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Holy misleading headline, Batman!
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:14 pm
The headline: 
LINK
The reality is that they mean the samurai class, which is a no-brainer, since half the people are women
They want you to THINK they mean the samurai warriors.
Even inside the article:
So they are technically correct, but it is definitely a case of historians looking at The Independent and saying "you know what you did"
Even showing the armor in the title graphic to also call forth that specific image of the samurai
LINK
The reality is that they mean the samurai class, which is a no-brainer, since half the people are women
They want you to THINK they mean the samurai warriors.
Even inside the article:
quote:
The mercenary group developed into a rural gentry and by 1615 they had moved away from the battlefield to serve as government officials, scholars, and patrons of the arts.
It is here where half of the samurai class were women and although they did not tend to fight they were a vital part of the elite order, playing a key role both on and off the battlefield.
“It's a surprise that comes from a narrow use or a narrow understanding of the word samurai, because samurai doesn't mean warrior,” Dr Rosina Buckland, Asahi Shimbun curator of Japanese Collections, told The Independent.
So they are technically correct, but it is definitely a case of historians looking at The Independent and saying "you know what you did"
Even showing the armor in the title graphic to also call forth that specific image of the samurai
This post was edited on 3/29/26 at 10:15 pm
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Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:16 pm to Roaad
Garbage media is garbage.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:17 pm to Roaad
People who read past headlines are often rewarded with pertinent information.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:17 pm to Roaad
quote:
although they did not tend to fight they were a vital part of the elite order,
quote:
playing a key role both on and off the battlefield
How exactly were they playing a key role ON the battlefield if they did not tend to fight as expressed by the sentence right before it?
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:18 pm to Roaad
Women. “We’re as tough as men”
Men. No, you’re not. Make me a sandwich
Men. No, you’re not. Make me a sandwich
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:19 pm to 844_Tiger
quote:Comfort women and nurses
playing a key role ON the battlefield
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:58 pm to 844_Tiger
quote:
How exactly were they playing a key role ON the battlefield if they did not tend to fight as expressed by the sentence right before it?
Never trained for or fought in a war have you? If you have you would know a lot of people in the battlespace are not warfighters. Depending on the era, there could be more "non-combat arms" on the battlefield than not. This makes perfect sense for the Sengoku period.
As to the OP the headline is accurate, or at least there has been no information that it isn't. What misleads is the reader's own ignorance. I have never studied much about Samurai/Bushido, so the article taught me something. I don't mind when I am sorta suckered into learning.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:07 am to Obtuse1
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As to the OP the headline is accurate, or at least there has been no information that it isn't. What misleads is the reader's own ignorance.
Case in point, OP losing his shite over a nothingburger.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:10 am to Obtuse1
quote:I said it is technically accurate, but deliberately misleading
As to the OP the headline is accurate
It says women are 50% of samurai, then show samurai warrior armor in the title graphic.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:11 am to Roaad
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I said it is technically accurate, but deliberately misleading
It is meant to grab the reader's attention so that they click the article and read further.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:12 am to sgallo3
quote:losing my shite, huh?
OP losing his shite over a nothingburger.
You are still so mad that I publicly humiliated you on the M/TV board that you are showing up in all my threads to plug your ears and blow raspberries?
I mean. . .it's a look
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 12:13 am
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:21 am to Roaad
Actually didnt notice you made this thread until after i replied to the other comment.
This thread is on brand for you though, creating a strawman to get up in arms about.
This thread is on brand for you though, creating a strawman to get up in arms about.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:22 am to sgallo3
Sure thing, pumpkin
So mad.
quote:
This thread is on brand for you though, creating a strawman to get up in arms about.
So mad.
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 12:23 am
Posted on 3/30/26 at 1:07 am to Roaad
They’re just playing DEI gender word games.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 3:18 am to ATrillionaire
quote:
People who read past headlines are often rewarded with pertinent information.
So you agree it’s a misleading article trying to associate women with being samurai warriors when they weren’t then
Posted on 3/30/26 at 3:48 am to Proximo
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So you agree it’s a misleading article trying to associate women with being samurai warriors when they weren’t then
I don't agree. The article isn't misleading at all. The headline is misleading.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 4:37 am to Havoc
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Garbage media is garbage.
So is Garbage Academia.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 6:26 am to Roaad
Women have been cutting out the hearts of lonely men forever, nothing to see here.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 6:46 am to 844_Tiger
quote:They passed out sandwiches
How exactly were they playing a key role ON the battlefield if they did not tend to fight as expressed by the sentence right before it?
Posted on 3/30/26 at 7:02 am to ATrillionaire
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I don't agree. The article isn't misleading at all. The headline is misleading.
Thus the title of the thread:
quote:
Holy misleading headline, Batman!
...no?
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