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In reply to the discussion: Statue's like "is this ...the Indian Ocean?" [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)60. If anyone is moved to either not vote or vote Trump over
Statues, they were never going to vote for Biden in the first place.
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Because Columbus and his men raped and killed and tortured and enslaved multitudes
Squinch
Jul 2020
#4
What exactly is stopping people from mass-raping 9 year old children again then?
ck4829
Jul 2020
#10
What is it about 1865 that only after that year should atrocities be acknowledged?
Squinch
Jul 2020
#20
Those people are never going to vote for Biden, no point in trying to coddle them. n/t
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2020
#43
You do realize that Columbus was fired from his position as governor of Hispaniola because of...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2020
#42
Somehow, I think a few other states will join Colorado in replacing Columbus Day
hlthe2b
Jul 2020
#3
The statue sits in the Little Italy neighborhood of Baltimore, near the harbor
struggle4progress
Jul 2020
#5
Then we need to pick another Italian figure to glorify. Italian Americans of good faith,
Squinch
Jul 2020
#22
Sorry, no. It really isn't. And your logic is fucked up too. You are essentially saying that
Squinch
Jul 2020
#32
Sorry, you really aren't telling me anything that I don't know a lot about. Our posts crossed
Squinch
Jul 2020
#34
Where did I claim it was false that the Aztecs sacrificed slaves? I never said that.
Squinch
Jul 2020
#47
You keep saying I said the Aztecs didn't sacrifice slaves. You made that up. I never said that.
Squinch
Jul 2020
#68
Link to where I said it. Because I never did. I actually understand the history. I know
Squinch
Jul 2020
#74
I think a lot of people don't actually know the facts about Columbus. They are truly horriffic.
Squinch
Jul 2020
#69
We are taught early on in schools (at least when you are my age) and with television
Ferrets are Cool
Jul 2020
#84
I don't object to the statue being removed: I object to mobs of self-righteous nitwits
struggle4progress
Jul 2020
#23
+1. We have no business worshiping some genocidal maniac who never set foot in America
dalton99a
Jul 2020
#70
This is not the result of Trump but a long time coming. Trump is a symptom not the disease. N/T
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2020
#63