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<p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alt-right-analysis-20161121-story.html" target="_blank">Paul Joseph Watson</a>, an editor for conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Alex Jones, tried to take a swipe at the BBC for showing people of color in the Roman Empire in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN_x9o8MV1o&amp;list=PLcvEcrsF_9zL7eufSRIWUYiC80khLsqZ7&amp;index=6" target="_blank">series about Roman Britain</a>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank God the BBC is portraying Roman Britain as ethnically diverse.<br><br>I mean, who cares about historical accuracy, right? <a href="https://t.co/SqE83Pmf2h">pic.twitter.com/SqE83Pmf2h</a></p>&mdash; Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/889804329082912769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;Thank God the BBC is portraying Roman Britain as ethnically diverse,&quot; he wrote. &quot;I mean, who cares about historical accuracy, right?&quot;</p><p>Except, yeah, of course the BBC cares about historical accuracy. That&#39;s why they <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18903391" target="_blank">were being historically</a> accurate. A Twitter man named Mike Stuchbery, who describes himself as writer, historian, and educator, took it upon himself to slam Watson into the ground with a well-sourced rant against ignorance.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrisonPlanet</a> accuses the BBC of inaccurately portraying Roman Britain as ethnically diverse. Here&#39;s why he&#39;s wrong. <a href="https://t.co/Qr6yOOWK3w">https://t.co/Qr6yOOWK3w</a></p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889854722907275264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seriously, are you somehow suffering an acquired brain injury, or are you just playing a role for your mouthbreather followers?</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889846960139751424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roman Britain was ethnically diverse, almost by design. To begin, occupying legions were drawn from other parts of the Empire.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889847364558704640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Romans learned a lesson earlier with the Germans. Don&#39;t give the locals an &#39;in&#39; to occupying military forces.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889847705475928064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have accounts of &#39;moors&#39;, along with (modern-day) Iraqi &amp; Syrian soldiers on Hadrian&#39;s Wall. <a href="https://t.co/KmuhwjFLUn">https://t.co/KmuhwjFLUn</a></p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889848333304463360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every camp in the province (apart from tiny outposts) would have a &#39;vicus&#39;, a settlement where wives, kids, slaves &amp; tradespeople lived...</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889848867365294080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">...many of the inhabitants of the &#39;vicus&#39; would travel with the legion, especially if they were considered &#39;elite&#39;.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889849182961487872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Provincial governors posted to Britannia would take slaves with them (from anywhere in the Empire) &amp; some would have been gifted freedom.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889849806939664384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">London, as the capital of the province, was especially diverse. People lived, worked &amp; died together from all over.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889851353023033344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lant Street Girl was 14 when she died. She came from the southern Mediterranean. <a href="https://t.co/AiP4OUIxmZ">https://t.co/AiP4OUIxmZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/UH6vIzS5uR">pic.twitter.com/UH6vIzS5uR</a></p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889851590777110528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spiralfields Woman&#39;s DNA can be traced directly to Rome. Probably an aristocrat. <a href="https://t.co/KHJmr7PDqW">https://t.co/KHJmr7PDqW</a> <a href="https://t.co/C0R36PgBP5">pic.twitter.com/C0R36PgBP5</a></p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889852505580077056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not just London, we have evidence of North Africans as high-status individuals in York. <a href="https://t.co/rxMA7DaSjr">https://t.co/rxMA7DaSjr</a> <a href="https://t.co/jfQKVNVxKG">pic.twitter.com/jfQKVNVxKG</a></p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889853571143000064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every year we dig up new remains that suggest that Roman Britain, anywhere larger than a military outpost, was an ethnically diverse place.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889854035641159680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You can talk proto-fascist edgelord Alt-Right bullshit as much as you want, but you want to talk history, be prepared to be schooled.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889854414185533442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">PS. Get fucked.</p>&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/889854467667107843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The thread from Stuchbery instantly went viral on <a href="http://imgur.com/gallery/z2puu" target="_blank">Imgur</a>. Here are <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34809804" target="_blank">three</a> <a href="http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/research/readwatchlisten/features/newlookatromanbritain/" target="_blank">more</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/dabbott_01.shtml" target="_blank">articles</a> about ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.</p><p>And in case you doubted Paul Joseph Watson&#39;s intentions, you can <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/860156786170626048" target="_blank">check out his Twitter</a> and decide for yourself if he comes from a place of hatred.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Alt-right troll tweets about racial 'historical accuracy,' gets schooled by history.

Paul Joseph Watson, an editor for conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Alex Jones, tried to take a swipe at the BBC for showing people of color in the Roman Empire in a series about Roman Britain.Thank God the BBC is portraying Roman Britain as ethnically diverse.I mean, who cares about historical accuracy, right? pic.twitter.com/SqE83Pmf2h&mdash; Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) July 25, 2017 &quot;Thank God the BBC is portraying Roman Britain as ethnically diverse,&quot; he wrote. &quot;I mean, who cares about historical accuracy, right?&quot;Except, yeah, of course the BBC cares about historical accuracy. That&#39;s why they were being historically accurate. A Twitter man named Mike Stuchbery, who describes himself as writer, historian, and educator, took it upon himself to slam Watson into the ground with a well-sourced rant against ignorance..@PrisonPlanet accuses the BBC of inaccurately portraying Roman Britain as ethnically diverse. Here&#39;s why he&#39;s wrong. https://t.co/Qr6yOOWK3w&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Seriously, are you somehow suffering an acquired brain injury, or are you just playing a role for your mouthbreather followers?&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Roman Britain was ethnically diverse, almost by design. To begin, occupying legions were drawn from other parts of the Empire.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 The Romans learned a lesson earlier with the Germans. Don&#39;t give the locals an &#39;in&#39; to occupying military forces.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 We have accounts of &#39;moors&#39;, along with (modern-day) Iraqi &amp; Syrian soldiers on Hadrian&#39;s Wall. https://t.co/KmuhwjFLUn&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Every camp in the province (apart from tiny outposts) would have a &#39;vicus&#39;, a settlement where wives, kids, slaves &amp; tradespeople lived...&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 ...many of the inhabitants of the &#39;vicus&#39; would travel with the legion, especially if they were considered &#39;elite&#39;.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Provincial governors posted to Britannia would take slaves with them (from anywhere in the Empire) &amp; some would have been gifted freedom.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 London, as the capital of the province, was especially diverse. People lived, worked &amp; died together from all over.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Lant Street Girl was 14 when she died. She came from the southern Mediterranean. https://t.co/AiP4OUIxmZ pic.twitter.com/UH6vIzS5uR&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Spiralfields Woman&#39;s DNA can be traced directly to Rome. Probably an aristocrat. https://t.co/KHJmr7PDqW pic.twitter.com/C0R36PgBP5&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Not just London, we have evidence of North Africans as high-status individuals in York. https://t.co/rxMA7DaSjr pic.twitter.com/jfQKVNVxKG&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 Every year we dig up new remains that suggest that Roman Britain, anywhere larger than a military outpost, was an ethnically diverse place.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 You can talk proto-fascist edgelord Alt-Right bullshit as much as you want, but you want to talk history, be prepared to be schooled.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 PS. Get fucked.&mdash; Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) July 25, 2017 The thread from Stuchbery instantly went viral on Imgur. Here are three more articles about ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.And in case you doubted Paul Joseph Watson&#39;s intentions, you can check out his Twitter and decide for yourself if he comes from a place of hatred.

Paul Joseph Watson, an editor for conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Alex Jones, took a swipe at the BBC for showing people of color in the Roman Empire.