Muslim forces ultimately expelled the European Christians who invaded the eastern Mediterranean repeatedly in the 12th and 13th centuries—and thwarted their effort to regain control of sacred Holy Land sites such as Jerusalem. Still, most histories of the Crusades offer a largely one-sided view, drawn originally from European medieval chronicles, then filtered through 18th and 19th-century Western scholars.
"I am as good as you are" sounds like a challenge, or a competition. "You are as good as I am" promotes the idea of inclusion which is something necessary for democracy; everyone has a voice.
