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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Good. Columbus was a shithead even by the standards of 16th century shitheads.

[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Contemporary observers were talking about how much of a shithead he was. It's pretty safe to say he was a shithead.

The fact that people with an agenda managed to retroactively make him into a glorified hero centuries later says more about our current culture than it says about Columbus's contemporaries 500 years ago.

[–] TheYear2525@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He didn’t discover it. There were clearly already white people there.

[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

some of them may have had a drop impure, so best not acknowledge they exist.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Happy birthday to the GROUND!

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MY DADS NOT A PHONE! DUH!!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My dad is not a quill and parchment.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Kiss the curb you shitty bitch. (Talking to Cristobal there.)

[–] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

unsure if illustration or heavily HDR fried picture

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 5 points 2 years ago

Porque no los dos? 🤷

Arguably the only thing he actually discovered.

[–] prettydarknwild@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

He discovered that the floor is made up of floor

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

What is this, colonialisation for ants!

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

One of my favorite parts about this new holiday is just how much it pisses off bigots.