Does it fit The Narrative?

Those in "Colonialism" a la Ed. Said/Arabism studies are Fabricators.

The French spent 22 years in Lebanon as military mandate (Italo-French was Christians' education)
The Ottomans spent ~501y
The Mamluks spent ~220 y
The Arabs spent ~250-350 y
WTF is this Euro "colonialism"?

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) March 14, 2018

An elegant response:

"it's only bad when white people do it"

— Р. Голливуд (@pachkacigaret) March 14, 2018