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Antifar
06/09/20 10:49:37 PM
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https://twitter.com/CBS6/status/1270526933772709888
When asked for comment, the statue said it was glad to be back in the Indian Ocean
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Phantom_Nook
06/09/20 10:50:26 PM
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Who?
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Blue_Inigo
06/09/20 10:50:36 PM
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Nice

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Zikten
06/09/20 10:51:36 PM
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good. Columbus deserves none of the honor he has gotten. Man was a piece of shit
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Shadow Don
06/09/20 10:51:53 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
Who?

A genocidal maniac who is glorified in the US education system.

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YellowSUV
06/09/20 10:52:07 PM
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May he swim to India.

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JuanCarlos1
06/09/20 10:52:26 PM
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Really glad for that one. Pillager and killer of natives in the caribbean.

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WizardPowers
06/09/20 10:53:02 PM
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Shadow Don posted...
A genocidal maniac who is glorified in the US education system.

Every teacher I know says they've been teaching how he was a bastard for at least a decade now

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thebatz
06/09/20 10:55:06 PM
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don't italians love christopher columbus?
i remember a sopranos episode where some of the characters went to a protest to counter-protest the anti-columbus resentment.

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Garioshi
06/09/20 10:56:59 PM
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thebatz posted...
don't italians love christopher columbus?
i remember a sopranos episode where some of the characters went to a protest to counter-protest the anti-columbus resentment.
Columbus was an Italian pride symbol long ago.

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coh
06/09/20 10:58:34 PM
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Why though
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DoctorPiranha3
06/09/20 10:59:46 PM
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We pretty much need to dump all statues of everybody because the past was nothing but sexists, racists, genocidal maniacs, and slave owners.
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KillerKhan420
06/09/20 11:00:55 PM
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What about this other guy, this Adolf Hitler guy. I think he should be next to be killed.

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Omnislasher
06/09/20 11:02:08 PM
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Blue_Inigo posted...
Nice

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Zikten
06/09/20 11:02:11 PM
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coh posted...
Why though


Because we shouldn't have statues of people that committed genocide
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FortuneCookie
06/09/20 11:02:28 PM
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Even among his peers at the time, he was known to be an asshole. There are no records of him actively engaging in torment of Native Americans, but he gave his crew carte blanche to do what they will -- raping, severing hands, etc.

He was also know to abuse his slaves. (On a side note, he had slaves.)

So fuck him.

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Omnislasher
06/09/20 11:02:31 PM
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DoctorPiranha3 posted...
We pretty much need to dump all statues of everybody because the past was nothing but sexists, racists, genocidal maniacs, and slave owners.
No it wasnt
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DoctorPiranha3
06/09/20 11:03:17 PM
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Omnislasher posted...

No it wasnt

Yes it was
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SiO4
06/09/20 11:03:50 PM
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YellowSUV posted...
May he swim to India.


You mean, May he Sleep with the Fishes.
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Phantom_Nook
06/09/20 11:04:30 PM
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Shadow Don posted...
A genocidal maniac who is glorified in the US education system.

Are you sure? The statue isn't there, so we can't be sure he ever existed.
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coh
06/09/20 11:04:32 PM
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Zikten posted...
Because we shouldn't have statues of people that committed genocide
There seem to be some misconceptions about him. He was no saint, but he wasn't a monster.

I watched this video a while back and it was very enlightening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEw8c6TmzGg
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Antifar
06/10/20 8:42:39 AM
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Funkydog
06/10/20 8:43:38 AM
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The statue tripped and fell.

Complete accident :(

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SH_expert44
06/10/20 8:45:27 AM
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BathroomWater
06/10/20 8:48:18 AM
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Its so weird to me hearing about all these bizarre ass statues of shitty people like Columbus and Confederate generals and shit. The only statue of a person we have in my city that I can think of is The Fonz lol and hes a fictional character.

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TommyG663513
06/10/20 8:51:51 AM
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BathroomWater posted...
Its so weird to me hearing about all these bizarre ass statues of shitty people like Columbus and Confederate generals and shit. The only statue of a person we have in my city that I can think of is The Fonz lol and hes a fictional character.

I hope that statue of the Fonz survives to the end of time

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ForsakenHermit
06/10/20 9:01:50 AM
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Columbus was awful but the idea that he was uniquely awful by the standards of Spanish colonizers needs to stop. Plenty of horrible administrator's crimes get swept under the rug just because Columbus is famous.

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BathroomWater
06/10/20 9:02:46 AM
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TommyG663513 posted...
I hope that statue of the Fonz survives to the end of time

me too

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Jagr_68
06/10/20 9:07:32 AM
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About fucking time we had the balls.

TommyG663513 posted...
I hope that statue of the Fonz survives to the end of time

Ayyy

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AlisLandale
06/10/20 9:30:04 AM
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coh posted...
There seem to be some misconceptions about him. He was no saint, but he wasn't a monster.

I watched this video a while back and it was very enlightening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEw8c6TmzGg

This guy literally used Google Translate to support his points.

tbh that alone is enough for me to disregard his entire YouTube channel.


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IShall_Run_Amok
06/10/20 10:02:44 AM
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AlisLandale posted...
This guy literally used Google Translate to support his points.

tbh that alone is enough for me to disregard his entire YouTube channel.
Here's an 82 minute video that thoroughly debunks virtually all defenses of Columbus, while simultaneously revealing exactly why the far right defends him so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaJDc85h3ME

A commentor named B. Levin provides timestamps for those of you who want to get right into the part where he kidnaps women and sells children into sex slavery.


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Phantom_Nook
06/10/20 10:21:33 AM
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Antifar posted...
Update:
https://twitter.com/NBC10Boston/status/1270693775669510144

Simpsons did it!
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FursonaNonGrata
06/10/20 10:24:40 AM
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Chris Columbus? Oh you mean that lake guy?

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Lorenzo_2003
06/10/20 10:36:37 AM
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coh posted...
Why though

People get mad about some issue or they want to be part of a movement, and they want to express that in some way. Tearing down a statue helps them feel a sense of accomplishment, and its more safe than most forms of protest because at least you probably wont get a tear gas shell to the face.

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Ryven
06/10/20 10:38:09 AM
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DoctorPiranha3 posted...
We pretty much need to dump all statues of everybody because the past was nothing but sexists, racists, genocidal maniacs, and slave owners.


Wayne Gretzky

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Tyranthraxus
06/10/20 10:43:14 AM
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coh posted...
There seem to be some misconceptions about him. He was no saint, but he wasn't a monster.

I watched this video a while back and it was very enlightening

He was literally thrown in prison in the 1400s because he mistreated the native Americans that badly.

Like, think about how awful you have to be in the 1400s to get some white Europeans so mad at you at how you treated some random indigenous people across the fucking world that they throw you in prison.

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NeonOctopus
06/10/20 10:44:09 AM
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....we're still gonna get Columbus Day off tho, RIGHT!?

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Choco
06/10/20 10:44:35 AM
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kingdrake2
06/10/20 10:44:40 AM
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NeonOctopus posted...
....we're still gonna get Columbus Day off tho, RIGHT!?


they never gave a day off for him anymore. no presents either.
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Lorenzo_2003
06/10/20 10:47:14 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
He was literally thrown in prison in the 1400s because he mistreated the native Americans that badly.

Like, think about how awful you have to be in the 1400s to get some white Europeans at you so mad at how you treated some random indigenous people across the fucking world that they throw you in prison.

Was it really that, or was the government angry that Columbus was physically brutal to some of his own countrymen and women? I remember reading that he punished them harshly as well. Like you implied, Europeans at that time were not that sympathetic to indigenous people anyway.

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Foppe
06/10/20 10:50:58 AM
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I used to joke about why SJWs are not attacking Columbus when they whined about something stupid 7 years ago.
I never imaginated that they would go full *dolphin noice*

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Choco
06/10/20 10:53:01 AM
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Foppe posted...
I used to joke about why SJWs are not attacking Columbus when they whined about something stupid 7 years ago.
I never imaginated that they would go full *dolphin noice*
and what exactly is wrong with attacking columbus?

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Shotgunnova
06/10/20 10:55:34 AM
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Columbus sailed the water blue
In Two Thousand and Twenty, Too

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hockeybub89
06/10/20 10:57:28 AM
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I keep hearing about this Hitler dude who was apparently bad, but neither America nor Germany have any honorary statues of him, so I'm not sure be existed.

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Foppe
06/10/20 10:59:39 AM
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Choco posted...
and what exactly is wrong with attacking columbus?
What good is it?

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IShall_Run_Amok
06/10/20 11:00:31 AM
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Foppe posted...
I used to joke about why SJWs are not attacking Columbus when they whined about something stupid 7 years ago.
I never imaginated that they would go full *dolphin noice*
Conservatives asses are so rosy today. Many spankings were delivered. Its a good day.

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Choco
06/10/20 11:00:38 AM
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