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marmar

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26. Some of us don't find holidays celebrating genocidal maniacs to be trivial or amusing.

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Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:47 AM

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Celebration of a Psychopath [View all] marmar Oct 2015 OP

Who are we kidding that is the American way via corporations Stargazer99 Oct 2015 #1

Exactly FlatBaroque Oct 2015 #2

You won't get any argument from me on this one. nt raccoon Oct 2015 #3

I honestly ryan_cats Oct 2015 #4

The Arawaks lived in fear of attacks from other Native Americans 1939 Oct 2015 #6

"labor on their plantations." marmar Oct 2015 #7

Yes, there was killing of Native Americans by Europeans 1939 Oct 2015 #10

FFS malaise Oct 2015 #11

Read "Plagues and Peoples" by McNeil 1939 Oct 2015 #13

That simply isn't true. Marr Oct 2015 #15

It's absolutely true Spider Jerusalem Oct 2015 #21

Of course disease killed a lot of indigenous peoples. Marr Oct 2015 #22

Within weeks of Europeans arrival everywhere the locals applegrove Oct 2015 #17

Damn. Pick up a book. tabasco Oct 2015 #18

"Workers", according to that textbook in Texas that received the scrutiny bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #12

There was a differentiation by the Spanish 1939 Oct 2015 #20

Now, now, 1939, don't impugn this noble native American tribe with Hortensis Oct 2015 #16

Christopher Columbus -Black Uhuru malaise Oct 2015 #5

Was this not SOP for colonialism? yodermon Oct 2015 #8

No. Look at the Portuguese in India or Spain in the Philippines Recursion Oct 2015 #27

And now... GummyBearz Oct 2015 #9

We get these threads every year LOL, in a month we'll be getting the farm turkey threads snooper2 Oct 2015 #14

I think there's a slight difference. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #19

I think it's safe to say that without Columbus history would have been different Fumesucker Oct 2015 #23

I tend to disagree. If not Columbus it would have been someone else, not long after. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #24

Yeah, but none of *us* would be here, it would be different people Fumesucker Oct 2015 #29

it's an interesting thought experiment or philosophical question, and put simply I guess we just Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #30

The history of WWII would have been considerably different in detail without Hitler Fumesucker Oct 2015 #34

I think if Nazi Germany had stayed at peace, or even allied with the USSR Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #36

And I wouldn't exist if Vietnam didn't happen. Neoma Oct 2015 #33

To me it's an interesting point to ponder when we get self righteous about history Fumesucker Oct 2015 #35

That will keep GD busy at least till the SI swimsuit edition is released Major Nikon Oct 2015 #25

THE WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #31

Some of us don't find holidays celebrating genocidal maniacs to be trivial or amusing. marmar Oct 2015 #26

In 1490 the population of the Americas exceeded that of Europe Recursion Oct 2015 #28

Columbus Day fadedrose Oct 2015 #32