[reaganaut1]

Many people like to show how sensitive and noble they are by tearing down famous people in American history.

[wintertime]

‘And we talked about how he was very, very mean, very bossy.’’
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And...In being “mean and bossy” he saved the lives of his men!

I bet this weenie of a government Marxist indoctrinator ( misnamed “teacher”) forgot to mention that.

[raptor29]

Thank you Christopher Columbus for leading the charge that ultimately replaced barbarian savages with the most important and noble society the world has ever known. The world is in your debt.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Oh for crying out loud.

While patriotic Americans go about their days, do their jobs and try to do the right thing.

Determined marxists are tearing down Americas children.

[Jackson57]

And in a few years they’ll start pealing back the veneer of Martin Luther King ... oh wait, nevermind.

[wintertime]

By the way, what kind of a so-called “man” would **want** to teach kindergarten?

[stephenjohnbanker]

For those of you who are unsure of the concept, the NEA/NTU is winning the war. Look at the voters up to age 30. Obama by a landslide!

[P-Marlowe]

''And we talked about how he was very, very mean, very bossy.''

He was the Captain of a ship. If you were not "mean and bossy" with a crew of half starved drunken sailors you would find yourself being fed to the sharks and your ships sold to pirates. If your crew did not fear you, then you had a lot to fear from your crew.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

I wonder if they discuss the “peaceful” cultural practices of the indigenous American peoples, such as the Mayans, or the “peaceful” native American tribes that never, ever thought of waging war on other Native American tribes until those bastard white folks showed up?

[andy58-in-nh]

Destroying our heroes has always been a key element in the Progressive agenda. It is a way to "deconstruct" history, and change its meaning to validate what Barack Obama might call the "fundamental transformation of the United States of America".

In fact, he did call it that. Was anyone listening?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Hmm. it must be October.

If Columbus had not discovered the new World it would have been found by the Portuguese a few years later. It was going to be found!

If the Indians had made a voyage of discovery East they may have found Europe and still contracted the diseases for which they had no immunity. it is not the Europeans fault that they were not immune to disease.
Life is tough! besides they gave Europeans Syphilis.

Columbus found Indians killing and eating Indians. His men found and saved some captive women who were pregnant. Their captors loved fresh cooked baby.

Columbus’ voyage west was to get around the Islamic countries blocking the way to Chinese goods.

[cydcharisse]

If not Columbus, it would have been another European, which was inevitable.
A technologically superior culture replaced a primitive one. Like it or not, it’s the way of the world. Live with it.

[rickmichaels]

They found him guilty and sentenced him to life in prison.

Free Chris!!! Justice For Chris!!! No Justice, No Peace!!!

[Right Wing Assault]

So, all you kids who thought Columbus was evil, go back to the land your ancestors came from and start over.

[Anima Mundi]

If it is a good, meaningful thing to talk about the contribtions of Africans and African culture, and if, as we have been told since the 1960s this is the fundamental basis of positive self-esteem because feeling bad about their history was at the heart of many problems black Americans had, then why is it a good thing to teach very young children about how bad the people were who founded their own culture? We are becoming a nation with low national self-esteem - or as normal people say - no national pride. This is like telling your young child about all the bad things their grandparents did, which, though maybe true, had context and should be learned later when the child grows up and understands the nuances of life.

[rbbeachkid]

Why people continue to send their children to these indoctrination centers is a mystery to me. It can’t be for any educational value.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I have never understood why the disease thing didn't work both ways.

Shouldn't European sailors have carried back diseases Europeans had no immunity for that would of devastated the population there also?

[TexasFreeper2009]

Children were ALWAYS taught that Columbus discovered America by accident.

Duh, they aren't called Indians for nothing!

[DeweyCA]

Much of this anti-white male material comes from very popular books such as, Lies My Teacher Told Me, by James Loewen. Loewen teaches "Racial Studies" at his college and so his view of American history is that everything done by white males was racist. He will select anecdotes that support his thesis and then imply that all white people were this way all the time. This is the brainwashing that public school kids are getting today.

[BfloGuy]

''In their own verbiage, he was a bad guy,'' teacher Laurie Crawford said.

She "said"? Shouldn't that be "she verbalized"? With English like that, I'm sure she's a cracker-jack teacher.

[DustyMoment]

''And we talked about how he was very, very mean, very bossy.''

Can't wait until they get to Lincoln, LBJ, Carter, Klinton and . . . . oh, yeah, leftist revolutionary hero Barack Hussein Obama!!