[wtd]

The intense irony in accusing Columbus of "Colonialism" is astounding.

Columbus Day is perpetually overlooked as an opportune time to discuss Islamic jihad through the centuries.

In 1453 Ottoman Turks took control of Constantinople ceasing trade between Europe and Asia.

By 1492 Spain was closing the period in it's history identified as "The Reconquista", ending the 780 year period of Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula

...the same year Columbus was finally granted permission to seek an alternate route for trade with the East.

Given the influence of Islam in the region, convincing the royals this venture was possible was an uphill battle.

Perhaps hundreds of years of stifling Islamic scientific influence is where the 'earth is flat' presumption emmanated...

• WikiIslam: Flat Earth and the Qur'an

  The words used to describe the shape of the earth in the quran are :

• مدهاmaddaha
• سطحها stahaha
• فرشها farshaha
• دحها dahaha
• بسطها bastaha

  All are synonyms for flat in Arabic.

  

  

  Heavens forbid people wake up to recognize the detriment of centuries of Islamic hegemony by recognizing the 780 year Islamic colonization of Iberia resulting in the Reconquista and necessity for alternate trade route which ultimately led to the discovery the Americas.

[morphing libertarian]

Humans migrate for many reasons. The “indigenous” people in America migrated. When two groups of people run into each other, many times the inferior culture disappears or is absorbed into the superior one.

The Europeans were superior in technology, science, weaponry, social organization, organized religion, laws, governments, building, medicine, transportation and so on. The people who were here were overrun, as the europeans population increased and needed more space and resources. Wars were fought and land settled and the people with seniority lost out. Those are the facts of life.

This anti-columbus movement is anchored by leftists and Mexicans in the US who forget they have Spanish blood in them.

Columbus was brave and a great explorer. As a person of European descent, I am thankful he came here. I know his voyages lead to the greatest nation in the history of the word. That’s why I celebrate Columbus day. If you want a day get your own.