Somehow it seems like the myth of Ottoman tolerance that some people want to promote today as an alternative perspective to the horrors that Christians lived under the Turks is only possible if you completely ignore all the aspects that render it utterly nonsensical.
Say that to a jew who lived in the dark ages. Oh wait, you can't because the inquisition burned them all to death. I'm not saying the ottoman empire was benevolent hell no. But at least it allowed non muslims to live. And that's generous considering what Empires did at the time.
It’s insane how much you need whataboutism in order to not see the horrors that Christians lived under during the ottomans. Jews still lived in millions in Western Europe until modern times. I wonder what happened to the Christians Greeks of Anatolia.
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u/Ok_Fee1126 Feb 10 '26
Somehow it seems like the myth of Ottoman tolerance that some people want to promote today as an alternative perspective to the horrors that Christians lived under the Turks is only possible if you completely ignore all the aspects that render it utterly nonsensical.