Posted on 10/09/2017 7:06:25 PM PDT by markomalley
Tucker Carlson blasted the left for hypocrisy on immigrants and Christopher Columbus on Fox News Monday.
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Carlson said, “So the let has finally found the only immigrant in history who had no right to come to America. The only one who didn’t improve the place by his presence. His name? Christopher Columbus. His crime? Violating the sovereignty of the people who lived here already. Plus, he was the wrong ethnicity.
The Daily Caller co-founder continued, “Try making that argument about any other immigrant to American and see how long you keep your job.”
“Progressives have declared war on Christopher Columbus, as they have on most things older than last week. This is year zero on the revolutionary calendar. History starts now. Ignorance of the past isn’t simply tolerated, it’s required,” Carlson added.
The FNC host also said the the left’s problem isn’t really with Columbus but it is a leftist attack on the “West itself–its history, its political and intellectual legacy.”
Columbus wasn’t any more an immigrant than were my ancestors.
And they weren’t immigrants.
He’s such a hoot!
They don’t like me either...
I IMMIGRATED...
Columbus Day is perpetually overlooked as an opportune time to discuss Islamic jihad through the centuries.
In 1453 Ottoman Turks took control of Constantinople ceasing trade between Europe and Asia.
By 1492 Spain was closing the period in it's history identified as "The Reconquista", ending the 780 year period of Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
...the same year Columbus was finally granted permission to seek an alternate route for trade with the East.
Given the 780 year stifling influence of hegemonic Islam in the region, the effort to convince the royals this venture was possible was an uphill battle.
Perhaps 780 years of stifling Islamic scientific influence is where the 'earth is flat' presumption emmanated...
WikiIslam: Flat Earth and the Qur'an
The words used to describe the shape of the earth in the quran are :
All are synonyms for flat in Arabic.
Heavens forbid people wake up to recognize the detriment of centuries of Islamic hegemony by recognizing the 780 year Islamic colonization of Iberia resulting in the Reconquista and necessity for alternate trade route which ultimately led to the discovery the Americas and the establishment of Judeo-Christian Western Civilization as a bulwark against further Islamic encroachment.
Perhaps the Injuns should have built a wall...
the left hates all white immigrants who came at any time, so it’s not just Columbus.
Humans migrate for many reasons. The “indigenous” people in America migrated. When two groups of people run into each other, many times the inferior culture disappears or is absorbed into the superior one.
The Europeans were superior in technology, science, weaponry, social organization, organized religion, laws, governments, building, medicine, transportation and so on. The people who were here were overrun, as the europeans population increased and needed more space and resources. Wars were fought and land settled and the people with seniority lost out. Those are the facts of life.
This anti-columbus movement is anchored by leftists and Mexicans in the US who forget they have Spanish blood in them.
Columbus was brave and a great explorer. As a person of European descent, I am thankful he came here. I know his voyages lead to the greatest nation in the history of the word. That’s why I celebrate Columbus day. If you want a day get your own.
This anti-columbus movement is anchored by leftists and Mexicans in the US who forget they have Spanish blood in them.
So true. Columbus was on the Spanish payroll when he sailed to the New World, but let’s not let facts get in the way of promoting an agenda, shall we?
And Elian Gonzalez is the only one they wanted to deport.
THIS is the only one the left hated:
As you say...
I.e. Liberal self-hatred . This has no where to go but down.
Look what unchecked immigration and gun control did for the American Indian........
It's intellectual legacy, Ladies and Gentleman! Newton! Lavoisier! Einstein! That is to say, all of Physics and Chemistry. And these are the ones who denounce "science deniers" !
IOW, Darwinism. Survival of the fittest. I thought liberals/socialists/commies LOVE Darwin?
Unfortunately, Columbus wrote in his journal that if he didn’t find gold, the journey would be paid for by taking slaves from among the natives that would be encountered. The persons left in charge after he returned to Europe did take natives as slaves and killed a whole bunch of people. Unfortunately. Despite that Columbus held an attitude about slavery that was prevalent in his day, I still admire him for his boldness of exploration. The Left cannot do such nuances except where it suits their agenda.
It was a different time. It's fundamentally unfair and deceptive to judge past decisions based on today's culture and morals. To wit: In today's world, it's more or less culturally OK for any adult to have sex with any other. Try casting THAT back into the past.
At that time, slave trading was NOT the repulsive evil we see it to be today.
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