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    Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

    Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷 Retweeted Ted Cruz

    Yo, Ted, the man ~*literally*~ did. He literally ran a for-profit slaving operation that was so horrific, the Spanish crown sent investigators to see if the stories were true. They were. /1https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1271086702556299266 …

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    Ted CruzVerified account @tedcruz
    No, he didn’t commit genocide, “literally” or otherwise. He did discover the New World, which led to colonizers, some of whom inadvertently brought disease. Is it your position that it’s inherently immoral to come to America from a foreign land? I’m glad my Dad came from Cuba. https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1270943333179887616 …
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      2. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        The Arawak he encountered bore gold jewelry, that piqued his fascination. Through force, he made the Arawak, the indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola bring a quota of gold to him, from 1495. Don't bring the gold - lose your hands. /2pic.twitter.com/rxxcEVA93J

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      3. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        Columbus (or Colon) took women as sex slaves. He pretty much straight up gave them to his buddies to rape. One of his fellow voyagers wrote about it. /3pic.twitter.com/BpWnIpmaiD

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      4. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        The Arawak who died of exhaustion or disease were sometimes sold as dog food to those on Hispaniola. Sometimes those who fought back against the Spanish had their corpses sold. Sometimes they were hunted for sport. /4

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      5. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        More often, however, those who fought back against the Spaniards were hung, mutilated and sometimes even had their remains paraded as a grisly warning to those who may consider rebellion. /5pic.twitter.com/4tzRVogoB9

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      6. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        Settlers who arrived actually wrote back to Spain, horrified at what Columbus/Colon and his men were doing. Such was the clamour that Francisco de Bobadilla, a knight, was sent by Ferdinand and Isabella to see what was going on. /6https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/07/books.spain …

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      7. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        Things were that bad that de Bobadilla had Columbus arrested for his brutality and mismanagement and sent back to Spain to face questioning and imprisonment. He only ever spent six weeks in prison before the king ordered his release. /7

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      8. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        Before Columbus, it's estimated that there were 250,000 Arawak on Hispaniola. Two years after his arrival, historian Howard Zinn estimates that 125,000 had died through violence, overwork, maltreatment, torture, illness or suicide. /8

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      9. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        Columbus/Colon did more to wipe out an entire people, through his murderous greed and disdain for human life, than almost any other European individual prior to the dawn of the 16th century. Almost every one of his policies as Hispaniola governor had a genocidal outcome. /9

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      10. Mike Stuchbery  💀 🍷‏Verified account @MikeStuchbery_ 11 Jun 2020

        How did you not know this @tedcruz? It's no great secret. It's even covered in some high school curriculums. I guess you were too busy coming up with that wacky costume and the codes, right? /FIN

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      1. juglar‏ @jarintennessee 11 Jun 2020
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        Some of us were even taught that in school.

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