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Topic	L.A. Votes to Replace Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples Day
Callixtus 08/30/17 11:39:02 PM #32:	Bio1590 posted... Callixtus posted... EyeWontBeFooled posted... Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer. He was also quite bold and did something no one in history had ever really done before. Gone to America and stayed. He also died over 500 years ago and probably only interacted with a few Indian tribes that don't even constitute 1% of all the tribes and nations out there. Why do people treat him as if he murdered every Indian he saw with his own hands last week? He basically oversaw the genocide of native people where ever he went, not to mention he basically started the Atlantic Slave Trade. Also even in his own time he was noted for being cruel. It's not some revisionist history. Where's the evidence that Columbus intentionally sought to destroy Native American populations that he encountered? Do you have a source that shows Columbus started the Atlantic Slave Trade in any meaningful sense? Also yes, he was brutal, but lots of people in history that we honor are brutal men. Look at Sherman who set about to destroy the state of Georgia, or Teddy Roosevelt, who glorified killing other men. And these are people from relatively recent history. Columbus is from the Middle Ages. It's been 500 years. --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos <cite>Callixtus posted [p:885756148] in L.A. Votes... [t:75725711]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Callixtus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>EyeWontBeFooled posted...</cite> <quote>Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer.</quote> He was also quite bold and did something no one in history had ever really done before. Gone to America and stayed. He also died over 500 years ago and probably only interacted with a few Indian tribes that don't even constitute 1% of all the tribes and nations out there. Why do people treat him as if he murdered every Indian he saw with his own hands last week?</quote> He basically oversaw the genocide of native people where ever he went, not to mention he basically started the Atlantic Slave Trade. Also even in his own time he was noted for being cruel. It's not some revisionist history.</quote> Where's the evidence that Columbus intentionally sought to destroy Native American populations that he encountered? Do you have a source that shows Columbus started the Atlantic Slave Trade in any meaningful sense? Also yes, he was brutal, but lots of people in history that we honor are brutal men. Look at Sherman who set about to destroy the state of Georgia, or Teddy Roosevelt, who glorified killing other men. And these are people from relatively recent history. Columbus is from the Middle Ages. It's been 500 years. --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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