Your Most hated Historical Figures?

[Caninope]

Well, since we had a thread going about people you love, I guess we should put one up about people yeah hate, throughout history, and why.
For Me, it would be, beside the obvious Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, etc,
Oliver Cromwell
Not only did he delay Irish independence by about three hundred years, he killed a whole bunch of Irish in the process, for the sake of Killing Irish.
Fuck Oliver Cromwell.

Didn't even get rid of the monarchy in England, permanently at least.

Cromwell didn't even want to get rid of the monarchy, not really, he was setting up his own Puritan 'Lord Protector' title that was essentially the same thing.

That said, probably the most hated historical figure for me would be Diocletian. He single-handedly dismantled the Roman Empire, handing it over to his power-hungry generals and almost collapsed the Roman economy through his reforms.

why would dismantling the roman empire be bad?

They were better than the Huns.

[New Somersetshire]

Well, since we had a thread going about people you love, I guess we should put one up about people yeah hate, throughout history, and why.
For Me, it would be, beside the obvious Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, etc,
Oliver Cromwell
Not only did he delay Irish independence by about three hundred years, he killed a whole bunch of Irish in the process, for the sake of Killing Irish.
Fuck Oliver Cromwell.

Didn't even get rid of the monarchy in England, permanently at least.

Cromwell didn't even want to get rid of the monarchy, not really, he was setting up his own Puritan 'Lord Protector' title that was essentially the same thing.

That said, probably the most hated historical figure for me would be Diocletian. He single-handedly dismantled the Roman Empire, handing it over to his power-hungry generals and almost collapsed the Roman economy through his reforms.

why would dismantling the roman empire be bad?

Because he replaced it with a feudal system where most people were miserable serfs.

[Avenio]

Well, since we had a thread going about people you love, I guess we should put one up about people yeah hate, throughout history, and why.
For Me, it would be, beside the obvious Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, etc,
Oliver Cromwell
Not only did he delay Irish independence by about three hundred years, he killed a whole bunch of Irish in the process, for the sake of Killing Irish.
Fuck Oliver Cromwell.

Didn't even get rid of the monarchy in England, permanently at least.

Cromwell didn't even want to get rid of the monarchy, not really, he was setting up his own Puritan 'Lord Protector' title that was essentially the same thing.

That said, probably the most hated historical figure for me would be Diocletian. He single-handedly dismantled the Roman Empire, handing it over to his power-hungry generals and almost collapsed the Roman economy through his reforms.

why would dismantling the roman empire be bad?

They were better than the Huns.

This. And their whole preservation of the knowledge, art and culture of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians is fairly important, seeing as the knowledge lost then would eventually spur the Renaissance when the Arabic translations and further works upon their ideas resurfaced in Italy.

[Upper North Yorkshire]

Well, since we had a thread going about people you love, I guess we should put one up about people yeah hate, throughout history, and why.
For Me, it would be, beside the obvious Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, etc,
Oliver Cromwell
Not only did he delay Irish independence by about three hundred years, he killed a whole bunch of Irish in the process, for the sake of Killing Irish.
Fuck Oliver Cromwell.

Didn't even get rid of the monarchy in England, permanently at least.

Cromwell didn't even want to get rid of the monarchy, not really, he was setting up his own Puritan 'Lord Protector' title that was essentially the same thing.

That said, probably the most hated historical figure for me would be Diocletian. He single-handedly dismantled the Roman Empire, handing it over to his power-hungry generals and almost collapsed the Roman economy through his reforms.

why would dismantling the roman empire be bad?

Because he replaced it with a feudal system where most people were miserable serfs.

haha, the roman empire brought about widesread SLAVERY worse than had ever been seen before by mankind! serf or slave, which is worse, who knows!

[Thrinia]

Well, since we had a thread going about people you love, I guess we should put one up about people yeah hate, throughout history, and why.
For Me, it would be, beside the obvious Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, etc,
Oliver Cromwell
Not only did he delay Irish independence by about three hundred years, he killed a whole bunch of Irish in the process, for the sake of Killing Irish.
Fuck Oliver Cromwell.

Didn't even get rid of the monarchy in England, permanently at least.

Cromwell didn't even want to get rid of the monarchy, not really, he was setting up his own Puritan 'Lord Protector' title that was essentially the same thing.

That said, probably the most hated historical figure for me would be Diocletian. He single-handedly dismantled the Roman Empire, handing it over to his power-hungry generals and almost collapsed the Roman economy through his reforms.

why would dismantling the roman empire be bad?

Because he replaced it with a feudal system where most people were miserable serfs.

haha, the roman empire brought about widesread SLAVERY worse than had ever been seen before by mankind! serf or slave, which is worse, who knows!

Amen to that!

[United Southernours]

Franklin Roosevelt, William Sherman, Abraham Lincoln, George Bush

[Coke Addicted Clowns]

Gandhi.

What'd he do wrong?

he was an anti-semetic homophobe.

[The Anglo-Saxon Empire]

Thomas Jefferson, George S. Patton, and Erwin Rommel. Jefferson was not a good president, he destroyed New England's economy with the embargo act of 1807, and he wasted resources battling the Barbary pirates, when it would have been easier and cheaper to just pay off the Barbary pirates like everyone else. As for Patton and Rommel, they are both overrated, sure they were good, but they weren't any better than guys like MacArthur, or Manstein, who accomplished much more.

Edit: Marx, Stalin, Mao, Lenin, Che Guevara, Castro, and Ho Chi Minh as well as many others.

[Avenio]

Well, since we had a thread going about people you love, I guess we should put one up about people yeah hate, throughout history, and why.
For Me, it would be, beside the obvious Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, etc,
Oliver Cromwell
Not only did he delay Irish independence by about three hundred years, he killed a whole bunch of Irish in the process, for the sake of Killing Irish.
Fuck Oliver Cromwell.

Didn't even get rid of the monarchy in England, permanently at least.

Cromwell didn't even want to get rid of the monarchy, not really, he was setting up his own Puritan 'Lord Protector' title that was essentially the same thing.

That said, probably the most hated historical figure for me would be Diocletian. He single-handedly dismantled the Roman Empire, handing it over to his power-hungry generals and almost collapsed the Roman economy through his reforms.

why would dismantling the roman empire be bad?

Because he replaced it with a feudal system where most people were miserable serfs.

haha, the roman empire brought about widesread SLAVERY worse than had ever been seen before by mankind! serf or slave, which is worse, who knows!

Estimates of the population of the Roman Empire that were slaves hovered around 20-30%. In the Middle Ages, 90% of the population were serfs. So you tell me, which was worse?

[Upper North Yorkshire]

Franklin Roosevelt, William Sherman, Abraham Lincoln, George Bush

like g W. as a shout! suprised none of the reactionaries on here have said karl marx!

what about muhammed ... or jesus!

[New Somersetshire]

why would dismantling the roman empire be bad?

Because he replaced it with a feudal system where most people were miserable serfs.

haha, the roman empire brought about widesread SLAVERY worse than had ever been seen before by mankind! serf or slave, which is worse, who knows!

Slavery in the Roman Empire was less common that serfdom in the Middle Ages. Being a slave sucks, but being a Roman pleb is better than being a serf.

[Mediterreania]

Ronald Regean. He created a national debt, burned billions of dollars on useless military hardware, and enabled Saddam.

[Thrinia]

Ronald Regean. He created a national debt, burned billions of dollars on useless military hardware, and enabled Saddam.

Amen.

[Greater Rhodes]

Most popes between the 10th and 17th centuries, and Oliver Cromwell. He just seems like a prick.

[Nort Eurasia]

Joseph McCarthy

[Ravea]

Gandhi.

What'd he do wrong?

he was an anti-semetic homophobe.

Yeah, but he did quite a lot of good.

Anyways. I can't stand Julius Caesar, Richard the Lionheart, or most of the Apostles. Paul is the one I dislike the most.

[Thrinia]

Pope Boniface IX
Pope Innocent VII
Pope Gregory XII
Dont like them.

all popes are bad FULLSTOP! especially benedict 16th the paedo!

How about john xxiii? or leo xiii?

[Greater Rhodes]

Joseph McCarthy

Oh I forgot him yes I hate Joseph McCarthy with the rage of one thousand burning suns

[East Fancainia]

Thomas Jefferson, George S. Patton, and Erwin Rommel. Jefferson was not a good president, he destroyed New England's economy with the embargo act of 1807, and he wasted resources battling the Barbary pirates, when it would have been easier and cheaper to just pay off the Barbary pirates like everyone else. As for Patton and Rommel, they are both overrated, sure they were good, but they weren't any better than guys like MacArthur, or Manstein, who accomplished much more.

You're a tad wrong on Rommel. The reason people loved him so much was because he wasn't a Nazi. He was certainly a amazing tactician, but he was a better person.

[New Somersetshire]

Thomas Jefferson, George S. Patton, and Erwin Rommel. Jefferson was not a good president, he destroyed New England's economy with the embargo act of 1807, and he wasted resources battling the Barbary pirates, when it would have been easier and cheaper to just pay off the Barbary pirates like everyone else. As for Patton and Rommel, they are both overrated, sure they were good, but they weren't any better than guys like MacArthur, or Manstein, who accomplished much more.

I'm a Rommel fan, but not so much for the fact he was brilliant in battle as the fact he ignored orders to commit war crimes and deserved better than getting his head smashed in and being forced to commit suicide.

[Nort Eurasia]

Joseph McCarthy

Oh I forgot him yes I hate Joseph McCarthy with the rage of one thousand burning suns

If he was still alive, I would kill him.

[Red Latin American]

All U.S. rulers, all popes, all the monarchs of the world, all former dictators and all then one day worked with the military dictatorships in the Americas, Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill and all the other pigs imperialists and colonialists.

[Upper North Yorkshire]

cristiano ronaldo ... michael vick ... l ron hubbard

[Ravea]

cristiano ronaldo ... michael vick ... l ron hubbard

I take it we aren't cheering for the same team in the world cup, then.

[Avenio]

Pope Boniface IX
Pope Innocent VII
Pope Gregory XII
Dont like them.

all popes are bad FULLSTOP! especially benedict 16th the paedo!

And Innocent III. He started the Albigensian Crusade, which killed thousands of innocent people and extinguished what might have been the most beautiful, peaceful and enlightened branch of Christianity to ever exist.