This video is an intricate deep dive into a paradox: those who deny the evils of their historical heroes will end up committing or supporting those very evils. It is a paradox, because while the acolytes of such historical figures deny the wrongs of their past heroes — implying that those actions are morally wrong since they don’t want to blame them for such evils — they will eventually either commit or back such actions. I use several examples to demonstrate this: Mexican education white washes the crimes of the Aztecs and Mayans while cultivating a pro-cartel (and thus, a violent) culture. Israel glorifies Masada and the Kitos War while at the same time justifying IDF crimes in Gaza, Ukrainian nationalists glorify Stepan Bandera and other Ukrainian Nazi collaborators, while at the same time they will back war crimes against Russians; Turkish nationalists will deny the Armenian Genocide, but Azeri Turks will do warcrimes on Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh. The paradox is: while they don’t want moral wrongs attributed to their heroes, they will either do or backs these very wrongs: