Columbus Day - Why are we Celebrating?

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[dmp079]

First, Christopher Columbus was an Italian. Second he landed on Hati, not the U.S. Third there were already people there when he landed, so that really is not a discovery is it? The terror he brought was rape, murder and mass disease. Also he brought along a rodent that was never on that side of the world at that time. Plus also gave the world problems and that was RATS! History is not always happy, and this part of history was one of them.

[panthera50]

Yeah, really worthy of celebrating. :-(((((((

[Lukege15]

Fucking sad and overlooked history.

[1426305384950384]

@1426305384950384 I assumed you were referring to the mians or azetc in that comment because some people are under the illusion that they ripped out human hearts and then ate them (the second part is a false exaderation). I have never heard of a European culture ripping out hearts and eating them. If you would tell which culture did that I would appreciate it. Europe did do many cruel things such as there famous witch hunts In addition to a long list of other crimes.

How is my comment racist?

[DollaBiIIz]

@1426305384950384 WRONG dumb racist. The brutal savage asian tribes killed witches and other people they didn't like. Which European culture ripped someones heart out and ATE THEM every single day. NONE Which European culture used to eat entire tribes resulting in real genocide where tribes were actually wiped out to the point that they don't exist anymore? NONE Asian tribes did all that and more. And they kept hundreds of thousands of skulls as proof.

[1426305384950384]

@DollaBiIIz They did not eat the beating hearts that was exaggeration. Europe was also brutal do I need to remind you of Europe's obsession with burning people at the stake. Witches hunts, Jewish, or other people they just didn't like.

Also you are using one extremely brutal Native American tribe and using it to attempt to describe the entire population. The native Americans (overall) were far less brutal and savage then the Europeans.

[Deepred67]

orcuangl7 didn't watch the video.

[Lobato1987]

The white guy elder, lol.

[interstellarwonder]

the Taino lived an 'Idyllic ' life ,then spanish traders armed with a mercenary force came to hispaniola in the name of the christian god brought a hellish genocidal future to the Taino.

[orcuangl7]

October 12, 1492 one of the most important days in world history, Yankees do not believe that we found all of you, if it were not for this guy yet you would still in the stone age. I brought the culture, Spain respected the hindígenas not like the English.

Certainly not know where it was Columbus, which is known is that he discovered America in the name of Spain. I've put it in your own language (the English) because surely you do not know the language of Cervantes

[FreiheitKampfer]

Via Aloyna of RT:

"The Real history of Columbus is a story that you most likely didn't learn about in school. The story of Columbus the slave trader of the Americas, where under his watch, genocide took place, and within 50 years, not a single original native inhabitant could be found on the island of Hispaniola. "

[DollaBiIIz]

@cedric4090 we are talking about Columbus idiot.