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Holy fucking shit, imagine being a Columbus apologist ๐Ÿ˜ฌ (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] loutr@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

French schools too. In 1992 Columbus was a huge deal, we spent a lot of time staging a play about his first voyage, and he was of course depicted as a righteous hero. I was just a lowly soldier, in hindsight I'm glad they didn't make us reenact the actual events, shit would've scarred me for life...