"I mean who knew then that murder, rape, and genocidal racism was a thing? Morality was invented in, like, 1973."
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Kinda like arguing for gun rights from 1790 vs guns today?
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We use laws created in the 18th century and apply them to 21st century standards as well.
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Like the 2nd Amendment? Good analogy. Perfect actually.
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Even by the standards of his own time, he was vicious and corrupt. Read your history. --An Italian-American.
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@MacCocktail Genocide is genocide is any century.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Sorry, but child sex slavery is F'ed up no matter what century you're in.
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Agreed, every explorer from every country and religion was violent. Very few we're peaceful, it's our history. It shouldn't be ignored.
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But it's NOT our history. Columbus never even came here.
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The Vikings landed before Columbus. Get rid of Columbus Day. Make Election day a national holiday!
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Election day should be a National Holiday no excuses for anyone to miss on voting that day!
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Read Bartolomé de las Casas! He was in one of Columbus expeditions and was disgusted! 15th century reaction
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His discovery led to permanent European settlement of Americas, which is noteworthy. But his treatment of Taino was cruel by any standard.
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How exactly does one discover land masses that had been populated for millennia? I'd also be remiss to point out that Vikings did it B4 him
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Vikings ventured to Newfoundland and as far as Manhattan (maybe farther but there's no documentation). It did not lead to settlement though.
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America was already settled. That's the whole point we're discussing Ansel. The word your looking for is "invasion."
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I've already explained, but if you have qualms with the word 'discovery' then I concede. Now, don't let that be an excuse for pseudohistory
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I'm a good person. The letters signify a degree that I earned. I enjoy history and am only interested in discussing that with you.
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Pseudo history is calling the mounds in Ohio and Indiana Native American. There will always be more questions than answers.
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