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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ Christopher Columbus, the man credited with discovering the Americas, was a greedy and vindictive tyrant who saved some of his most violent punishments for his own followers, according to a document uncovered by Spanish historians.

As governor and viceroy of the Indies, Columbus imposed iron discipline on the first Spanish colony in the Americas, in what is now the Caribbean country of Dominican Republic. Punishments included cutting off people's ears and noses, parading women naked through the streets and selling them into slavery.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/07/books.spain

Seems like a swell guy! Definitely worth valorizing over the people he oppressed.[/quote]

Er, you think Columbus Day was about who the man was rather than the historical significance of what he did?  No wonder you're so eager to change it.[/quote]

What did he do, exactly? Please excuse my ignorance![/quote]

He discovered America /s[/quote]

It was a discovery for the Europeans!  You know, the ones that ultimately started the colonies which became the USA.  Do you like living here in these Americas?  Because though flat- earthers still exists, the majority of the world knows the earth is round because of Christopher Columbus' documentation and discoveries.

Also, please know that just like many civilizations, Indigenous people were no saints either.  They fought and killed over land and committed many other atrocities just like the Romans, the barbarians, the chinese, african civilizations, the indians, and just about every civilization ever.   So if CC can't be celebrated, then everyone is guilty.  [b]We should celebrate no one[/b].[/quote]

That's......fine. It's very weird for the US to have a federal holiday for this one European explorer. [/quote]

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