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The ancient aliens argument has racism written all over it. Of course no one likes to be called a racist because that may mean having to admit that something they did was wrong and we all know how opposed people are to admitting wrongdoing. Nevertheless, the cult following of pseudoarchaeology, also known as alternative archaeology remains a very real threat to civilization itself. Elon Musk is currently the most prominent pusher of these quack theories about little green men building ancient structures, but there have been many down through the ages. The idea gained its cult following in the 1960s after the publication of the book "Chariots of the Gods", which makes a very clumsy and non-evidence based argument that ancient aliens, who humans worshiped as "gods", once visited earth and gave brown people the technology they needed to build complex structures like white people. The distinction of racial bias is important here because Stonehenge, the only European structure on the ancient aliens list, was only recently added to the list of structures this alien visitors built. Why is it that black and brown people have to be dumb, primitive creatures without engineering savvy, but Europeans are smart enough to be able to do this without alien intervention? Why is it always that black and brown people need help from the fantasies of white people in order to do something great? Racism, plain and simple. Do not try to tell me otherwise. Now, I know that some really want aliens to exist, but completely washing away the great accomplishments is no way to realize this science fiction fantasy. People have watched Star Wars and Star Trek so much, too much if you ask me, that they are starting to identify with these fictional beings. Demi Lovato, in their infinite philosophical wisdom, recently called on people to stop referring to aliens as aliens, "The singer and actor who identifies as nonbinary has a docuseries on Peacock titled "Unidentified with Demi Lovato" in which they explore what life there may be beyond this planet." First of all, why is Demi Lovato researching life beyond the planet with a docuseries on peacock? Aren't you like supposed to have a degree in science for this? Turns out Demi Lovato does have a degree; in fact she has a few degrees...in Jiu-Jitsu. The singer turned alien enthusiast does not even have a college degree, apparently because of bullying... Anyway, moving on, Lovato continues, "I really think that if there was anything out there that would want to do that to us (harm us is what they mean here), it would have happened by now," they said. "But I think that we have to stop calling them aliens because aliens is a derogatory term for anything. That's why I like to call them E.T.s!" You see what Stephen Speilberg and other Hollywood alien enthusiasts have done to the minds of people; we have to take into consideration the feelings of the things that may or may not exist now? Well, by that logic, you all must stop referring to jolly Ol' St. Nick as Santa Claus now because the proper name is Krampus, don't you see? Do you see how ridiculous this is getting? This is what happens when your life is nothing more than a cartoon. You begin to get in your head that you are Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory and that your science is better than everyone else's, even when there is not one scientific fact present. By the way, these crackpot theories also found their way onto the incorrectly named "History Channel", where many people around the world first heard them. Why the "History Channel" is allowed to get away with lying about science on the air and presenting it as fact I will never know, but they continue this nonsense to this very day and they are showing no sign of stopping. How long will it be before these nitwits demand ancient aliens be taught in schools too?
The ancient aliens argument has racism written all over it. Of course no one likes to be called a racist because that may mean having to admit that something they did was wrong and we all know how opposed people are to admitting wrongdoing. Nevertheless, the cult following of pseudoarchaeology, also known as alternative archaeology remains a very real threat to civilization itself. Elon Musk is currently the most prominent pusher of these quack theories about little green men building ancient structures, but there have been many down through the ages. The idea gained its cult following in the 1960s after the publication of the book "Chariots of the Gods", which makes a very clumsy and non-evidence based argument that ancient aliens, who humans worshiped as "gods", once visited earth and gave brown people the technology they needed to build complex structures like white people. The distinction of racial bias is important here because Stonehenge, the only European structure on the ancient aliens list, was only recently added to the list of structures this alien visitors built. Why is it that black and brown people have to be dumb, primitive creatures without engineering savvy, but Europeans are smart enough to be able to do this without alien intervention? Why is it always that black and brown people need help from the fantasies of white people in order to do something great? Racism, plain and simple. Do not try to tell me otherwise. Now, I know that some really want aliens to exist, but completely washing away the great accomplishments is no way to realize this science fiction fantasy. People have watched Star Wars and Star Trek so much, too much if you ask me, that they are starting to identify with these fictional beings. Demi Lovato, in their infinite philosophical wisdom, recently called on people to stop referring to aliens as aliens, "The singer and actor who identifies as nonbinary has a docuseries on Peacock titled "Unidentified with Demi Lovato" in which they explore what life there may be beyond this planet." First of all, why is Demi Lovato researching life beyond the planet with a docuseries on peacock? Aren't you like supposed to have a degree in science for this? Turns out Demi Lovato does have a degree; in fact she has a few degrees...in Jiu-Jitsu. The singer turned alien enthusiast does not even have a college degree, apparently because of bullying... Anyway, moving on, Lovato continues, "I really think that if there was anything out there that would want to do that to us (harm us is what they mean here), it would have happened by now," they said. "But I think that we have to stop calling them aliens because aliens is a derogatory term for anything. That's why I like to call them E.T.s!" You see what Stephen Speilberg and other Hollywood alien enthusiasts have done to the minds of people; we have to take into consideration the feelings of the things that may or may not exist now? Well, by that logic, you all must stop referring to jolly Ol' St. Nick as Santa Claus now because the proper name is Krampus, don't you see? Do you see how ridiculous this is getting? This is what happens when your life is nothing more than a cartoon. You begin to get in your head that you are Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory and that your science is better than everyone else's, even when there is not one scientific fact present. By the way, these crackpot theories also found their way onto the incorrectly named "History Channel", where many people around the world first heard them. Why the "History Channel" is allowed to get away with lying about science on the air and presenting it as fact I will never know, but they continue this nonsense to this very day and they are showing no sign of stopping. How long will it be before these nitwits demand ancient aliens be taught in schools too?