Everything That You Need to Know About Columbus Day
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@scottalanmiller said:
The poem should be "In fourteen hundred and ninety two, some lost prick invented modern genocide..."
When he really should have taken cyanide.
The world would sure be different
Possibly even magnificient
If only gold was not his guide
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That was officially amazing.
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When I went back to school for my degree in 2005, I learned this information. I have never celebrated the day since.
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Yep, Columbus was kind of the worst.
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I knew that he conquered the natives for no reason, but I didn't know any of the other stuff.
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@IRJ said:
I knew that he conquered the natives for no reason, but I didn't know any of the other stuff.
Yeah, he was pretty dramatically evil. He is often cited as an inspiration for much of modern genocidal practices and ethnic cleansing and the father of modern white supremacy. All of those things existed before him, of course. But he brought a modern scale to it and did it at the dawning of the age of first contact which made him an outstanding figure of atrocity.
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@ajstringham in what way? In 1492, Columbus, lost at sea, landed on an island and the people who lived there found him. He had no idea where he was, even after meeting the natives, he had no idea where he was and was convinced he was all the way on the other side of the world. He died never knowing where he was or where he had gone. He was literally lost at sea and saved by the people who lived at the place where he stumbled on land.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham in what way? In 1492, Columbus, lost at sea, landed on an island and the people who lived there found him. He had no idea where he was, even after meeting the natives, he had no idea where he was and was convinced he was all the way on the other side of the world. He died never knowing where he was or where he had gone. He was literally lost at sea and saved by the people who lived at the place where he stumbled on land.
Well when you put it like that...lol
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That pretty much sums it up.
