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Trump's praise of Columbus omits dark history
CNN ^ | October 9, 2017 | Holly Yan

Posted on 10/09/2017 3:19:39 AM PDT by Trump20162020

Never mind the disease and slavery wrought by Christopher Columbus' voyage -- or the fact that he didn't actually "discover" the New World.

President Donald Trump's first presidential proclamation of Columbus Day gave only high praise to the 15th century explorer, a stark contrast to the proclamation made by President Barack Obama one year earlier.

"The permanent arrival of Europeans to the Americas was a transformative event that undeniably and fundamentally changed the course of human history and set the stage for the development of our great Nation," Trump said in his proclamation.

"Therefore, on Columbus Day, we honor the skilled navigator and man of faith, whose courageous feat brought together continents and has inspired countless others to pursue their dreams and convictions -- even in the face of extreme doubt and tremendous adversity," Trump said.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: christophercolumbus; columbus; columbusday; donaldtrump; trump
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To: Trump20162020
So, CNN, first how about a review of your deep, dark history of twisting or ignoring the news?

61 posted on 10/09/2017 5:55:52 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: NFL, NBA, BLM, CAIR, Hollywood, Antifa, SPLC, CNN, ESPN, NPR, TWITTER, FACEBOOK)
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Wishing everyone a happy freedom from the stone age, tribal/genocidal warfare, human sacrifice ritual, starvation and cannibalism day!

In other words...Happy Columbus Day!

62 posted on 10/09/2017 6:21:33 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Trump20162020

Heaven forbid CNN is forced to comment on the muslims being kicked out of Spain, also in 1492.


63 posted on 10/09/2017 6:37:12 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Trump20162020
Hey Holly, you might want to talk to Columbus's descendant. I'm sure he'll straighten you out.
64 posted on 10/09/2017 7:09:38 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.)
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To: Trump20162020

Yo snowflake. You exist because of that dark history. If it makes you feel that bad...


65 posted on 10/09/2017 8:12:51 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Trump20162020

LOL! they want it both ways!

Evolution, survival of the fittest, we’re smart and know what’s best, and yes certainly we’ll still remain living in USofA......

while also sobbing how unfair all of the above is.


66 posted on 10/09/2017 8:14:58 AM PDT by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: Joe Boucher

It’s what I get for expecting the world to be logically-consistent!


67 posted on 10/09/2017 8:35:56 AM PDT by Tallguy (Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
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To: Trump20162020

As if Columbus intentionally brought disease.
Is the author an idiot?
Disease was a two-way problem.
And as for slavery, Columbus didn’t have plans for slavery either. He set out to find an alternate trade route - one with no Muslims in the way. The old one through the Indian Ocean not only had muslims but it supported an extensive slave trade of its own that had little to do with Europe, a slave trade network never discussed in US history classes and therefore one which current activists are clueless about because it doesn’t help their agenda.

Slavery existed in the Americas before Europeans arrived... and it was no prettier, because no slaves survived to write their story.
Slaves didn’t have a lobby then. Had those empires survived and developed further, slavery and sacrificial rites would not have gone away but would have expanded with demand and with no beasts of burden in the New World [save for some societies’ llamas] slavery would have no end... because New World societies lacked Christianity, they also lacked an ethical or religious reason to ever abolish their forms of slavery and had every reason to expand it to their weaker neighbors.
So even if Columbus never stumbled on them, it would only be a matter of time before someone else did. Being less developed for lack of contact and lack of beasts of burden, they still would have lost to any motivated newcomers who had extensive trade, technology, and animal power.


68 posted on 10/09/2017 8:40:06 AM PDT by piasa (...)
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To: Nateman

They don’t even acknowledge that to be a believer in Islam one must belief in slavery in the afterlife...


69 posted on 10/09/2017 8:43:11 AM PDT by piasa (...)
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To: Trump20162020

Funny how liberals never want to talk about the dark history of the Democratic Party.
Nor the dark history of Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger.
Nor the dark history of the Communist Party.
Nor the dark history of Che...
Nor the dark history of the SDS...
Nor...


70 posted on 10/09/2017 8:47:03 AM PDT by piasa (...)
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To: Sans-Culotte

The leftards act like they own every square inch of Earth?


71 posted on 10/09/2017 8:47:14 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Blood-thirsty savages living in the Stone Age. Then Columbus showed up and ruined everything.

LOL - TRUE and NOT Politically Correct... good one.

72 posted on 10/09/2017 8:49:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (Morning Joe: Speaking Hate to Power.)
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To: Enlightened1

Germany wasn’t even a nation when Columbus sailed but a loose assortment of feudal states.
There were various New World nations speaking various languages ...and much later in the north, the British recognized certain Indian nations as such.
The Aztecs were not just a nation, they were an empire of conquest, not merely a single tribe, though they started as one. Incas and Mayas too, were nations. For the most part the other people around were akin to European city-states....

But it’s true there was no single monolithic continent spanning nation. Not that that is even relevant to the issue.


73 posted on 10/09/2017 9:01:38 AM PDT by piasa (...)
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To: Trump20162020
In 1492, the Mexicans were hogging all the chocolate. Thanks to Columbus, the rest of the world now has chocolate.

Just a little useful perspective...

74 posted on 10/09/2017 11:46:33 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Vaquero

It’s called conquest. There are winners and losers. Been going on since the beginning of time and will continue until the end of time.


75 posted on 10/09/2017 12:00:00 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Two scoops, two genders, two terms. Get used to it.)
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