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Columbus did all that? How long was he here? jmg257 Oct 2017 #1
So, those things are not his legacy? Can you please tell me what you think his legacy entails.... jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #5
He supposedly 'discovered' America. Though that jmg257 Oct 2017 #6
Really? He did? Was it lost? jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #7
Decades ago actually. Though I wasn't aware he enslave jmg257 Oct 2017 #8
Here are some irrefutable facts for you about Columbus that you have obviously missed: jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #9
Yes indeed - thanks.... very interesting! jmg257 Oct 2017 #10
You're welcome! jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #11
His son seems like a real dick too. jmg257 Oct 2017 #13
The genocide thing makes that article ridiculous Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #46
Smallpox, measles, a lot of stuff the indigenes had NO IMMUNITY TO. People from one sick village... Hekate Oct 2017 #60
But outside of a few rather unsuccessful attempts at using smallpox blankets mythology Oct 2017 #62
Exactly. Human history is ... human. All the good, all the bad, all the beauty, all the horror. Hekate Oct 2017 #69
It is probably impossible to spread smallpox via a blanket Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #75
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
JFC, listen to yourself. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #14
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
So pathetic question everything Oct 2017 #71
Columbus was a slaver ExciteBike66 Oct 2017 #77
And what the hell do those people have to do with Columbus? moriah Oct 2017 #90
He did not. But next waves of immigrants did question everything Oct 2017 #23
I don't know where to begin.. pangaia Oct 2017 #54
My reaction as well, "beacon of...hope?" pangaia Oct 2017 #50
No offense, but BS. Adrahil Oct 2017 #53
Randy Marsh, is that you? flvegan Oct 2017 #3
No. Agschmid Oct 2017 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2017 #51
We will not change the name of our capitol city nt doc03 Oct 2017 #12
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 Russia wants to divide us? sharedvalues Oct 2017 #30
Did you know the price of chopped chicken liver in Flatbush is $14.95 per pound? jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #37
Russia wants infighting in America sharedvalues Oct 2017 #41
I think you put your finger on it. Watch this one go down swinging... Hekate Oct 2017 #56
No it's not oberliner Oct 2017 #16
Was Amerigo Vespucci innocent of similar atorcities? No. And our COUNTRY is named after him. JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #17
Should rename it Erikssonia whistler162 Oct 2017 #19
Yup the Vikings were paragons of good virtue too sharedvalues Oct 2017 #31
Turtle Island Hekate Oct 2017 #63
Not dwell on? Duppers Oct 2017 #88
Should we all just slit our wrists and be done with it? sarah FAILIN Oct 2017 #18
No, but you could consider a viable alternative to such a ridiculously asinine overreaction: jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #22
I don't care about this cause of the day. sarah FAILIN Oct 2017 #59
Here! Here! question everything Oct 2017 #27
That's what Russia wants with their info campaigns sharedvalues Oct 2017 #33
Exactly! Because acknowledging past atrocities and showing any degree of sensitivity towards the jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #39
Russian disinformation plays both sides sharedvalues Oct 2017 #43
Post removed Post removed Oct 2017 #66
Unlike others. edhopper Oct 2017 #21
Thank you! jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #24
It should just be made Italian American Day Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #42
Seems like just about everythng is 'a national disgrace' for one reason or other these days. WillowTree Oct 2017 #26
Divide divide divisiveness sharedvalues Oct 2017 #28
Divisive to whom? jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #61
So self righteous Hekate Oct 2017 #64
So vacuous. jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #67
Back to Russia: see the Anti-Putin protests? sharedvalues Oct 2017 #85
Russians want us to focus on other issues than Trump and GOP sharedvalues Oct 2017 #84
Since this is a political blog, let me make a political observation... brooklynite Oct 2017 #29
It IS the kind of issue you'd amplify sharedvalues Oct 2017 #44
"sheer brutality on a global scale" left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #32
Russia wants Americans divided sharedvalues Oct 2017 #34
lol Spider Jerusalem Oct 2017 #36
We can fix that today. Democrats will bring the country together sharedvalues Oct 2017 #45
Post removed Post removed Oct 2017 #47
That'll happen in about 50 years or so when white people are a minority Spider Jerusalem Oct 2017 #58
Columbus Day is the day dedicated to Italian Americans Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #40
I am so sick and tired of presentism. Nt tymorial Oct 2017 #48
Like the Pledge and the Anthem, Columbus Day came much much later than 1776... Hekate Oct 2017 #52
troll harder tenderfoot Oct 2017 #55
I have a lot of conflicting thoughts... stevenleser Oct 2017 #57
Thanks, stevenleser. As I said upthread, history is complicated... Hekate Oct 2017 #68
Yes and yes. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #86
Columbus' discovery Sgent Oct 2017 #76
I live in Columbus, Ohio phleshdef Oct 2017 #65
Hear hear! Duppers Oct 2017 #72
There can be any number of italians we coudl replace him with DonCoquixote Oct 2017 #70
Everything seems to be a "national disgrace" anymore Raine Oct 2017 #73
Kinda like the Civil War monuments, uh? Duppers Oct 2017 #89
Disagree only with the extent to which you carry this. Duppers Oct 2017 #74
We have a big city literally named after a dictator. AngryAmish Oct 2017 #78
many more importants things to be concerned with these days.... beachbum bob Oct 2017 #79
This issue is way down on my to do list GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #80
Interesting point comrade Renew Deal Oct 2017 #81
He was an explorer who was a product of his times joeybee12 Oct 2017 #82
The Russians are everywhere... Vinnie From Indy Oct 2017 #83
Seems like the biggest defense to your OP is to call you a Russian and the best argument is to lunasun Oct 2017 #87
There is Columbus "the myth" and there is Columbus "the reality". guillaumeb Oct 2017 #91
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