

As you probably know, the actual site of the unfortunate executions ( now within present day Salem ) which was lost through history ( actually, once the madness came to an end local people just wanted to forget about it and didn’t want any reminders) has now been authenticated by old maps, historical documentation, and topographical evidence. There is now a historical marker, and I believe, a small memorial at the site which can be visited.

Why? I can guess the implication but is that fair? The assumption being that Arthur Miller is not the type of man that a successful Hollywood actress would marry. The assumption that a Hollywood actress would only be attracted to the obvious suitors for a beautiful and famous actress. Woman are attracted to intelligence. Creative people are attracted to people that can will make their lives more interesting. Their marriage makes perfect sense.

On top of that, according to my English teacher, the two remained friends until her death even after they divorced.

@@Annie-xh2dt 'Woman are attracted to intelligence' - has to be the biggest cope ever. They're obviously attracted most of all by power. What man can by them the most powerful vacuum cleaner? The most powerful dishwasher? Only a man with power.

​@@Annie-xh2dtalso Marilyn, despite type casting, was very intelligent and just couldn't break this type despite trying to because by then no one would have taken her seriously.

I always thought the feckless Abigail paralleled Miller's view of Marilyn.

And yet the same old witch trials pop up decade after decade!

@@AndyJarman the unfortunate truth

I've never read it or seen the movie.

I don’t remember this one I’m not sure when it was made but I graduated in 2001.

No me…

Ergotism has been used as a theory for so many manic periods in history but the thing is it sometimes does fit!

Ah yes, the Ergot theory. I'm not a big fan of this one myself, as it really seems like historians are stretching to try and find a way to excuse the behavior of the girls who were accusing everyone else of witchcraft when there's plenty of pretty obvious evidence that the personal disputes and politics played a huge role in that, but I suppose it might have had some small part to play.

@@MidlifeCrisisJoe Actually I think the Ergot theory adds strength to the impact that the personal disputes and politics played. Think about it, let's say that you are in a pretty serious conflict with someone and you suddenly fall ill under mysterious circumstances. Then you hallucinate that the person who you have a conflict with is now appearing before you as an apparition. Now also remember, this is at a time when the medicine had no concept of the causes of illness, such as bacteria, and was also at a time when people believed that magic was a real thing and could have a real impact on a person. Combine the two, and it's actually pretty easy to see how the accusations could have started. Now, I don't think Ergot played a part in every accusation, but I do believe it played a part in some of them.

I am a Puritan. The lies that are told about us are endless. You did not study Puritans or Puritanism, you were most likely fed caricatured lies about the Puritans. The witch trials conducted by Puritans, or involving Puritans in England and in America, were full legal trials. You had every other right as any other person accused of any crime. Many of these trials took months if not years to complete, and most people were found to be innocent and not guilty. During the Salem Witch Trials, over 200 people were accused. Only 30 were found guilty. This was not mass hysteria. This was not wicked misogyny. This was not the patriarchy gone wrong. These were legal trials against criminals, just as we would see today against traitors and spies. And the reason why it bothers me to such an extreme length, is the fact that the Puritans and the Calvinists, were the only ones who actually held proper legal trials for accused witches. In Lutheran Norway, we did see communal hysteria and land grabs. As in Lutheran Norway, the witch trials were done by local rural Sheriffs. Where they indeed would go after the neighbors they did not like, et cetera. And in the Catholic world, they would never offer you any sort of trial, they would torture you to death with a smile on their faces. And yet, the ONE GROUP that actually held proper trials. Collecting evidence. Seeking witnesses. And going through the full legal procedure and system. This ONE GROUP is branded as the evil misogynistic horrid monster evil white male Christians who hate the "free spirited" woman. It's a lie, and a horrid one. You know "Freedom of Speech" and "Freedom of Religion" and "Freedom of the Press"? Those things were given to you by the Puritans. Without us, these things would not exist. Yet, they need to build fake history to brand us as the evil monster-men, so the leftists/socialists/modernists can take what we gave to the world and claim for themselves.

Yeah, there’s not really any evidence for the Ergot theory; and it doesn’t explain the mass hysteria that spread throughout Salem and the neighboring towns.

The 1950s thing doesn't actually make sense, because while witches generally don't exist, communists do and did all over the place in the 50s. McCarthy was right. This is no longer up for debate.

Umm… then consider the justice system, in my county at least, fully collapsed. I once waited 358 days in jail to only be sentenced to 200 days. I felt like I was presumed guilty for that nearly a year.

The only difference, McCarthy was right.

When we read this book in school, immediately after, we learned about McCarthyism.

Really? I thought it was the hangings

@@justinyi5731 fair lol; but the inability to not rush to "other" people, or to respect innocent until proven guilty over 300 years later is certainly astounding.

@@justinyi5731 That was like what Patton Oswalt and Norm Macdonald said about the Bill Cosbey cases lol

@@yalhexander5641 yes!! Haha glad you picked up on it!

Maybe one day more of us will learn when nearly all of us are properly educated. There's a reason why education systems aren't properly funded & are skewed.

Lmao your comment is silly. "But in reality they did not want to be witches." Yes I imagine when they were innocent and were being hung they thought to themselves... well I didn't want this.

I would argue that most people who visit Salem absolutely consider the innocent people killed there. In fact, it's actually one of the few places in the world that when mentioned immediately invoke images of falsely accused people being sent to death. Also, you have a typo; *Witch* themed. Edit: You're welcome!

I was there two days ago, on Oct. 29th. I was in Reading for something else, figured I'd go to a few nearby national parks after. I hit Saugus Ironworks, and saw the next closest was Salem Maritime. Not considering what Salem would be like Sunday before Halloween, I drove in. It was nuts, and all I could think to myself was, "you all do realize that you're here having fun and making merry at the sight of one of the most massive judicial miscarriages of justice in North American history?" It just felt... unsettling.

@@KrimetTStarKiller I respectfully disagree with you. I understand where you’re coming from, but the world is different - and not for the better. Believe it or not, some younger people (even in my high school) thought it was all a work of fiction, and that it was made-up tale to teach the lesson of blaming and lying for self-gain. I guess that as time goes on, it’s always important to remember how we have changed as human beings, and that if we don’t remember our past we are destined to repeat it.

"These women that were killed" *women and men

My 8th great grandmother was Elizabeth Howe.

Turns out we are related then 😅 I am also related to rachel

Yeah, because human nature doesn't change.

I remember watching it as well in 11th grade

I was gonna type mostly the same thing. A whole week of this was exhausting

I read this in 11th Grade English also. I wonder if we all had the same curriculum.

90% of required reading (it was 9th grade for us, early 00s) was pretty dull, catcher in the rye is overrated, but this was a classic. For me it was tame, I mean I'd loved the thing/predator/evil dead/starship troopers since 4th grade haha, but still good. Especially since it doubled as commentary on the McCarthy red scare which reached religious zealot levels of insanity, gives it two layers of historical significance. It's insane that modern religious whackos try to act like THESE people were the founding fathers, centuries before the real ones who were deists and didn't want this crap anywhere near the institution

I can't remember if I saw it in eighth or ninth grade

Such a good movie. And a great portrayal of Henry VIII by Robert Shaw.

... but for Wales

Puts tears in my eyes every time. I don't know why everyone puts "My Left Foot" above "The Crucible". It's one of the best performances he's yet given.

I agree. I also love The Last of the Mohicans!

@@twinkletoes6290 beautiful film, beautiful choice, friend

​​​@@JimmySteller tbf damn near every performance by that man is flawless its hard to choose a favourite

Except communists actually existed in Hollywood so the comparison falls flat

I’m about 20 mins into the video and if the whole video goes without him saying anything I’m going to be so upset because that was the whole reason Miller wrote the play.

@@kandikidzora except communists do exist

@@cgmason7568 yes trust me I know. My family had to escape first the bolsheviks and then the former USSR at the start of World War Two. I’m only the 2nd generation born in the states. Still doesn’t change the fact that Miller wrote the play as an allegory for what what going on at that time

Don't you mean Arthur Miller?

Classic Day-Lewis

That's also where he met his wife; Arthur Miller's daughter, Rebecca.

You and everyone else

@@SportyMabamba I have the records but ok lol

He lived centuries ago, by now he would have a crap ton of descendants. @@MaliciousMallard

That’s fascinating.

And a girl I went to grade school with had the last name Lincoln, so therefore she’s Abraham Lincoln…

Actually the scene continues with King Arthur and Sir Bedaviere

I am thinking the same

As a Lutheran, I completely agree.

A commonly misunderstood phrase. Judge not lest you be judged by the same stone. Meaning you shouldn't judge people of doing something you are guilty of. Not that you shouldn't judge at all

​@@christopherhammond9467 Yes. However it's still a pretty good idea not to judge anyone period, cause you never know when you could be wrong. Leave the judgement to the only pure judge, so to speak

@@Dr-Weird That is complete nonsense. There are people doing absolutely insane things and its destroying the western world. An 8 year old can decide to change their gender for life through surgery and drugs but an 18 year old is too immature to google how little their major will pay and then take out a loan they expect others to repay?? And you think I cant judge those people?? Go take a nap. The adults are talking. Shame and social judgement has kept society together for centuries. This 'dont judge anyone period' is empty headed toxic compassion that people blindly assume is enlightenment. Its not.

@@Dr-Weird Why are you judging that person's comment?

@@n4ughty_knight why are you judging my comment?

Ooh! and while you’re at it, you should also review the new Napoleon movie when it comes out!

After Oppenheimer of course

@@SgtScorpious that too! 💣

His name was seriously Mr.Bane? That's awesome.

@@imyourdaddy5822 100% true story. One of the best teachers I’ve ever had. Took a subject I didn’t like and made me love it

Naked dance twerk party lol

_YOU MERELY ADOPTED THE SUBJECT_

Except for the fact that the Puritan witch trials was not "group think" or "mass hysteria". They were legal trials that took months to years to complete, and you had every legal right as with any other criminal accusation. Evidence was gathered, and witnesses were questioned. And close to 90% of people were found not guilty. The modern Atheist just love to use my Religion as some evil phantom make-believe horrid misogynistic religious extremists. Even though it was the Puritans who gave us Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of the Press. But they need to brand us as the evil wicked ones, so they can take these things and claim it for themselves.

​@@HugebullLegal trials where you had to confess to live whether or not you are guilty? Legal......maybe.... Just? Nope!

@@whaaat3632 If you were forced to confess, then why were nearly 90% of the accused let go? The point and purpose of a trial is to find out the truth. If that truth leads to a confession, then there you have it. We do the exact same thing today. Pressure is obviously put on the accused. Just like we do today. You don't end the trial when the accused says he didn't do it. If that was the case, then we would have zero people in prison, and we would live in a lawless society. There was nothing out of the ordinary with these trials compared to any other accusation and crime.

That would be something super interesting to listen to!!

Not London. Not now.

"BECAUSE IT IS MY NAME BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER IN MY LIFE!!!!" the scene alone is worth the watch

Are those used to produce actors like Daniel Day Lewis?

I like Ridley Scott, but skipped Napoleon because of the reviews. Sounds like I made the right choice 😂

Just look at Columbia Uni

@@Nedchilvs Ironic for you to bring that up. The same people protesting at Columbia would be the same people "cancelled" in the 1950's for communist associations - the very catalyst that inspired Miller to write the Crucible's screenplay in the first place.

@@williamwallace9944 Not quite the same from what I can see, the Marxists and their useful idiots are in the majority, it's the same as as everybody thinking Taylor Swift is something great, it's just fashion, it's just jumping on the band wagon.

Yeah, two thumbs up from me for this idea. And speaking of DDL and Scorsese collaborations: The Age of Innocence would be another good idea.

Lol history bluffs....I mean buffs*

@@redcrabdue1787 never seen that one, I'll have to check it out especially if it has DDL

LINCOLN

I was sure this one had been created but I was thinking of another fav channel wierd history. Check out their gangs of new York video to tie ya over

He throws a lot of the old cliches around in this one, doesn't he?

The real lesson to be learned 😅

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

That movie isn't based off a piece of history its just a time period. Not really anything to talk about.

​@@musstakrakish But he did a video on Apocalypo which is also a fake story set in a historical setting, so VVITCH should be fine

Ironic considering how there were no witches in Salem yet many people in those trials did in fact have connections with communist groups

Yeah, Arthur Miller was a pinko.

​@@POCKET-SANDwas he a witch too!?

@@nintendianajones64 Nah, just a pinko. Just like the Hollywood 10, all pinkos.

@@POCKET-SAND You would have fit right into this hysteria as well, wouldn't you? Only nowadays your ilk doesn't scream Whitch! Whitch! Whitch! but Woke! Woke! Woke!

It's a turn of phrase. Butthurt? Blame folks before us all.

A theme demoCRACKS have taken up 😮

I thought Miller also used The Crucible as a criticism of Mccarthyism.

Yup.

​@@bleakautomaton4808You're right. He did.

The shadows that lurk repressed within our unconscious but which we dare not admit to.

I know not who this Razorfist is, but he sounds daft

@@warlordofbritannia This entirely depend on your political viewpoint I would say. He is a very varied person considering himself a "Left by the left" person.

@@gendor5199 Wait; isn’t he that guy that made that “Lincoln was a dictator” video? That guy’s a real nut!

@@warlordofbritannia I couldn't say. He had plenty of evidence, I just did not care for it as I am not american and don't care for Lincoln anyways. As far as conspiracy theories goes, it's up in the air these days.

Oh yes. It reminded me quite a lot of today, unfortunately.

Seriously though never bring an Ouija broad in your house ever!

⁠​⁠​⁠@@susanfrancis3761that’s just superstition from media, ouija boards were created as a board game in the same way as scrabble or Pictionary. You were supposed to find words to analyse your own psychology

@@omnipotentfaces1514 So it's a litmus test designed around your propensity for projection? I just thought it was a silly toy.

Trans BLM Me Too It's all Gnosticism, secret knowledge held by the oppressed used to subvert authority from the inside.

The Crucible has extremely little to do with witches or Salem, the book is just communist propaganda in support of the Hollywood Ten. But here the funny part the Hollywood 10 were in fact working for the Soviets. And the so-called blacklist never existed, but popular media tries to rewrite history in the eyes of the common person but it's just propaganda. Sometimes the devil is real.

Hilarious take, given the topic of this video

XD @@Ashley-vs8nu

@@Ashley-vs8nubless you lol

What a weird incel-y thing to add the “girls particularly” when this was literally written against the backdrop of McCarthyism lol

McCarthy turned out to be right about a lot of those he accused when Soviet documents were declassified in 90s.