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grayseaprincess
...Celebrate a man who didn't discover America, and who was a murderer, rapist, and thief of the native people's natural resources. He discovered the West Indies, big freakin' deal, and we have a damn holiday to celebrate this guy's...
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Written on August 19th, 2012
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let's celebrate imperialism even more
plus my bank was closed today
i had a tin full of 25.75 in silver change i wanted to trade out for 103 quarters
now i gotta wait until tomorrow to do laundry
DAMN YOU CHRISTOPHER...
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Written on October 13th, 2008
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Allexii
No one gets out of school for it and he wasn't even the first person to find the new world. We should have a Viking day or no wait even better Native American day!
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Written on July 2nd, 2011
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JonsgoodgirlsHOH
Columbus most likely landed around the Virgin Islands, not what is now the Unites States of America. Furthermore, he was nowhere near the first to discover the new world, although there were reported relatively few virgins on the...
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Written on December 4th, 2012
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Unless of course, you think a raping and pilaging slaver trader is someone to be admired.
Because of Columbus's exaggerated report and promises, his second expedition was given seventeen ships and more than twelve hundred men. The aim...
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Written on October 13th, 2008
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SpiritOfTheRabbit
I mean... he really DIDN'T discover America. There were already people here (why does everyone ignore that?). And Vikings had landed on American soil (and left) way before Columbus did. So... why do we still celebrate this? lol
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Written on March 30th, 2010
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ribamacxka
Kolumbo, jebem te radoznala.
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Written on May 16th, 2011
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jimmyrudyjump
Columbus "discovering" America is a tad far-fetched, for starters. He didn't discover it as there were already people living there. Besides, he landed on what now is known as Venezula (which means 'Little Venice', because Chris was born...
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Written on February 21st, 2011
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xXxAnonymousxWriterxXx
Why, exactly, do we have a holiday for a murderer/rapist/thief? He's not as amazing as everyone makes him out to be, and he found what he found on accident. He was looking for India.
The man raped women and children, and worked these...
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Written on July 2nd, 2011
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