I didn't make any claims about their raids on Europe though. I was talking specifically about Iceland, and Greenland, and only about Iceland and Greenland. So

I didn't make any claims about their raids on Europe though. I was talking specifically about Iceland, and Greenland, and only about Iceland and Greenland. So all your sources are completely irrelevant to what I said. You're reading things I never wrote. The Thule people of Greenland arrived in 1300-1400, after the vikings had arrived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greenland#:~:text=Around%20AD%201300%E2%80%931400%2C%20the,walrus%2C%20narwhal%2C%20and%20seal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greenland#:~:text=A.... I was writing things I find interesting from a social development perspective, and a historical information perspective, but there was nothing political implied about what I said. Nor did I make any sort of far fetched claims, I claimed that Iceland and Greenland were uninhabited when the Vikings arrived, and that claim is true. And the point I was making is how much of an outlier that is, I understand that contact is usually followed by violence, that's why I pointed out how unusual that situation was. I think that this is the result of people assuming political intent where there is none, reading into what I wrote things that weren't there, and basically just failing to be open minded in terms of exploring little known corners of history. The knee jerk downvote reflex is toxic and I think it's acceptable to talk about that. I understand that in this day and age everything gets transmuted into politics but in this case I’m just a history nerd relaying something fascinating I know and to get this instant negative response is.. well it’s discouraging and frustrating. We’re all hackers here; don’t we want to learn new things and not just have our biases confirmed? Seeing the Vikings in their aspect as explorers rather than warriors is an aspect that isn’t often talked about. Of course they were warriors too, I don’t want to paint them as perfect people. Oh whatever, I’m just shouting into the wind.