Posted on 10/10/2017 6:34:14 AM PDT by luke1825
Flying from Rome to Boston on Alitalia on Columbus Day, I fell asleep and dreamed that Christopher Columbus was seated beside me. He had the window seat.
What did I do wrong? he asked in my dream. Why do people hate me?
Im not sure, I said.
How did I go from a hero to a bum?
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Marxism marches on!
The land that you discovered REJECTED the Hildabeast, so that means it must be destroyed.
All history of it's existence must be erased, scorched earth style.
Pizarro and his diseased men and the diseased pigs he brought on his “exploration” killed maybe 2 million Native Americans.
How many had the natives already murdered in their sacrifices to their gods?
Before the Spaniards reintroduced horses to America, the Native American (who are portrayed as quintessential environmentalists) drove both the woolly mammoth and the wild horse to extinction by their hunting techniques. Before the reintroduction of horses they hunted large mammals by stampeding herds over cliffs and bluffs.
The bison herds being much larger were holding out longer, but were destined to the same faith - but for the Spanish bringing the domesticated horses that allowed hunters to chase down individual animals.
So, in fact the white man saved the bison from extinction, before they ALMOST drove it to a later extinction.
The indians got even with their tobacco and casinos! : )
The indians were certainly not peaceful. They had their wars as the rest of the world did.
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