The Crusades: ‘White Supremacist’ Ventures Defined by ‘Injustices and Unspeakable Tragedies’?

In recent articles discussing Pete Hegseth’s pro-Crusader views and tattoos, we saw how the “Left” and its media mouthpiece rely on the Fake History version of the Crusades. We also exposed the true source of their fears, namely, Christians finally realizing that the highest virtue of their religion is not being a doormat but rather standing up against evil.

There are, however, two other noteworthy aspects to the Left’s attack on Hegseth.

White on Brown Violence?​

The first is this notion that anyone who holds a favorable view of the Crusades is automatically a “white supremacist.” This bizarre claim was made in virtually every article and report written about Hegseth’s pro-Crusader views, including a New York Times piece titled, “Pete Hegseth and His ‘Battle Cry’ for a New Christian Crusade.” It says that the Jerusalem (or Crusader) Cross and the Latin phrase Deus vult (“God wills it”) — both of which are tattooed on Hegseth’s frame — are “used by white supremacists.”

This connection is apparently based on the fact that the overwhelming majority of history’s Crusaders were Europeans, and the overwhelming majority of their enemies were Muslims. But this dichotomy is based on something else: the Muslim conquest of non-European lands.

Once Islam exploded out of Arabia in the seventh century, it conquered all of North Africa and the Middle East, which was almost entirely Christian. Those Christians, who were not European, were quickly subdued — killed, converted to Islam, or living as dhimmis, cowed subjects of the Islamic state.

All that was left of Christendom was Europe (though portions of it were also conquered, such as Spain and later Eastern Europe). In other words, all that were left to fight on behalf of or defend Christendom were white people.

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