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65. The Caribs had wiped out the Arawaks before Columbus showed up

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 12:07 PM

Oct 2015

The people Columbus found in the Caribbean had, likewise, killed the prior inhabitants and taken over.

Humans do what humans do, and there is no genetic magic that ever prevented any group from engaging in war or genocide.

Pre-Columbian native cultures were as effective at engaging in war and genocide as any other collection of humans.

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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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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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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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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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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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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

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

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North and South Columbia?! KamaAina Oct 2015 #144

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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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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

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

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

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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

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It's a protest. gollygee Oct 2015 #64

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

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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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No he didn't. LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #77

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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

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

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I shut him/her down LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #129

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America discovered Christopher Columbus BlueJazz Oct 2015 #159

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

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

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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

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