Thanks Red Badger for the link.
Posted on 04/24/2023 8:40:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...A group of 15 masked protesters rushed the stage at the festival, where Hansen was in the middle of an interview with one of the L.A. Times columnists, according to the outlet. Members of the protest were reportedly targeting Hansen after his years of research revealing an ancient Maya complex in Guatemala.
"This is stolen land!" and "[redacted]" were among some of the cries heard from protesters as they threw around chairs, the L.A. Times reported. They also held a banner that read "Gringo colonizer fuera del Mirador," in reference to Hansen's work at the El Mirador ancient site...
Hansen and others on stage were escorted to a nearby tent until the situation was resolved.
At least one person was arrested on suspicion of battery, according to a Los Angeles Police Department source who spoke to the L.A. Times. "I've lectured all over the world and this has never happened before," Hansen said following the protest. His laptop was also stolen by one of the protesters, but was recovered shortly after.
Hansen's critics claim that his work in revealing the ancient history of the region will increase archaeological tourism. Though this would bring huge amounts of money to an area rife with drug and human trafficking and illegal deforestation, apparently the tourism would harm local populations, the L.A. Times noted.
"I think they were profoundly influenced by lies and distortions," Hansen said of the protesters.
Similar issues have occurred throughout recent archaeological study. At least two renowned archaeologists have lost their jobs with no explanation in the last year. The Society for American Archaeology doesn't help, as the organization is quick to attack those exploring our ancient past without offering any significant reason beyond their own opinions.
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Thanks Red Badger for the link.
Hansen’s critics claim that his work in revealing the ancient history of the region will increase archaeological tourism.
Mmmmmm....k
Do you insist on being historically irrelevant?
Should the Maya and Aztec peoples remain invisible and the explanation of disappearance never be discovered?
We let them get away with their post modernist relativity and rejection of Socratic logic for far too long.
The Mayan cities were abandoned after wars and droughts.
The land wasn’t stolen, the civilization wasn’t destroyed by foreigners ... the Mayan people essentially just walked away.
What fascinates me is why the protesters are nowhere to be found in Spain.
Spain was the imperialist in the area.
Did the protesters have it long enough to install back doors/porn/top secret files/or?
How do you say "gone Gault" in Nahuatl?
Stolen land? Don’t make me laugh. The great archeological revival in the Peten began in the nineteen sixties when there was literally no one in the region. The era of the chicle hunter was over. The capital was nothing to speak of, and the single hotel was skid row quality. There was no real road into Belize, or up into Mexico’s Quntana Roo. The road from Coban, Guatemala to the north was a path. The single airstrip was serviced by an antiquated DC-3. Archeologists did the one thing that most would have thought impossible. It made the place interesting. Stolen land? The usual leftist garbage!
Your land was stolen?
My land was stolen!
The whole world was stolen!
As we may find out some day, we ALL are from somewhere else !
Because Spain isnt that insane yet. And because even politics-soaked Spanish students have little interest in history. And because Hispanic-American immigrants in Spain aren’t politically controversial. They integrate very smoothly.
Moroccans and blacks are the main immigration issues.
This is at least the second article this week where journalists have no clue of the meaning of the expression, "bum's rush". It means to be unceremoniously thrown out of a business, stereotypically by the collar and the back waistband. An example would be George Baily and Clarence being thrown out of the bar by Nick in "It's A Wonderful Life": "That's it! Out you two pixies go, through the door or out the window!"
“Follow the Science”
Unless of course it’s reproductive biology or archeology.
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