12th of October
something to celebrate?
shareYes. Columbus was a great man.
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MovieChat Forums > 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) Discussion > 12th of October
The Spanish don't even celebrate it and they sponsored Columbus.
Ironically, the Italian American politicians who shoehorned their WOKE attempt at rewriting American history by trying to associate Cristobal Columbo with the United States look really silly right now. It's even funnier that David Chase mocked Columbus Day in one of the Sopranos episodes. The grief and political redundancy of it all was so gloriously exposed.
From my point of view, Columbus was worse than Hitler
shareHe was in imperialist. If Spain armed and sent his armada to England to depose the Queen, the English would call him an invasive thug even though the English were themselves. The root of Columbus Day is at its heart a fraudulent "holiday" and the right wingers who defend it while bitching about "wokesters" trying to impose their own agenda they behave in the same exact manner as those they criticize.
shareWhy do you think that Columbus was worse than Hitler?
shareThe 12th of October is a day off in Spain (Spain's national day). It is not declared as Columbus day but it is for me pretty clear that it is a way to celebrate the "Hispanity", but you are right for the majority is a day to enjoy just because is a day off.
Yes. Columbus.
I also want to celebrate Native Americans, most of whom stole land every chance they got, abducted women and forced them to give birth, mutilated and massacred people all over the continent and rarely displayed truly peaceful intentions. Good job, you indigenous persons!
Columbus is badass, when i found out he was racist i just liked him even more. everyone was racist back then anyways what is the big deal?
shareThe Spanish colonized a continent that was occupied by people who had already been fighting, torturing, raping, and killing each other for millennia, and eventually took over. It was a fairly uniform moral continuum.
shareYou are right saying that the Americas were not everywhere a paradise. However it remains a fact that the conquest was also a disaster for several peaceable american cultures (later in north America too).
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