[Texan5]

You are not wrong at all in my opinion-my ancestors came from Spain before 1600-but I have no illusions about them-they were horrible people for the most part-Spanish inquisition, invented brand new methods of torture/murder, were greedy, etc-and the way they raped women, pillaged, murdered, enslaved survivors and stole everybody’s stuff when they sacked a place made the Vikings look almost kind. Like most Hispanics, I have some Native American DNA-the Natives were not nice people either, but they were not as greedy or creative in their cruelty as the Spanish were...

[DiogenesLamp]

You are not wrong at all in my opinion-my ancestors came from Spain before 1600-but I have no illusions about them-they were horrible people for the most part-Spanish inquisition, invented brand new methods of torture/murder, were greedy, etc-and the way they raped women, pillaged, murdered, enslaved survivors and stole everybody’s stuff when they sacked a place made the Vikings look almost kind.

Thank you for confirming what I remember having learned of the Spanish in the New World. They were particularly and astonishingly mean.