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Yes, Democrats ruined his reputation. Democrats and historians. Mostly historians, and people who aren't shitty bigots. Historians, people who aren't shitty bigots, and yes Democrats have ruined the once pristine reputation of the murderous slaver who was credited with discovering a territory full of people. Why would the Democrats do this.
Also, even the reputation he has was bullshit propaganda. The common canon of the story is that Columbus knew the Earth was round and everyone else told him he was crazy, that the Earth was flat and he was going to sail his crew off the edge of the world. That's not remotely true. Everyone knew he Earth was round. It was completely accepted and common knowledge at the time.
They did call Columbus crazy and say he was going to kill his crew, though. Not for believing the Earth was round, but for believing it was about a third the circumference that it actually is and was essentially known to be. The reason people didn't sail west to get to the Indies was because it was believed to be (and is) a loooong fucking trip. He disagreed and thought it would be about a third of what everyone else knew it to be. So he only stocked the three ships with enough supplies for this much smaller distance.
He sailed his men west past the point of no return to what absolutely would have been their certain deaths. And they got close to killing him over it when their supplies ran critically low. Had he not lucked out and found land WAY fucking early and nowhere near his destination, he would have been remembered, if indeed he were remembered at all, for being a complete moron, because he was. He was just a moron that got saved by dumb luck.
And that's the "heroic" stuff that we're meant to applaud him for, independent of the horrible treatment of the natives. He only got a holiday in the first place because Catholics wanted a American figure that represented them and so they lobbied hard for it. The guy was not an aspirational figure though. He just had good PR for a long time.
Honestly though, rejects all accepted scientifc logic and reason? Does something incredibly stupid and dangerous, just for money and clout? Nearly kills everyone around them in the process? Only bailed out through dumb luck, absolutely no talent to be found at all?
No wonder Trump loves Columbus, he was the first American!
Also there's an amusing hypothesis that the reason why Spain even sponsored Columbus was because European ships had been brushing up against the new world at an increasing rate since Leif Erikson and Thorfinn Karlsefni did their expeditions. Now if those brushs with the new world were intentional or not is up for debate but there is evidence that Irish sailors may have been poaching walruses around Greenland after the Greenland ivory trade started to collapse.
I didn't know all of that. What a story.
Just wait until he finds out Italians aren't white 🤯
We already figured that out when Luigi was charged with terrorism or whatever.
He ruined his own reputation. It just took a while to catch up.
You mean the guy who came to this land without any sort of legal immigration status?
He never came to "this land".
Has he threatened Cuba with statehood yet?
13Oct2025. Probably a little chilly, maybe a little blustery. Perhaps even snowing.
So be sure to wear a jacket when you head out to throw rocks at parades.
...Imagine if parade goers dressed up as natives and scalped the colonizers.
like lapu lapu day...
Fuck Columbus I’m celebrating Columbo Day
Welcome to the United States, here we celebrate our great historical figures and will praise them til the end. We have some of the greatest rapists, the best of white supremacists, and the most amazing slavers. Genocidal tendencies aren't a problem, it's just how you grow stronger.
And that's just the president! Badum-tiss! I'll be here all week! Remember to tip your waitress!
He’s just on the wrong side of everything.
Columbus? I never met the guy. I wouldn't know anything about it. But people are saying very mean things. Terrible things. Awful. Just awful. I wish him luck. GOD BLESS INDIA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trump always said he loves the uneducated.
Columbus is a piece of human shit just like the Orange Turd.
Waiting until he finds out that Vikings from Greenland landed in America way before Columbus!
America really liked how Spain got rid of that pesky Moorish population.
Replace it with Central Ohio Day. One day to celebrate the city that really wishes it wasn't named after someone who committed crimes against humanity. Oh and obviously move it so it isn't on Indigenous People's Day
Pretty sure Chris didn’t need the help.
Can we replace him with an actual Italian American instead?
Everyone still likes Frank Sinatra, right?
