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Christopher Columbus statue vandalized in NY as monument debate heats up
- there's a playground across the street from my house. kids have tantrums all the time there, tooGnash
- Shouldn't they just extend the statue to him holding a chinese map and have him standing on a few indians. More accuratemugwart
- I'm from Portugal and I support this. I'm not a fan of our History neither I'm I proud. They teach us that we discovered the World. Fuck that!********
- All the statues we have could from my opinion come down. This is a glorification of conquests and expense of human lives.********
- And this cult of personality so Christian...the image, the representation...********
- By the way Columbus was Spanish, not Portuguese. We already have too many people like this we don't need one more.********
- but that's me. by "I support this" I officially meant the removal not the vandalism. officially.********
- but I don't want to impose this or force it. I find it healthy to be discussed and to be questioned.********
- it's this kind of nonsense that makes the alt right feel so validated.inteliboy
- being triggered is normalized...robotron3k
- hm...I see this statues as a provocation. why glorify blood, death, destruction and rape in the first place?********
- A provocation to who? it's acknowledging exploration, not the violence that ensued.Gnash
- Naive to think the natives weren't raping, enslaving and butchering each other, as well.Gnash
- do we ignore the achievements of all but the purest of souls? of which there are none, of course. even mother teresa had her darkness.Gnash
- oey - Columbus was actually an Italian whose explorations were sponsored by the Spanish Monarchy - not that I give 2 shits...ronburgundy
- Talking bout the purest of souls, wasn't Jesus' mother a prostitute? Perhaps a lack of forgiveness creates anger and a platform for hate to destroy monuments..********
- ... of other people's culture.********
- How is this any different, other than differences in religious belief, than splashing red swastikas on a synagogue?********
- If talking slavery I'm sure those religious textbooks are filled with many stories.********
- It's all ridiculous. The focus on Columbus in schools was that he battled the flat Earth as a brave explorer.********
- what's wrong in being a prostitute?********
- I'm not sure if Columbus was Italian, are you sure? I guess you didn't get the joke the first time.********
- @ Gnash: tell me something new.********
- The POV could elude sexism and misogyny********
- old news, I know, I just believe you're mistaken, oey.Gnash
- I understand your viewpoint, believe me. And I will not say that I'm right and you're wrong.********
- and his name was not christopher...LOL!
I know but still, I thought one wouldn't translate names.********