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Protesters On Replicas Of Christopher Columbus Ships: Those Are Black Ships Of Death
townhall.com ^ | 8/18/2017 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 08/19/2017 7:08:03 AM PDT by rktman

Forget Lincoln, forget Confederate generals, and forget former Supreme Court justices—it’s Christopher Columbus’ turn to be put in the crosshairs of the progressive left. Replicas of the Niña and the Pinta, two of the three ships that sailed with Columbus to the new world, sailed into Traverse City, Michigan, where they were met with protests, some calling them “black ships of death,” while others saying the ships represent nothing but genocide. So, even learning about the discovery of the new world is racist, especially if it’s not done through the revisionist lens of progressives—only they can really teach our true history. Yeah, that’s just crap. Of course, many bad things happened during colonization, but it doesn’t negate the fact that Columbus came here and if ships, the method of transportation in which he arrived here triggers you—you’re just a weak, soft and fragile human being (via 9&10 News):

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: americanhistory; culturewar; purge; radicalleft; totalidiots
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To: bgill

>>Do I have the right to go all out on them?

Probably only if there is not a “prohibition against cultural appropriation of the right to be offended by cultural appropriation” clause in the fine print.


41 posted on 08/19/2017 7:52:36 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: abclily
And allow the natives to wander around, dragging their homes behind them.

Many Mongolians still live like that.

If you visit Mongolian nomads, they may boil a sheep head in your honor...

42 posted on 08/19/2017 7:54:19 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: abclily

“...Liberia...”

While I agree with the sentiment, I’m pretty sure Liberia would resist such efforts, probably violently.

Sure they have their own problems to deal with, much less us dumping our lowest common denominator societal rejects on them...

Just sayin’ :^)


43 posted on 08/19/2017 7:54:28 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: rktman

They wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t for those ships so they can STFU.


44 posted on 08/19/2017 7:54:34 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: dp0622

Ping.


45 posted on 08/19/2017 7:57:02 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: exDemMom
One thing I do wonder is why the Asians that came here 16,000 years ago never accomplished much, while the Asians that remained in Asia built civilizations. At some point, they had similar cultures, didn't they?

The Asians that remained in Asia didn't have peyote...


46 posted on 08/19/2017 7:57:36 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
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To: bert
>>>>——Who ate the Anasazi?-—

>>No one.

Analysis of coprolite[edit]

The initial reports speculating that the seven humans had been cannibalized was met with skepticism from some scientists and criticism by Native American groups including the Ute tribe. (The Ute are a separate people from either the alleged victims or the alleged perpetrators.) The Ute have a strong oral tradition of peace between their ancestors and neighboring groups, which is not necessarily in agreement with the traditions of other groups or historical information.[6]

To investigate the theory that cannibalism had been practiced at the Cowboy Wash site, Richard Marlar, a University of Colorado molecular biologist examined the coprolite (fossilized human feces) found on site and discovered it tested positive for human myoglobin, which is found in human muscle tissue. This type of myoglobin was not found in 20 'control' coprolites in comparable sites.[7] This indicated the feces contained the remains of digested human flesh.[8] Malar also found the myoglobin protein during a chemical analysis of a cooking pot at the ancient Anasazi site.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Wash

 

 



47 posted on 08/19/2017 7:58:59 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: MarDav

>>Conservatives must go in to these institutions.

Yep.

{ CQ Mr. Progressive Band leader? }


48 posted on 08/19/2017 8:02:49 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: rktman

...etc...Those are Black Ships of Death.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

To remain strictly PC, shouldn’t that read

African American Ships of Death?

We have to turn their own words and stupidity back on them.

Like Lewis spouting off about the sharks still habitating the waters of the Slave Ship routes, looking for the 1000 potential slaves that were thrown overboard every day.

R Limbaugh ran some #s to show the sheer stupidity of the statement so Lewis ‘amended’ it by saying 500 a day, and R’s math still disproved that ‘fact’.

No one even had to mention that those people the African Blacks sold to the Dutch Slave Ship Captains, were still owned by the Captains, so it isn’t likely anyone would have been throwing that much CASH into the ocean.

Logic - the killer of Liberal speak.


49 posted on 08/19/2017 8:03:55 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: rktman
"Progressive Left". There's nothing "progressive" about Communism.

When will folks on the right, or even center, start to bring up the sort of things these far left protesters stand for, and the sort of historic figures THEY admire and regard as 'heroes', still to this day. Monsters like Mao tse Tung who murdered over 20 million of his own people. Some of them view Stalin, the North Korea's Kim Jung-Il family dynasty, 'Che' Guevara, and "Killing Fields" Pol Pot as great men. And of Fidel Castro.

50 posted on 08/19/2017 8:08:38 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: bgill

Do you really need an answer?


51 posted on 08/19/2017 8:14:08 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Pontiac
"But the old world would have discovered the New World eventually. The only questions are; by who and when."

Disease was the biggest killer, and, as you said, sooner or later the Europeans were going to arrive. Without resistance to those diseases from Europe and Asia the Native Americans were in serious trouble, even if the Europeans had arrived with the most peaceful of intentions.

52 posted on 08/19/2017 8:14:51 AM PDT by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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To: Carl Vehse

Agree. A number of mayors now were community organizers. The damn hate America crowd has been doing ACORN like crap for 30 years or so. They have had little opposition.


53 posted on 08/19/2017 8:17:14 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: bgill

Of course Chris landed in the U.S.! He sailed his ships up the Congaree River and founded the city of Columbia, South Carolina, the state capital to this day and where a statue erected in his honor still stands.

OK, just kidding....except for the statue! It was unveiled in 1992 over the protests of black-caped students from two local black colleges who milled around passing out leaflets `Columbus was a genocidal killer’, etc. It stands on a pedestal taller than the statue itself. Hmm...wonder why?

That was 25 years ago. What’s in store now, I don’t know.


54 posted on 08/19/2017 8:21:19 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: rktman

Now they are after historical Catholics?


55 posted on 08/19/2017 8:28:46 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Hold on a minute..didn’t Columbus usher in an era of unfettered immigration and open borders? I thought that was what the idiot progressive, leftist, communist, fascist liberals were all about. They are the most stupid, vile, intolerant, ignorant bunch of kooks that have emerged in a long time. Antifa and its ilk are the American isis and should be labeled as a terrorist organization. Bring it on antifa....you will find there are some patriots left....


56 posted on 08/19/2017 8:29:06 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: NFHale

Liberia would resist? Isn’t that why our government bought Liberia? For freed folks who wanted to go back to the motherland? Was there a time limit on that reverse migration?


57 posted on 08/19/2017 8:33:50 AM PDT by abclily
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To: abclily

“...Isn’t that why our government bought Liberia?...”

Long time ago, in a land far, far away, friend. Different times, different people, with different attitudes.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia

“...The Republic of Liberia began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), who believed blacks would face better chances for freedom in Africa than in the United States.[7] The country declared its independence on July 26, 1847. The United Kingdom was the first country to recognize Liberia’s independence.[8] The U.S. did not recognize Liberia’s independence until during the American Civil War on February 5, 1862....”

“Political tensions from the rule of William R. Tolbert resulted in a military coup in 1980 that overthrew his leadership soon after his death, marking the beginning of years-long political instability. Five years of military rule by the People’s Redemption Council and five years of civilian rule by the National Democratic Party of Liberia were followed by the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars. These resulted in the deaths and displacement of more than half a million people and devastated Liberia’s economy. A peace agreement in 2003 led to democratic elections in 2005, in which Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected President. Recovery proceeds but about 85% of the population live below the international poverty line. ...”

So, they can’t even get it together properly to manage themselves. They’re not going to be too keen on taking our dregs when they have their own to deal with.


58 posted on 08/19/2017 8:41:03 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: rktman

Following in the foot steps of the Taliban.


59 posted on 08/19/2017 8:41:25 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: rktman

They can practice what they preach by leaving.


60 posted on 08/19/2017 8:44:59 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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