WTF is an anti-Columbus day protest?

[dunksby]

These demos get more ridiculous by the day

[kurple]

do you honestly believe Columbus deserve his own national holiday?

its pretty well documented how big a piece of shit he was

[andgar923]

These demos get more ridiculous by the day

Newsflash... this has been going on for decades now.

[dunksby]

Dude made it possible for USA to happen, leave your self-righteous bullshit aside and you will realise his influence on American history. So yes, the people of America should celebrate him.

[dunksby]

Newsflash... this has been going on for decades now.

Somehow this makes it better?

[kurple]

Dude made it possible for USA to happen, leave your self-righteous bullshit aside and you will realise his influence on American history. So yes, the people of America should celebrate him.

because america would have never been found had it not been for Columbus. lol


he wasnt even first there

[sd3035]

Just another envy the white man protest

[gigantes]

Just another envy the white man protest

nah... just calling out a major piece of shit for being a major piece of shit.

just because a bunch of other assholes came along and benefited from him doesn't change any of that.

at the same time-- gotta give him props for having some king kong-sized balls and changing history in a whole bunch of ways.

[UK2K]

I love it....

Really lets you know who has too much time on their hands.

[Patrick Chewing]

do you honestly believe Columbus deserve his own national holiday?

its pretty well documented how big a piece of shit he was

That's an unfair assessment of a different moment in time.

Back then he was labeled a hero, an adventurer, an explorer.


Just because society changes over time does not make our past any less credible or acceptable than our current society today.

[gigantes]

Back then he was labeled a hero, an adventurer, an explorer.

by the court and common folk. but the court's whole purpose in that affair was simply exploitation and conquest, etc.

IIRC to sailors, columbus was a real motherf-cker and hardass... which was probably a very common opinion to have, working under a powerful captain going on difficult voyages.

to the peoples of the americas, obviously he was a murderer, manipulator and all-around supervillain.

[9erempiree]

That's an unfair assessment of a different moment in time.

Back then he was labeled a hero, an adventurer, an explorer.


Just because society changes over time does not make our past any less credible or acceptable than our current society today.

This.

[Hawker]

That's an unfair assessment of a different moment in time.

Back then he was labeled a hero, an adventurer, an explorer.


Just because society changes over time does not make our past any less credible or acceptable than our current society today.

Agreed. It's irresponsible to judge someone from over 500 years with the moral lens of today.

Indigenous lifestyles are absolutely to be respected but they aren't innocent in all of this.

[Hawker]

by the court and common folk. but the court's whole purpose in that affair was simply exploitation and conquest, etc.

IIRC to sailors, columbus was a real motherf-cker and hardass... which was probably a very common opinion to have, working under a powerful captain going on difficult voyages.

to the peoples of the americas, obviously he was a murderer, manipulator and all-around supervillain.

Others would say it was to spread christianity.

[gigantes]

Others would say it was to spread christianity.

that came later.

it wasn't the church who funded the expedition, but they certainly piggy-backed off of it.