And bring back the tongues of the Mayans, Incans, and Aztecs. And cultural norms like cannibalism and infant sacrifices...and building temples for their rulers and false gods...
I’m not so sure there are that many Spanish speakers, all the landscapers, roofers, and stockboys, here illegally, that I’ve tried to communicate with, couldn’t speak any western language. They couldn’t count beyond three either. I think they spoke some indigenous lingo unique to the Guatemalan mountain they rolled off of. They were also all so dumb they didn’t know what toilet paper is for.
Hispanics must have their panties in a bunch today.
The year 1492 when he sailed was the same year Isabella set as a deadline for Jews to leave or convert to Catholicism. Principal investors in Columbus’ mission were Jews. Believe in coincidences?
He was born Cristoforo Colombo in the Republic of Genoa. The only uses I know of for “Colombo” in America are a Peter Falk TV series and a nickname for weed grown in Colombia.
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Christopher Columbus was a Separdic Jew, and a “Messianic” believer.
He was from the same part of Spain that is presently in rebellion against Spanish rule. (the more things change, the more they stay the same)
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Someone posted a meme of a Native American in her Indian garb flipping the bird in honor of indigenous people’s day on Facebook and I posted a question in response, “Do you think she’s still living in a teepee or do you think she’s appropriated the white man’s lifestyle?”, which seemed to trigger the enlightened poster who apparently can’t take it when it’s dished right back.