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Originally Posted by Mynydd
What Kemp doesn't say explicitly but he tries to imply through his crappy text, is that there was a clear superiority of the Goths over the Hispano-Romans. See how the Goths are constantly presented as the nobility, while no others are mentioned as nobles. So, it looks as if this prohibition of mixed marriages was indeed a matter of racial supremacy.
However, I vaguely recall a comment by Prof. Gallo which would point towards a sense of superiority not on the side of the Goths over the Hispano-Romans, but on the side of the Hispano-Roman senatores (the aristocracy) over the Gothic nobility. This would make sense as, although the Goths entered Hispania as foederati and settled as a military class against the raidings of the Asdingi and Sllingi Vandals and the Alans, they were still looked down as barbarians.
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I'm sure both groups thought they were better than the other. This type of divisive sentiment is not uncommon among most Europeans throughout history. Kemp just panders to the point of view of the group he prefers as any bias "writer" does.
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So right, Kemp is blowing smoke, which is something that works with an audience of white trash Anglo-Americans who have never achieved a thing in their lifes. Neither them nor their "incestry". Same goes for Nordicists, which at best they descend from the laid back Nordics who never moved their bellies from their huts, when they are not Alpinoids.
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Never achieved anything? I guess you're right. You know Anglo-Americans being the first in flight, inventing the light bulb, cultivating the concept of the assembly line, and countless other life altering things, never accomplished anything. Come on man. Stop associating your contempt for this South African author and basically everything you don't like with Americans. There are plenty of Europeans that buy into that Nordicist garbage as well. I swear you stoop to childish levels with your constant American bashing. But what can I say? You are European. It's part of your culture right?
By the way, what have you ever accomplished other than having 9,000+ posts on an internet forum?