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Mutiny on the Bounty 2: Rebellion or Revolution? | Naval History
🕑 Added 2025-05-30 17:30:02 +0000 UTCTensions aboard the HMS Bounty had simmered for months, but it was after leaving paradise that the voyage turned toxic. Captain Bligh’s explosive temper, Fletcher Christian’s simmering resentment, and a few missing coconuts tipped everything over the edge, and mutiny followed, leaving Captain Bligh to navigate a jaw-dropping 4,000-mile survival journey with rudimentary tools on the deadly seas.
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Katherine Durkee
Man, interpersonal communication really is important. It’s sad that this whole mess basically came down to a difference in personality, misunderstanding, and good intentions just not well thought out. I can’t wait for the next one!
PhlubbaDubba
Honestly it sounds like Bligh's language was simultaneously extraordinarily crude and yet also extraordinarily mild mannered by our standards. It is really hard to see past the perception that Fletcher and the other gentlemen crewmates were all just extremely thin skinned and entitled. Yeah taking verbal abuse sucks but it's not like your typical service industry worker feels a regular urge to conspire with their coworkers to kill their manager over it, or any of the especially rude customers that they experience.
