Most overhyped historical figure

[Verbal]

I say it's a tie between Freud and Jesus.

[Lumbergh]

in recent times? Ronald Reagan.

historically overall? Jesus Christ. (assuming he was real)

American History? George Washington. there are a lot of myths about the guy that just aren't true (and most of these are regarded as fact)

[IRONMAN]

Dimebag Darrell

[battery]

varg

not really...

how about, yah jesus christ. actually, i really don't like saying this because i feel like i'm disrespecting my parents and forefathers in the worst way. to me, what jesus taught in the temple was actually incredibly awesome.

[Skintoxication]

hitler. its not like he killed anybody or anything

[Guy Incognito]

i don't know. even ignoring his material contributions, freud still had a tremendous impact. his ideas were quite popular, leading to increased exposure and then in turn, a huge backlash against psychodynamics, which caused a major shift toward empiricism in psychology. this translated into a major growth in the cognitive and behavioral areas of research, which have gone on to produce all sorts of interesting tidbits.

[hbw]

Dimebag Darrell

You know that's a lie. Jimi Hendrix.

[IRONMAN]

Dimebag Darrell

You know that's a lie. Jimi Hendrix.

No actually I didn't know it was a lie. Thanks for telling me. Now I know the truth

[Void]

Adolf Hitler.
His actions were actually not that bad.

[hbw]

Dimebag Darrell

You know that's a lie. Jimi Hendrix.

No actually I didn't know it was a lie. Thanks for telling me. Now I know the truth

You're welcome. This truth will set you free and get you a better job.

[Pentelesh]

I am awaiting the day when James Hetfield dies. The next 3 weeks will be something very extra ordinary.

[Skintoxication]

ozzy*

[The Fu Monster]

I'm going to go with non-obvious choices. JFK. Had he not been killed in office, history probably would have been less kind, with the kind of shit he was pulling in secret. Vietnam, CIA activity in Cuba and using the FBI to spy on Americans.

Reagan gets way too much credit, but to be fair, it tends to only come from conservatives. He reaped the benefits of Jimmy Carter's Fed having punitive interest rates for nearly four years. He ran up very large deficits trying to get the government revenues to follow the "good" portion of the Laffer curve. The Strategic Defense Initiative was a black hole where money was lost, never to be seen again. He gets credit for the fall of the USSR, but that was primarily due to the long-term shortcomings of communism and the implementation of glasnost and perestroika.

[Zajebiste!]

Stalin or Mao.

[Redd]

Adolf Hitler.
His actions were actually not that bad.

His actions were great. Long live Germany!

[Ninny]

Dusty?

[TAM TAM]

martin van buren

[Verbal]

johnnygleeso

[The Fu Monster]

martin van buren

...but he had awesome muttonchops.

[mabb_]

I am awaiting the day when James Hetfield dies. The next 3 weeks will be something very extra ordinary.

LOL

And I don't understand the Hitler sympathy on here.You probly all hate Bush.

[Redd]

Hitler built a strong Germany! The German Reich shall never be defeated!

[Skintoxication]

I am awaiting the day when James Hetfield dies. The next 3 weeks will be something very extra ordinary.

LOL

And I don't understand the Hitler sympathy on here.You probly all hate Bush.

oh dont even start with that

[Subcomandante Marcos]

I'm going to go with non-obvious choices. JFK. Had he not been killed in office, history probably would have been less kind, with the kind of shit he was pulling in secret. Vietnam, CIA activity in Cuba and using the FBI to spy on Americans.

Yeah, but he's not unique in his involvement with shady dealings. In a just world, every president in our history would have been strung up by his guts.

[Noyka]

Julius Caesar, he wasn't an emperor he was a dictator not that there's much of a difference

[Verbal]

How is he overhyped?

He has a salad named after him and that's about it.

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

[Noyka]

How is he overhyped?

He has a salad named after him and that's about it.

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

He has a fucking month named after him, he has a few plays based on him, he was a loon whose heir took over as Rome's first emperor and he was also a dictator/loon/did things roman emperors are infamous for.

[Verbal]

Wasn't he a liberal though?

[Zajebiste!]

How is he overhyped?

He has a salad named after him and that's about it.

Thats the very essence of overhype in my book.

[Guy Incognito]

that salad has provided nourishment, vitality, and good spirits to millions over the years! what have you done for the world lately? i can't stand idly by while you people malign the caesar salad, it's simply disgusting.

[Lumbergh]

caesar salads are awesome. especially with anchovies.

[Zajebiste!]

My issue is not with the salad or the content of it's character, but with this growing attidue of neodeisaladification that i seem to see everywhere these days!

[IRONMAN]

Stalin or Mao.

I send you to gulag

[IRONMAN]

Adolf Hitler.
His actions were actually not that bad.

His actions were great. Long live Germany!

We beat shit out of German ubercockfags. You bow to us in surrender so we take you from behind and fuck you so hard that you split you into two...(west/east)

[Verbal]

anchovies.

NO!

paint: :michelangelo:

[Redd]

Adolf Hitler.
His actions were actually not that bad.

His actions were great. Long live Germany!

We beat shit out of German ubercockfags. You bow to us in surrender so we take you from behind and fuck you so hard that you split you into two...(west/east)

You coward! You were terrified and unable to do anything after the Führer attacked! We killed more of your subhumans than you stole away the lives of great German warriors! We would've won were it not for the worldwide jewish control!

[Zajebiste!]

Stalin or Mao.

I send you to gulag

Keep living the dream, che.

[Guy Incognito]

Noam Chomsky. That jerk had a real hardon for criticizing my research.