Grayox@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoColombus was a Bastard Man.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1658arrow-down138
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minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up84arrow-down1·3 months agoPreempting all the “he was a man of his time” apologists: Columbus was arrested during his lifetime because his actions were considered awful by his contemporaries.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·3 months agoSpecifically, Columbus was the first transatlantic slaver - although he went in the nontraditional West-to-East direction. And was imprisoned by Queen Isabel for that shit.
minus-squarebumphotlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down22·3 months agoWorst part is, he wouldn’t be arrested for genocide in 2024. He would probably be seen as lesser of two evils or something stupid like that.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·3 months agoSomething savages something something terrorism
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·3 months agoHe’d probably be Trump’s running mate.
Preempting all the “he was a man of his time” apologists:
Columbus was arrested during his lifetime because his actions were considered awful by his contemporaries.
Specifically, Columbus was the first transatlantic slaver - although he went in the nontraditional West-to-East direction. And was imprisoned by Queen Isabel for that shit.
Worst part is, he wouldn’t be arrested for genocide in 2024. He would probably be seen as lesser of two evils or something stupid like that.
Something savages something something terrorism
He’d probably be Trump’s running mate.