Pundits Slam Obama's Comparison of the Crusades to ISIS on Twitter

So... Apparently, there are a lot of people out there who fancy themselves historians

So… Apparently, there are a lot of people out there who fancy themselves historians.

This morning, Twitter was full of them — many of whom were slamming President Obama for comments he made at the National Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday, in which he compared the barbarism of ISIS, and their “betrayal” of Islam, to the comparably heinous acts committed by the Crusaders beginning in the 11th Century.

“Unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ,” said Obama at the event.

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