With November behind us, it is again time to celebrate some of your favorite posts of the month!
In a sign of the times, the electors of both the Flairs and Users agreed on one clear winner for the November, 2020 contest, with /u/400-rabbits's path to victory incontestable for "Why didn't the Aztec Triple Alliance amongst the city states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan break up after usurping the Tepanecs? Were there no incentive to turn against each other to become the hegemon?"
By no means far behind though, the consensus runner-up for the month was /u/kugelfang52, who provided insight for "In the 1960s, Texas passed a law criminalizing the display of the United Nations Flag. Billboards in Texas demanded the country leave the UN, and apparently it was seen as some kind of Communist organization. Why did Texas hate the UN so much, and why were people convinced it was a communist plot?"
For the 'Dark Horse' Award, going to the top-voted non-flair, the November vote fell upon the shoulders of newcomer /u/veryshanetoday and their response to "What are the causes of American society's fear of juvenile delinquency in the 1950s?".
For this month's 'Greatest Question', voted upon by the mods, the clear favorite came from /u/klesk_vs_xaero who asked "How did deaf people react to the introduction of sound in motion pictures?", and received an excellent reply from /u/woofiegrrl to top it off!
Finally, the Excellence in Flairdom Award for November goes to /u/WelfOnTheShelf! Besides having one of the best usernames on reddit (and a seasonally-appropriate one), Welf is one of the flairs who has done legitimate fresh historical research to answer questions, in addition to ridiculously high quality standards overall. Thanks, WelfOnTheShelf!
As always, congrats to our very worthy winners, and thank you to everyone else who has contributed here, whether with thought-provoking questions or fascinating answers. And if this month you want to flag some stand-out posts that you read here for potential nomination, don't forget to post them in our Sunday Digest!
For a list of past winners, check them out here!
Thanks! You are way too kind!
And thanks again to /u/woofiegrrl - thanks to their recommendation I even found out new material for my reading list for fascism related topics.
In a sign of the times, the electors of both the Flairs and Users agreed on one clear winner for the November, 2020 contest
I lolled.
Wow thanks! And congratulations to all the other nominees and winners!
Congratulations to /u/400-rabbits /u/Kugelfang52 /u/veryshanetoday /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero /u/woofiegrrl and u/WelfOnTheShelf and thank you for creating those posts in the first place
Huge congratz to /u/400-rabbits, /u/kugelfang52, /u/veryshanetoday
Thanks, all!
I must note that u/jbdyer added great context into the attitudes of many in the far right in Texas including the always fascinating connections to JFK. Their post has even given me new avenues to search in my own research.
Felicitaciones everyone!