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In reply to the discussion: Having cities named after Columbus, along with a holiday honoring him, is a national disgrace. [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,715 posts)70. There can be any number of italians we coudl replace him with
or just call it "immigrant day" which would remind a lot of the Bill O Reilly and Sean hannitys of the world that their forefathers were considered the enemy too by the "white americans." A perfect movie for that day, the under rated Scorcese masterpiece "Gangs of New York."
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Having cities named after Columbus, along with a holiday honoring him, is a national disgrace. [View all]
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
OP
So, those things are not his legacy? Can you please tell me what you think his legacy entails....
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#5
Here are some irrefutable facts for you about Columbus that you have obviously missed:
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#9
Smallpox, measles, a lot of stuff the indigenes had NO IMMUNITY TO. People from one sick village...
Hekate
Oct 2017
#60
Exactly. Human history is ... human. All the good, all the bad, all the beauty, all the horror.
Hekate
Oct 2017
#69
If we allow our biases all relevant definitions, it seems 'discover' yet works,
LanternWaste
Oct 2017
#92
Unless you are native American, were it not for Columbus you would not be here
question everything
Oct 2017
#2
It's staggers the mind the extent to which some will go to rationalize and even defend the
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#20
No, it staggersthe mind to belittle the aspirations and the hope of so many generations
question everything
Oct 2017
#25
Weak sauce. Making Columbus the poster boy of the "huddled masses" when in reality...
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#35
No, Columbus did not suggest the huddle masses and you know perfectly well
question everything
Oct 2017
#38
You seemed obsessed with my ancestry, as if that somehow refutes the facts about Columbus
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#49
Of course not. We wouldn't want anyone to think we'd ever do anything as declasse as not honor the..
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#15
Did you know the price of chopped chicken liver in Flatbush is $14.95 per pound?
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#37
Was Amerigo Vespucci innocent of similar atorcities? No. And our COUNTRY is named after him.
JoeStuckInOH
Oct 2017
#17
No, but you could consider a viable alternative to such a ridiculously asinine overreaction:
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#22
Exactly! Because acknowledging past atrocities and showing any degree of sensitivity towards the
jcmaine72
Oct 2017
#39
Seems like just about everythng is 'a national disgrace' for one reason or other these days.
WillowTree
Oct 2017
#26
That'll happen in about 50 years or so when white people are a minority
Spider Jerusalem
Oct 2017
#58