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kpete

(72,904 posts) Mon Oct 12, 2015, 07:26 PM Oct 2015

Christopher Columbus statue in Detroit takes an axe to the head on Columbus Day [View all]

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Christopher Columbus statue in Detroit takes an axe to the head on Columbus Day [View all] kpete Oct 2015 OP

Sorry but I don't like that yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #1

+1 hifiguy Oct 2015 #2

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Here's the problem malaise Oct 2015 #10

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He didn't discover shit malaise Oct 2015 #19

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Christopher Columbus discovered America geek75 Oct 2015 #72

The Yale Precision Marching Band famously trolled New Haven's Columbus Day parade years ago KamaAina Oct 2015 #133

Geek75 is an ex-poster. MineralMan Oct 2015 #142

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Native American's ancestors were first. itsrobert Mar 2016 #235

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Columbus, of course, never saw the mainland United States. Hope you understand that lunasun Mar 2016 #258

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Wrong! cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #260

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I thought it was the First Nation. DK504 Jan 2017 #376

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You mean the lost white guy, who started killing and enslaving people... MrScorpio Oct 2015 #23

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This place wasn't even called "America" when he got lost here MrScorpio Oct 2015 #38

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You're so precious. nt MrScorpio Aug 2016 #349

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No, Brian Williams did. KamaAina Oct 2015 #134

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Wrong. MrScorpio Oct 2015 #171

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Take your meds. nt MrScorpio Feb 2017 #406

Oh, hello. I think you made a wrong left turn somewhere. NV Whino Oct 2015 #28

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results Go Vols Oct 2015 #126

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Have you read Columbus' diaries? marmar Oct 2015 #45

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He thought he'd discovered* India KamaAina Oct 2015 #146

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Back again? marmar Oct 2015 #154

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Ba-ba-booey! Ba-ba-booey! Ba-ba-booey! KamaAina Oct 2015 #136

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some reading material for you kpete Oct 2015 #5

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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! n/t malaise Oct 2015 #11

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how do you discover a country where people are already living? Skittles Oct 2015 #155

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And he captured 12 year old girls fasttense Apr 2016 #301

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The guy who directed the Harry Potter movies? KamaAina Oct 2015 #137

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He was looking for India, landed in the Caribbean, murdered the locals NightWatcher Oct 2015 #6

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Uff da... MineralMan Oct 2015 #12

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Jeezus, how old are you? nt MrScorpio Oct 2015 #26

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Seething hatred of people having a differing opinion? randys1 Oct 2015 #107

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Seething hatred of people having a differing opinion? randys1 Oct 2015 #113

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Seething hatred of people educating you? randys1 Oct 2015 #122

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That poster has been removed from the building at this point. MineralMan Oct 2015 #139

He was a fan of genocide. We have to be honest with ourselves and admit that randys1 Oct 2015 #141

I agree. I think it was a reissue of Name Removed from MineralMan Oct 2015 #143

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Actually the Norsemen and Chinese preceded Columbus. In fact there is some evidence to still_one Oct 2015 #30

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one trick pony, huh. Can you say something logical. I love ignorance. I assume you also believe still_one Oct 2015 #132

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Chinese? Hadn't heard that one. KamaAina Oct 2015 #148

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Read the book 1421 by Gavin Menzies still_one Mar 2016 #263

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To be fair MM, America is not the USA... Thor_MN Oct 2015 #168

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History not your strongest suit obviously... truebrit71 Oct 2015 #13

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You're back! Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #192

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Seek help. Arugula Latte May 2016 #323

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Ask the indigenous people and the descendants of slaves malaise Oct 2015 #14

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What are you, twelve? nt MrScorpio Oct 2015 #39

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I am thinking more like, 5 years old Skittles Oct 2015 #158

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You're funny. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #17

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LOL, good one! City Lights Oct 2015 #22

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what are you, five years old? Skittles Oct 2015 #156

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If we want to pretend someone discovered a country already full of people Rex Oct 2015 #18

He does have our country, and 2 continents named after him Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #25

What? No way. Drahthaardogs Oct 2015 #40

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"lot of the way we think and the course of history." marmar Oct 2015 #54

nah GummyBearz Oct 2015 #63

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North and South Columbia?! KamaAina Oct 2015 #144

LOL! Came back to tell him that! Rex Oct 2015 #147

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yeah i did not even want to go to the confusion there lunasun Mar 2016 #259

No, that was my entire point which was missed I see. Rex Oct 2015 #145

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Nonsense. There were already people here. He ran into another group of people. Rex Oct 2015 #123

How can you "discover" a continent that has thousands of thriving cultures Heddi Oct 2015 #27

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I'm good with it. The axe was taped and the paint will wash off NightWatcher Oct 2015 #4

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History says.... kpete Oct 2015 #16

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History says? Well, my friend, history is a poopyhead. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #21

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Isn't that what Indigenous peoples did before... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2015 #29

Did they? You'll certainly supply us with objective sources LanternWaste Oct 2015 #56

Have you heard... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2015 #62

The Caribs had wiped out the Arawaks before Columbus showed up jberryhill Oct 2015 #65

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Name Removed has been shown the door. MineralMan Oct 2015 #31

More like the door was slammed in his face malaise Oct 2015 #33

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In case you haven't looked recently, I thought you might get a kick uppityperson Apr 2016 #281

whoa! Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #32

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Love it. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #41

Vandalism! Yay!! B2G Oct 2015 #42

Well, yeah. But it's not permanent. And it pales compared to what Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #43

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Hoo boy. marmar Oct 2015 #52

Dang. I missed it! Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #59

He said something to the effect that Columbus was a great man.... marmar Oct 2015 #60

Oy vey. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #61

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Ha ha! Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #152

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So you're saying that there weren't indigenous people here already? Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #153

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Conscious denial of degree and nuance! Yay, part two. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #57

I'm not in favor of defacing public property B2G Oct 2015 #58

It's a protest. gollygee Oct 2015 #64

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What are you, 10 years old? LOL n/t gollygee Oct 2015 #131

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I am in favor of destroying any so called monument which glorifies assholes like Columbus randys1 Oct 2015 #116

I'm fine with it too gollygee Oct 2015 #130

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Will Rogers Mendocino Oct 2015 #47

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Couldn't they have just put a Detroit Lions jersey on him like they do other statues? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #48

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So why isn't he in the Detroit Lions' Ring of Honor? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #82

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I dig it but I don't....I do GET it though JackInGreen Oct 2015 #55

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No he didn't. LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #77

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Nope nt LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #85

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Say "Columbus discovered America" all you want....it will never be true. He didn't. nt LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #97

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Seems a bit much to take it all out on Columbus treestar Oct 2015 #99

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Seething hatred of people having a differing opinion? randys1 Oct 2015 #119

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Seething hatred of people educating you? randys1 Oct 2015 #124

Must be a slow day at the troll farm. Rex Oct 2015 #125

RIghty scares me. They are unpredictable and often violent. randys1 Oct 2015 #127

True, they are all mentally unstable people. Like their idol Glenn Beck. Rex Oct 2015 #128

That poster is no more. It is defunct. MineralMan Oct 2015 #140

They need a headstone LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #149

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I shut him/her down LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #129

good, and his posting privileges have been revoked still_one Oct 2015 #135

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Buh-bye! Good riddens! nt longship Mar 2016 #256

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The late lamented repeater Mendocino Oct 2015 #150

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Stan Freiburg discovred America olddots Oct 2015 #151

dion't tell geek75 Skittles Oct 2015 #157

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America discovered Christopher Columbus BlueJazz Oct 2015 #159

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It wasn't painted red. It was fake blood notadmblnd Nov 2015 #176

That is a rather careful and symbolic defacement. MADem Nov 2015 #177

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Makes me want to... cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #261

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Deserved, based upond what I have read of Columbus' barbarism. Hoyt Mar 2016 #255

Hoo boy! MIRT's been busy tonight. longship Mar 2016 #257

I think Message Auto Removed sent me a nasty PM. MADem Mar 2016 #262

I think it was one person with multiple logins. longship Mar 2016 #264

A lot of times, I have noticed, the "disruptors" (or trolls, or socks) like to MADem Mar 2016 #265

You're a host in Weird News group? longship Mar 2016 #266

Yeah, there's not much to do there. MADem Mar 2016 #267

It's now on my list. longship Mar 2016 #268

It's certainly more friendly than some groups these days. MADem Mar 2016 #269

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Sailed the ocean blue, he did. Agschmid Mar 2016 #272

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So why this thread? And why Columbus? Inquiring minds want to know... Agschmid Mar 2016 #274

I'm thinking that our troll has some particularly substantial emotional issues. MrScorpio Apr 2016 #293

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Same here MrScorpio Apr 2016 #295

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It's BACK!! longship May 2016 #337

Good job, MIRT! longship May 2016 #338

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Representing the alternative universe felix_numinous May 2016 #339

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This is for our friend, who I know will be back eventually. MrScorpio Jun 2016 #342

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Well deserved. He was a real bastard. cheapdate Aug 2016 #351

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I discovered Germany in 1975. Old and In the Way Aug 2016 #352

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Just in case my message did get across... MrScorpio Aug 2016 #353

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Don't you ever tire of this? uppityperson Oct 2016 #369

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Apparently not - he's back malaise Feb 2017 #393

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