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Nornagest comments on "NRx" vs. "Prog" Assumptions: Locating the Sources of Disagreement Between Neoreactionaries and Progressives (Part 1) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Nornagest 08 September 2014 05:23:42PM *  4 points [-]

the smallpox blankets are generally considered to be a myth

I'm aware of one case (the siege of Fort Pitt, during Pontiac's Rebellion) that seems to be reasonably well documented. There doesn't seem to be consensus that it was effective, though, and smallpox existed among the Lenape before the incident.