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Freddie_Mercury 10/11/17 5:36:53 PM #51:	jborgan posted... It was splashed with red paint along with the Communist hammer and sickle. so much for the tolerant proletariat --- I'm a sex machine ready to reload... when's sig emoji support thinking face emoji <cite>Freddie_Mercury posted [p:888250372] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>jborgan posted...</cite> <quote> It was splashed with red paint along with the Communist hammer and sickle.</quote> so much for the tolerant proletariat</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
marc55 10/11/17 5:37:10 PM #52:	A_Good_Boy posted... D-Lo_BrownTown posted... CrimsonRage posted... His being a racist, evil piece of s* isn't a good reason to hate him? You say this as if everyone wasn't a racist, evil piece of shit. Like, imagine actually getting upset over Christopher Columbus in 2017. Do you people honestly have nothing better to do with your time? Most people didn't get jailed for their racism. Why was Columbus? And lol @ getting triggered cause modern Americans don't want to worship someone only honored for his discovery in the 50s cause a bunch of Italians were desperate for a figure to venerate so they tossed darts at a dartboard and found someone. whorship? what ? --- There is no sound, no voice, no cry in all the world that can be heard... until someone listens. <cite>marc55 posted [p:888250386] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>A_Good_Boy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>D-Lo_BrownTown posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CrimsonRage posted...</cite> <quote> His being a racist, evil piece of s* isn't a good reason to hate him?</quote> You say this as if everyone wasn't a racist, evil piece of shit. Like, imagine actually getting upset over Christopher Columbus in 2017. Do you people honestly have nothing better to do with your time?</quote> Most people didn't get jailed for their racism. Why was Columbus? And lol @ getting triggered cause modern Americans don't want to worship someone only honored for his discovery in the 50s cause a bunch of Italians were desperate for a figure to venerate so they tossed darts at a dartboard and found someone.</quote> whorship? what ?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DevsBro 10/11/17 5:39:54 PM #55:	his first English language autobiography in the 1920s You mean it was first translated to English in the 20's? I doubt he was writing autobiographies 200 years after sailing. --- http://backloggery.com/devsbro/sig.gif http://i.imgur.com/kU5vu5N.png Never pepper popcorn <cite>DevsBro posted [p:888250541] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><quote>his first English language autobiography in the 1920s</quote> You mean it was first translated to English in the 20's? I doubt he was writing autobiographies 200 years after sailing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GreatEvilEmpire 10/11/17 5:41:51 PM #56:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend Black Legend. Look it up. A lot of the smearing of Columbus was done by other European countries trying to gain power in the Americas by publishing propaganda about Columbus to make him looked bad. He had 1500 people with him, many weren't even soldiers, and a year later famine and disease killed 2/3 of the settlers, but somehow he was able to kill millions of people. Of course, some people will ignore this and attack this man's accomplishments that changed history. --- Sig under construction! <cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted [p:888250661] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend Black Legend. Look it up. A lot of the smearing of Columbus was done by other European countries trying to gain power in the Americas by publishing propaganda about Columbus to make him looked bad. He had 1500 people with him, many weren't even soldiers, and a year later famine and disease killed 2/3 of the settlers, but somehow he was able to kill millions of people. Of course, some people will ignore this and attack this man's accomplishments that changed history.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
glitteringfairy 10/11/17 5:43:40 PM #57:	First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda? --- "How come you can believe in God but not Bigfoot?" V-E-G-Y http://i.imgur.com/AqR3aeX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vvuUXpp.jpg <cite>glitteringfairy posted [p:888250784] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote>First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 10/11/17 5:46:25 PM #58:	GreatEvilEmpire posted... He had 1500 people with him, many weren't even soldiers, and a year later famine and disease killed 2/3 of the settlers, but somehow he was able to kill millions of people. Of course, some people will ignore this and attack this man's accomplishments that changed history. Stumbling into an island, thinking it was Asia, and introducing the slave trade and European diseases to the Americas? Getting arrested for being a jackass by 15th Century standards? Someone get this man a holiday. Einstein doesn't even have one of those. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:888250923] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote>He had 1500 people with him, many weren't even soldiers, and a year later famine and disease killed 2/3 of the settlers, but somehow he was able to kill millions of people. Of course, some people will ignore this and attack this man's accomplishments that changed history.</quote> Stumbling into an island, thinking it was Asia, and introducing the slave trade and European diseases to the Americas? Getting arrested for being a jackass by 15th Century standards? Someone get this man a holiday. Einstein doesn't even have one of those.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GreatEvilEmpire 10/11/17 6:01:26 PM #60:	hockeybub89 posted... Stumbling into an island, thinking it was Asia, and introducing the slave trade and European diseases to the Americas? Getting arrested for being a jackass by 15th Century standards? Someone get this man a holiday. Einstein doesn't even have one of those. Except that Columbus didn't knew about the diseases. The settlers also brought syphilis and other diseases back to Europe. The only difference is that Europeans had better immune systems due to greater exposure to diseases. It doesn't matter if he thought it was Asia. Some of the greatest discoveries were discovered by accident. The man earned his place in history. He was a master navigator who accomplished some great things in history. Some people on this board wouldn't even travel out of their parent's basement, let alone sailing across oceans without any modern equipment. --- Sig under construction! <cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted [p:888251788] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote> Stumbling into an island, thinking it was Asia, and introducing the slave trade and European diseases to the Americas? Getting arrested for being a jackass by 15th Century standards? Someone get this man a holiday. Einstein doesn't even have one of those.</quote> Except that Columbus didn't knew about the diseases. The settlers also brought syphilis and other diseases back to Europe. The only difference is that Europeans had better immune systems due to greater exposure to diseases. It doesn't matter if he thought it was Asia. Some of the greatest discoveries were discovered by accident. The man earned his place in history. He was a master navigator who accomplished some great things in history. Some people on this board wouldn't even travel out of their parent's basement, let alone sailing across oceans without any modern equipment.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 10/11/17 6:01:52 PM #61:	GreatEvilEmpire posted... He was a master navigator Lol wat --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:888251809] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote>He was a master navigator</quote> Lol wat</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
glitteringfairy 10/11/17 6:02:28 PM #62:	27_Sandman_40 posted... glitteringfairy posted... First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda? Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers. Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya! --- "How come you can believe in God but not Bigfoot?" V-E-G-Y http://i.imgur.com/AqR3aeX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vvuUXpp.jpg <cite>glitteringfairy posted [p:888251840] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote>First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda?</quote> Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers.</quote> Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coffeebeanz 10/11/17 6:04:57 PM #63:	If CC hadn't discovered America, nobody ever would discover it and everything would be better for everyone. Or something. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:888251971] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote>If CC hadn't discovered America, nobody ever would discover it and everything would be better for everyone. Or something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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A_Good_Boy 10/11/17 6:05:35 PM #65:	Coffeebeanz posted... If CC hadn't discovered America, nobody ever would discover it and everything would be better for everyone. Or something. Lol wat --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:888252021] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>Coffeebeanz posted...</cite> <quote>If CC hadn't discovered America, nobody ever would discover it and everything would be better for everyone. Or something.</quote> Lol wat</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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glitteringfairy 10/11/17 6:06:37 PM #67:	27_Sandman_40 posted... glitteringfairy posted... 27_Sandman_40 posted... glitteringfairy posted... First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda? Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers. Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya! Its not a libby left agenda to want transperancy in how we choose to honor scumbags. So now George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are scumbags. Lol oh man. I weep for the future. --- "How come you can believe in God but not Bigfoot?" V-E-G-Y http://i.imgur.com/AqR3aeX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vvuUXpp.jpg <cite>glitteringfairy posted [p:888252075] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote>First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda?</quote> Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers.</quote> Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya!</quote> Its not a libby left agenda to want transperancy in how we choose to honor scumbags.</quote> So now George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are scumbags. Lol oh man. I weep for the future.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 10/11/17 6:07:42 PM #68:	GreatEvilEmpire posted... The man earned his place in history. He was a master navigator who accomplished some great things in history. Some people on this board wouldn't even travel out of their parent's basement, let alone sailing across oceans without any modern equipment. I'm not saying he did literally nothing, but a man who stumbled into an island 300 years before the US was founded and was a giant shithead doesn't deserve to have a holiday over almost everyone to ever step foot in this country. It's debatable if he was even first and Vespucci literally proved him wrong within a decade. He shouldn't even be in the Top 1000 choices for American holidays. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:888252141] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote>The man earned his place in history. He was a master navigator who accomplished some great things in history. Some people on this board wouldn't even travel out of their parent's basement, let alone sailing across oceans without any modern equipment.</quote> I'm not saying he did literally nothing, but a man who stumbled into an island 300 years before the US was founded and was a giant shithead doesn't deserve to have a holiday over almost everyone to ever step foot in this country. It's debatable if he was even first and Vespucci literally proved him wrong within a decade. He shouldn't even be in the Top 1000 choices for American holidays.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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hockeybub89 10/11/17 6:10:08 PM #70:	glitteringfairy posted... 27_Sandman_40 posted... glitteringfairy posted... 27_Sandman_40 posted... glitteringfairy posted... First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda? Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers. Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya! Its not a libby left agenda to want transperancy in how we choose to honor scumbags. So now George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are scumbags. Lol oh man. I weep for the future. George Washington could be revealed to be a serial killer who stole someone else's accomplishments and jokers on here would be raising a stink about taking away his penis monument and place on the quarter. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:888252269] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote>First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda?</quote> Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers.</quote> Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya!</quote> Its not a libby left agenda to want transperancy in how we choose to honor scumbags.</quote> So now George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are scumbags. Lol oh man. I weep for the future.</quote> George Washington could be revealed to be a serial killer who stole someone else's accomplishments and jokers on here would be raising a stink about taking away his penis monument and place on the quarter.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mist_Turnips 10/11/17 6:18:14 PM #72:	Can we just hook turrets to these already --- "They say if you don't hide your belly button, lightning could take it away from you! What would happen if it did?" http://i.imgur.com/G74y2NJ.png <cite>Mist_Turnips posted [p:888252668] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote>Can we just hook turrets to these already</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chrono625 10/11/17 6:19:45 PM #73:	hockeybub89 posted... Einstein doesn't even have one of those. I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. --- http://i.imgur.com/Rqk1DYV.gif - Super Bowl XXI/XXV/XLII/XLVI Champions - NY Giants Eli Manning SB tracker: 2/2 Superbowls 2/2 SBMVP's <cite>chrono625 posted [p:888252737] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>Einstein doesn't even have one of those.</quote> I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jagr_68 10/11/17 6:21:03 PM #74:	dave_is_slick posted... Columbus was evil so I don't really care what happens to his statues. --- New York Rangers [2004-2008] http://i.imgur.com/BLrKxEd.jpg http://timtim.crevado.com/ <cite>Jagr_68 posted [p:888252811] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>dave_is_slick posted...</cite> <quote>Columbus was evil so I don't really care what happens to his statues.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 10/11/17 6:24:40 PM #75:	chrono625 posted... hockeybub89 posted... Einstein doesn't even have one of those. I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb. I like how accurately portraying Columbus is an agenda. I swear a large portion of CE would have gone to grave swearing the Earth was flat or the center of the universe back when those beliefs were going out of style. "But muh history. Muh tradition. Fucking revisionist SJWs." --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:888252996] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>Einstein doesn't even have one of those.</quote> I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan.</quote> You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb. I like how accurately portraying Columbus is an agenda. I swear a large portion of CE would have gone to grave swearing the Earth was flat or the center of the universe back when those beliefs were going out of style. "But muh history. Muh tradition. Fucking revisionist SJWs."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chrono625 10/11/17 6:27:44 PM #76:	hockeybub89 posted... chrono625 posted... hockeybub89 posted... Einstein doesn't even have one of those. I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb. so what's the difference? both men have either directly or indirectly killed many, many people. so why would Einstein get a pass? --- http://i.imgur.com/Rqk1DYV.gif - Super Bowl XXI/XXV/XLII/XLVI Champions - NY Giants Eli Manning SB tracker: 2/2 Superbowls 2/2 SBMVP's <cite>chrono625 posted [p:888253160] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>Einstein doesn't even have one of those.</quote> I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan.</quote> You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb.</quote> so what's the difference? both men have either directly or indirectly killed many, many people. so why would Einstein get a pass?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GreatEvilEmpire 10/11/17 6:30:01 PM #78:	A_Good_Boy posted... GreatEvilEmpire posted... He was a master navigator Lol wat So you don't know anything about Columbus at all. Why am I not surprised? --- Sig under construction! <cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted [p:888253301] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>A_Good_Boy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote>He was a master navigator</quote> Lol wat</quote> So you don't know anything about Columbus at all. Why am I not surprised?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JE19426 10/11/17 6:31:22 PM #79:	chrono625 posted... I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in ... the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. I wouldn't call writing a letter a big role. <cite>JE19426 posted [p:888253381] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote>I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in ... the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. </quote> I wouldn't call writing a letter a big role.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 10/11/17 6:32:24 PM #80:	chrono625 posted... hockeybub89 posted... chrono625 posted... hockeybub89 posted... Einstein doesn't even have one of those. I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb. so what's the difference? both men have either directly or indirectly killed many, many people. so why would Einstein get a pass? He is more worthy. Actually stepped foot in America, did a lot of great things for our knowledge of science, didn't actually kill people. Modernizing physics and thinking we should build a bomb in case Germany has one is not even an indirect implication in deaths. Do you blame gun inventors for murders? People who casually say they wish someone was dead? --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:888253439] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>Einstein doesn't even have one of those.</quote> I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in physics and the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan.</quote> You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb.</quote> so what's the difference? both men have either directly or indirectly killed many, many people. so why would Einstein get a pass?</quote> He is more worthy. Actually stepped foot in America, did a lot of great things for our knowledge of science, didn't actually kill people. Modernizing physics and thinking we should build a bomb in case Germany has one is not even an indirect implication in deaths. Do you blame gun inventors for murders? People who casually say they wish someone was dead?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ghost_Of_Donkey 10/11/17 6:33:23 PM #81:	People can't understand that these people are product of their times. --- <cite>Ghost_Of_Donkey posted [p:888253492] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote>People can't understand that these people are product of their times.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JE19426 10/11/17 6:34:24 PM #82:	Ghost_Of_Donkey posted... People can't understand that these people are product of their times. Christopher Columbus was no more a product of his time then any mass murderer today is. <cite>JE19426 posted [p:888253547] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>Ghost_Of_Donkey posted...</cite> <quote>People can't understand that these people are product of their times.</quote> Christopher Columbus was no more a product of his time then any mass murderer today is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GreatEvilEmpire 10/11/17 6:36:01 PM #83:	hockeybub89 posted... GreatEvilEmpire posted... The man earned his place in history. He was a master navigator who accomplished some great things in history. Some people on this board wouldn't even travel out of their parent's basement, let alone sailing across oceans without any modern equipment. I'm not saying he did literally nothing, but a man who stumbled into an island 300 years before the US was founded and was a giant shithead doesn't deserve to have a holiday over almost everyone to ever step foot in this country. It's debatable if he was even first and Vespucci literally proved him wrong within a decade. He shouldn't even be in the Top 1000 choices for American holidays. Those islands were part of the Americas. He opened the door for other explorers and other European countries to shape what America is today. Vespucci only took a risk that Columbus took almost 10 years earlier. Don't hate the player. --- Sig under construction! <cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted [p:888253642] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote>The man earned his place in history. He was a master navigator who accomplished some great things in history. Some people on this board wouldn't even travel out of their parent's basement, let alone sailing across oceans without any modern equipment.</quote> I'm not saying he did literally nothing, but a man who stumbled into an island 300 years before the US was founded and was a giant shithead doesn't deserve to have a holiday over almost everyone to ever step foot in this country. It's debatable if he was even first and Vespucci literally proved him wrong within a decade. He shouldn't even be in the Top 1000 choices for American holidays.</quote> Those islands were part of the Americas. He opened the door for other explorers and other European countries to shape what America is today. Vespucci only took a risk that Columbus took almost 10 years earlier. Don't hate the player.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Colorahdo 10/11/17 6:39:47 PM #84:	CEs_EFG posted... what's funny is that he is revered in a lot of South American countries I always found that weird too. In most of central South America the people are natives, but they're overwhelmingly Catholic. You know your ancestors were enslaved and murdered and tricked into this religion, and you're all about it? It's strange --- But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them - bring them here and kill them in front of me ~Jesus Christ <cite>Colorahdo posted [p:888253855] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>CEs_EFG posted...</cite> <quote>what's funny is that he is revered in a lot of South American countries</quote> I always found that weird too. In most of central South America the people are natives, but they're overwhelmingly Catholic. You know your ancestors were enslaved and murdered and tricked into this religion, and you're all about it? It's strange</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chrono625 10/11/17 6:41:47 PM #85:	JE19426 posted... chrono625 posted... I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in ... the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. I wouldn't call writing a letter a big role. he didn't only write a letter, being the most notable physicist in history and his work which lead to the splitting of the first atom. paved way to the bomb, which he endorsed whole heartedly and being he was fucking Einstein that letter held a lot of weight to Roosevelt. and I'm not endorsing Columbus over Einstein. Einstein is just as important to world history as anyone else. hockeybub89 posted... You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb. I like how accurately portraying Columbus is an agenda. I swear a large portion of CE would have gone to grave swearing the Earth was flat or the center of the universe back when those beliefs were going out of style. "But muh history. Muh tradition. Fucking revisionist SJWs." I have no problem with the truth of Columbus being made more public. But I just have a problem of trying to revise history and people discredit his achievements. because despite "stumbling" onto the Americas he was still a gifted explorer. He still had a part of colonizing the Americas. also, is this the slope we reallllllly want to start sliding down? you could undoubtedly find skeletons in anyone's closet. So that's why I get annoyed. why is one person ok to ridicule and condemn but others are not? as others have said, you might as well tear down our founding fathers. --- http://i.imgur.com/Rqk1DYV.gif - Super Bowl XXI/XXV/XLII/XLVI Champions - NY Giants Eli Manning SB tracker: 2/2 Superbowls 2/2 SBMVP's <cite>chrono625 posted [p:888253966] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>JE19426 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote>I'm sure you'll have an agenda against him when people eventually remember he had a big hand in ... the advent of the a-bomb which killed many, many people in Japan. </quote> I wouldn't call writing a letter a big role.</quote> he didn't only write a letter, being the most notable physicist in history and his work which lead to the splitting of the first atom. paved way to the bomb, which he endorsed whole heartedly and being he was fucking Einstein that letter held a lot of weight to Roosevelt. and I'm not endorsing Columbus over Einstein. Einstein is just as important to world history as anyone else. <cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>You say this as if I am currently not aware of the A-bomb. I like how accurately portraying Columbus is an agenda. I swear a large portion of CE would have gone to grave swearing the Earth was flat or the center of the universe back when those beliefs were going out of style. "But muh history. Muh tradition. Fucking revisionist SJWs."</quote> I have no problem with the truth of Columbus being made more public. But I just have a problem of trying to revise history and people discredit his achievements. because despite "stumbling" onto the Americas he was still a gifted explorer. He still had a part of colonizing the Americas. also, is this the slope we reallllllly want to start sliding down? you could undoubtedly find skeletons in anyone's closet. So that's why I get annoyed. why is one person ok to ridicule and condemn but others are not? as others have said, you might as well tear down our founding fathers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
I is smart 10/11/17 6:43:05 PM #86:	I don't get why people harp on Columbus for diseases. People barely even knew what diseases actually were back then. I mean for fuck's sake people from another country were going to show up eventually, and with them they would bring all sorts of disease that they knew little about. What was he supposed to do? Tell everyone not to bother getting off the boat? --- Tah-rah-rah-boom-dee-aaay, did you get yours todaaay? I got mine yesterdaaay, that's why I walk this way. i.imgur.com/FoxGIbC.jpg <cite>I is smart posted [p:888254025] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote>I don't get why people harp on Columbus for diseases. People barely even knew what diseases actually were back then. I mean for fuck's sake people from another country were going to show up eventually, and with them they would bring all sorts of disease that they knew little about. What was he supposed to do? Tell everyone not to bother getting off the boat?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 10/11/17 6:46:37 PM #87:	chrono625 posted... because despite "stumbling" onto the Americas he was still a gifted explorer. He still had a part of colonizing the Americas. How many actual colonists have their own holidays? How many other gifted explorers? How many natives? How many Americans in general? His own people from his own time thought him a monster. His accomplishments really are overexaggerated. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:888254185] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>chrono625 posted...</cite> <quote>because despite "stumbling" onto the Americas he was still a gifted explorer. He still had a part of colonizing the Americas.</quote> How many actual colonists have their own holidays? How many other gifted explorers? How many natives? How many Americans in general? His own people from his own time thought him a monster. His accomplishments really are overexaggerated.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GreatEvilEmpire 10/11/17 6:51:16 PM #88:	I is smart posted... I don't get why people harp on Columbus for diseases. People barely even knew what diseases actually were back then. I mean for fuck's sake people from another country were going to show up eventually, and with them they would bring all sorts of disease that they knew little about. What was he supposed to do? Tell everyone not to bother getting off the boat? Just stupid people acting stupid. They act like he had control over what happened. The settlers also unknowingly bought diseases back to Europe. It could have been Vespucci if it wasn't Columbus. If Columbus brought flowers, candy, and gifts and only wanted to exchanged ideas, the diseases would have still spread the same way. --- Sig under construction! <cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted [p:888254459] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>I is smart posted...</cite> <quote>I don't get why people harp on Columbus for diseases. People barely even knew what diseases actually were back then. I mean for fuck's sake people from another country were going to show up eventually, and with them they would bring all sorts of disease that they knew little about. What was he supposed to do? Tell everyone not to bother getting off the boat?</quote> Just stupid people acting stupid. They act like he had control over what happened. The settlers also unknowingly bought diseases back to Europe. It could have been Vespucci if it wasn't Columbus. If Columbus brought flowers, candy, and gifts and only wanted to exchanged ideas, the diseases would have still spread the same way.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KazumaKiryu 10/11/17 6:52:35 PM #89:	Perascamin posted... Why do liberals hate Christopher Colombus so much? Good question is why do they hate everything so much? They're seriously just filled with hatred on every subject. <cite>KazumaKiryu posted [p:888254525] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>Perascamin posted...</cite> <quote>Why do liberals hate Christopher Colombus so much?</quote> Good question is why do they hate everything so much? They're seriously just filled with hatred on every subject.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 10/11/17 6:53:25 PM #90:	GreatEvilEmpire posted... If Columbus brought flowers, candy, and gifts and only wanted to exchanged ideas He's almost be worthy of an American holiday if he actually did this stuff. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:888254564] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote> If Columbus brought flowers, candy, and gifts and only wanted to exchanged ideas</quote> He's almost be worthy of an American holiday if he actually did this stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Howl 10/11/17 7:03:08 PM #91:	YellowSUV posted... Randy? The world is literally satire now. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 <cite>Howl posted [p:888255156] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>YellowSUV posted...</cite> <quote>Randy?</quote> The world is literally satire now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 10/11/17 7:20:47 PM #92:	GreatEvilEmpire posted... A_Good_Boy posted... GreatEvilEmpire posted... He was a master navigator Lol wat So you don't know anything about Columbus at all. Why am I not surprised? If he was a master navigator then he'd be able to land at a port more than once lol. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:888256189] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote><cite>A_Good_Boy posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>GreatEvilEmpire posted...</cite> <quote> He was a master navigator </quote> Lol wat</quote> So you don't know anything about Columbus at all. Why am I not surprised?</quote> If he was a master navigator then he'd be able to land at a port more than once lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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dave_is_slick 10/11/17 9:06:17 PM #94:	27_Sandman_40 posted... CrimsonRage posted... glitteringfairy posted... 27_Sandman_40 posted... glitteringfairy posted... 27_Sandman_40 posted... glitteringfairy posted... First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda? Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers. Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya! Its not a libby left agenda to want transperancy in how we choose to honor scumbags. So now George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are scumbags. Lol oh man. I weep for the future. Maybe they were. Don't you want future generations to have a nuanced, realistic view of history instead of a whitewashed, Disneyfied version? Anyway, Washington's and Jefferson's legacies are secure. They actually did do a lot of great things and have actual accomplishments to their name. They founded the actual country after all, unlike Columbus. You don't have to worry about people coming for their statues, dearest Glitter. One thing that never gets mentioned in your US history classes is that one of the major reasons this country was founded upon was the disagreement between Britains pro-abolitionist movement and the colonies reliance on slavery for most of its economy. Just remember, mass slave owners like Jefferson didnt fight to support the greater good and go against big bad Britain - it was because he might have lost his slaves. Okay. Was he arrested for cruelty based on his time? --- The most relaxing version of Aquatic Ambiance I've ever heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl61y1XM7sM <cite>dave_is_slick posted [p:888262393] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CrimsonRage posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>27_Sandman_40 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>glitteringfairy posted...</cite> <quote>First they came for the confederate statues, now the Columbus statues. What's next on the libby lefty agenda?</quote> Im a libertarian and I personally find it appalling that we still continue to look the other way when it comes to Washington and Jeffersons transgressions yet we cant seem to talk up the accomplishments of MLK and Bill Cosby without someone mentioning homophobia or rape. Not to mention there were plenty of GOOD people that founded this country that werent slave owners, rapists, or mass murderers.</quote> Well that answers my question. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, we're coming for ya!</quote> Its not a libby left agenda to want transperancy in how we choose to honor scumbags.</quote> So now George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are scumbags. Lol oh man. I weep for the future.</quote> Maybe they were. Don't you want future generations to have a nuanced, realistic view of history instead of a whitewashed, Disneyfied version? Anyway, Washington's and Jefferson's legacies are secure. They actually did do a lot of great things and have actual accomplishments to their name. They founded the actual country after all, unlike Columbus. You don't have to worry about people coming for their statues, dearest Glitter.</quote> One thing that never gets mentioned in your US history classes is that one of the major reasons this country was founded upon was the disagreement between Britains pro-abolitionist movement and the colonies reliance on slavery for most of its economy. Just remember, mass slave owners like Jefferson didnt fight to support the greater good and go against big bad Britain - it was because he might have lost his slaves.</quote> Okay. Was he arrested for cruelty based on his time?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
marc55 10/12/17 12:03:50 AM #95:	CrimsonRage posted... A_Good_Boy posted... D-Lo_BrownTown posted... CrimsonRage posted... His being a racist, evil piece of s* isn't a good reason to hate him? You say this as if everyone wasn't a racist, evil piece of shit. Like, imagine actually getting upset over Christopher Columbus in 2017. Do you people honestly have nothing better to do with your time? Most people didn't get jailed for their racism. Why was Columbus? And lol @ getting triggered cause modern Americans don't want to worship someone only honored for his discovery in the 50s cause a bunch of Italians were desperate for a figure to venerate so they tossed darts at a dartboard and found someone. To be fair, we do have to acknowledge why Italians were desperate for such a figure. It was a time when Italians were actively discriminated against and treated like they didn't belong. They promoted Columbus to remind racist WASPs that it was an Italian who "discovered their country." he keeps claiming columbus was jailed for racism..............i know he was a tyrant and jailed for a short time but i find it hard to believe it was for racism as he says --- There is no sound, no voice, no cry in all the world that can be heard... until someone listens. <cite>marc55 posted [p:888271979] in Christophe... [t:75866903]...</cite> <quote><cite>CrimsonRage posted...</cite> <quote><cite>A_Good_Boy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>D-Lo_BrownTown posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CrimsonRage posted...</cite> <quote> His being a racist, evil piece of s* isn't a good reason to hate him?</quote> You say this as if everyone wasn't a racist, evil piece of shit. Like, imagine actually getting upset over Christopher Columbus in 2017. Do you people honestly have nothing better to do with your time?</quote> Most people didn't get jailed for their racism. Why was Columbus? And lol @ getting triggered cause modern Americans don't want to worship someone only honored for his discovery in the 50s cause a bunch of Italians were desperate for a figure to venerate so they tossed darts at a dartboard and found someone.</quote> To be fair, we do have to acknowledge why Italians were desperate for such a figure. It was a time when Italians were actively discriminated against and treated like they didn't belong. They promoted Columbus to remind racist WASPs that it was an Italian who "discovered their country."</quote> he keeps claiming columbus was jailed for racism..............i know he was a tyrant and jailed for a short time but i find it hard to believe it was for racism as he says</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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