Statue's like "is this ...the Indian Ocean?"

[Squinch]

20. What is it about 1865 that only after that year should atrocities be acknowledged?

In 2100, will it be OK to put up statues of Hitler? And that's not hyperbole.

Are you aware that Columbus did achieve genocide? And in the process, he was the perpetrator of horrifying atrocities, including trafficking children as young as nine as sex slaves and cutting off limbs from people he enslaved who weren't meeting their work quotas?

I recommend you read this whole thing:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/columbus-sex-slaves/

But here's a telling excerpt. Castellanoes are Spanish money.

In the year 1500, Columbus wrote: “A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand.”

And no, "back in the day" this was still wrong. One of the men with him was so guilt-ridden that he devoted the rest of his life to exposing Columbus's atrocities and trying to protect the natives.

Are you still OK with glorifying Columbus?