Oliver Cromwell

Cavaliers were idiots, on that account he did nothing wrong. His puritanism and dictatorship is a lot more dubious subject though.

>>2842524
>fuck the king oh no the king is actually central to English government
>what the fuck William I said we should unite and you only do that long after I die
>>2842530
>implying cromwells faction of the round heads weren't in the wrong

He let the jews back into England. How the fuck is that based?

>in England
yep

>in Ireland
nope, literally Hitler

>>2842524
He smote the Hibernians and dealt them a blow which assblasts them to this day.

>>2843653
>killing a garrison which doesn't surrender is the same as killing elders that hand over all birth records

>>2844024
also taking their land

>>2844485
The land was already under the control of the crown, dumb dumb. The whole reason for Cromwell's campaign in Ireland was to put down the English royalists who'd formed an alliance with the Confederation in exile.

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The more alcohol I ingest, the less sympathetic towards the Irish I become.
I go from "Cromwell's conquest was excessively severe" to "Every drop of Irish blood shed makes God cry a tear of joy".
Is this normal?

>>2845192
depends, how much anglo ancestry do you have that you're aware of?

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>>2845217
That's the thing, I have no ties to either island.
The more logical point of view would be sympathy due to the actions of the ETERNAL SWEDE being comparable to those of the Anglo, but the more drunk I get the more inclined I am to think that the Irish deserved it.

>>2845238
Really neither side was morally pure, it's just one overcame the other in their goals so human instinct is to side with the 'underdog'.
The Irish (well, the Gaels) behaved pretty much exactly the same towards the native Picts in the conquest and colonisation of Scotland, it's just how nature is.

>>2844485
Eh historic rights and privileges are a thing only when protesting
>>2845126
>confederation
The fuck is that, but no just general rebels

>>2842524
>Can I get a quick rundown on him?
No fun allowed.

>>2842524
One of first English ruler. Advocate of idead colonisation of English swamps which nicely increased population.

>>2845192
>Is this normal?

aye