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    Everything That You Need to Know About Columbus Day

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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      The Oatmeal on Columbus Day

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      • nadnerB
        nadnerB last edited by

        Well, that'll set the cat amongst the pigeons.

        How many states are going to begin phasing out Columbus Day?

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @nadnerB last edited by

          @nadnerB said:

          Well, that'll set the cat amongst the pigeons.

          How many states are going to begin phasing out Columbus Day?

          The US is far less pro-Columbus than most of the new world and Europe. Just think about Columbia!

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          • Dominica
            Dominica @scottalanmiller last edited by

            This is why I'm not even teaching our kids about Columbus for a while yet. He was evil, and they don't need to know about him right now.

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            • scottalanmiller
              scottalanmiller last edited by

              The poem should be "In fourteen hundred and ninety two, some lost prick invented modern genocide..."

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              • nadnerB
                nadnerB @scottalanmiller last edited by

                @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

                :P

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                • thanksajdotcom
                  thanksajdotcom last edited by

                  That was officially amazing.

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                  • JaredBusch
                    JaredBusch last edited by

                    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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                    • coliver
                      coliver last edited by

                      Yep, Columbus was kind of the worst.

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                      • IRJ
                        IRJ last edited by

                        I knew that he conquered the natives for no reason, but I didn't know any of the other stuff.

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                        • scottalanmiller
                          scottalanmiller @IRJ last edited by

                          @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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                          • scottalanmiller
                            scottalanmiller last edited by

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                            • thanksajdotcom
                              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said:

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                              Confused by this...

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom last edited by

                                @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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                                • thanksajdotcom
                                  thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  @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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                                  • StrongBad
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                                    That pretty much sums it up.

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