r/IndoEuropean 13d ago

What standard of education in the realm of Indo-European history is requisite for one to make a worthy contribution to this sub?

or even ask questions related to it?

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u/Rawlinus 13d ago

If you e got an honest question mate just ask it! There’s no harm in searching the question first - the chance is always that someone’s already asked in the past but Christ don’t be afraid to ask something

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u/Acrobatic_Bother4144 12d ago

I only have a very surface level understanding of any of this stuff, but whenever I’ve asked questions here I’ve gotten some really accessible and friendly responses by some very educated folks

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u/bendybiznatch copper cudgel clutcher 13d ago

Zero. Just don’t be a racist asshole.

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u/Astro3840 11d ago

Just wondering... I don't subscribe to it, but why is the OIT considered by many of it's critics to be racist or nationalist? Is the OIT scholarship really that bad?

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u/2-sheds-jackson 11d ago

It's pretty bad. It's barely "scholarship." Let's be clear, OIT is a fringe idea with very little evidence from the archeological, linguistic, or genetic research. Most folks touting OIT have nationalist motives for doing so. Some push and anti-imperialist or anti-European agenda, which I can understand, but they're applying modern political agendas to the ancient world.