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Fuck Christopher Columbus (Read Staff Post)
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That's a bit harsh to say about Winnie The Poohs best friend.
User Banned (2 Weeks): Derailing a thread about historical atrocities
Maybe the OP thinks that without that famous cameo, there would be no President Trump.
User Banned (2 Weeks): Derailing a thread about historical atrocities
OP airs their grievances with the genocide of their ancestors and these are the responses, classy
User Banned (2 Weeks): Derailing a thread about historical atrocities
Harry Potter 1 was the worst of the series
Wow, awesome responses here Era. Fuck Columbus. He should burn. You don't have to be Native to give a damn.
I still remember being taught about him in school. They painted a really positive picture of him.
Then I learnt about him myself. Fuck Columbus.
Then I learnt about him myself. Fuck Columbus.
He's a piece of shit and I'm glad people are turning against him, basically a war criminal minus the war
Pixels was though
Pixels was though
Yeah outside the US it's just "that guy who discovered americas", there's no hyping him up. Maybe they do in spanish schools?
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I'm not surprised , some people just take everything as a joke.
Not that the OP had a lot to go on, but I don't want to dignify a thread about Columbus with anything but shitposts about Columbus
Columbus' Italian, actually
There's no hyping of him. You're told the story of the caravels, then generally the fact that he was a evil slaver for a while, and that's basically it
Wasn't he hired by Spain? I may be getting them mixed up
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"Between 1492 and 1503, Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, each voyage being sponsored by the Crown of Castile "
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We study him, but not really in a fantastic light. He's just context for what the crown did around those days.
We study Magallanes and Elcano way more, given they were the first ones to complete a trip around the globe.
Holy shit, I thought today was Columbus Day because time has lost all meaning. Don't scare me like that...
Anyway, yeah Chris Columbus fuckin sucks and should not be celebrated at all.
Anyway, yeah Chris Columbus fuckin sucks and should not be celebrated at all.
In my country's school system we were just briefly taught about him, mostly just that he "discovered" the Carribean and some parts of Central and South America, and a single mention that he was a brutal tyrant
Only ever learnt the full extent of everything he did later in my life
Really don't understand how people can justify celebrating Columbus Day
Only ever learnt the full extent of everything he did later in my life
Really don't understand how people can justify celebrating Columbus Day
User Banned (2 Weeks): Derailing a thread about historical atrocities
But Percy Jackson was.
Proper respect
The OP expresses pain about the atrocities their ancestors faced. Coming into this thread and derailing it with pop culture references of people or characters with similar names is highly inappropriate for such a grave and serious subject. Treat it with the respect it deserves.
Honestly, everything related to the colonization of the Americas is utter garbage. No part of it should ever be celebrated.
It's bizarre how this guy is somehow celebrated in the US, his considerable atrocities swept under the rug, or how his crimes went entirely unmentioned during my world history classes in school. I wonder if my teachers even knew.
His crimes against enslaved indigenous people were so severe that he was imprisoned for them back in the 15th century.
His crimes against enslaved indigenous people were so severe that he was imprisoned for them back in the 15th century.
It's weird because in the US we learn about how shitty Cortez was but then Columbus gets a pass. It's like Mexico is allowed to have the awful explorer map it out but we have to lie to ourselves about Columbus's character and just overall competency because we're America. I mean if nothing else wasn't Columbus just an idiot who literally believed old world ideas over the prevailing thought of academics at the time? Things like going west was a shorter path to Asia was already thought not to be true.
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Yeah really makes you think how much bullshit you were fed in public school. It's crazy how many atrocities they sugar coated. I'm glad that the truth of Columbus has slowly but surely come to the forefront. I don't know how they handle it in schools now but I hope if they cover it they just tell the truth.
Never did the discovery and founding of America in the UK, was just known as the dude sponsored by Spain to explore the place. How much of a shit he was I learnt from people lamenting Colombus day was a thing. I get that you hate people celebrating a monster, it's the same for me and Cromwell supporters.
He was exonerated by the crown and allowed to do another voyage so he really didn't get his comeuppance.
He was exonerated by the crown and allowed to do another voyage so he really didn't get his comeuppance.
There's a statue in Boston of him still. I'd like it to get torn down, the American locals disagree tho.
No Colombus Day here. We studied him in history because we're in the Caribbean, but that's about it. No mention of his crimes either but thats european history manuals for ya.
Funny that even at the times, they threw him in jail for his atrocities (and he could do a 4th trip nonetheless after this, even no longer at a position of power).
Funny that even at the times, they threw him in jail for his atrocities (and he could do a 4th trip nonetheless after this, even no longer at a position of power).
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Is there segment of the population that actually still holds him in high regard? There are so many more people deserving of a holiday in their names than someone who's known to have committed atrocities as Columbus was.
Also known as that "money grabbing bastard" that went to work for "nuestros hermanos " over here lol
I do find odd how/why the US celebrates him (didn't he land in the Caribbean?) as well as the countries that are now in those areas. I know that Brazil also talks about Pedro Álvares Cabral (dude who found/claimed that land for Portugal) but they mostly celebrate Dom Pedro I , the prince who became Emperor and gave them freedom/independence.
I do find odd how/why the US celebrates him (didn't he land in the Caribbean?) as well as the countries that are now in those areas. I know that Brazil also talks about Pedro Álvares Cabral (dude who found/claimed that land for Portugal) but they mostly celebrate Dom Pedro I , the prince who became Emperor and gave them freedom/independence.
I'm not American but I remember reading my school textbook and other locally published books talking about how he was brave and discovered American. This shit spread everywhere by proxy.
Can't remember if his personal atrocities were mentioned in my German history classes, it was more about pain and suffering that Europe brought in general after Columbus discovered the Americas.
Learning History in German schools always is a bit one-sided when it comes to western nations. We spent two years basically on WW1 and WW2, focussing heavily on our own atrocities but barely got we into the crimes of other western nations. Colonization crimes were featured but again, focussing more on Germany.
The "real" history I had to learn by myself.
Learning History in German schools always is a bit one-sided when it comes to western nations. We spent two years basically on WW1 and WW2, focussing heavily on our own atrocities but barely got we into the crimes of other western nations. Colonization crimes were featured but again, focussing more on Germany.
The "real" history I had to learn by myself.
It's shameful how his crimes are swept under the rug. I did not learn of his crimes during my time in school. :(
Columbus has always been big with the Italian-American community. I think they're the main reason we have the holiday at all.