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An inconvenient truth.

Patrick O'Kelley

@PatrickOKelley6

1 day ago

Columbus Day This is the time of year when the annual bashing of Columbus begins. The typical comments and memes are that Columbus led a massive genocide of the innocent, childlike native people, and he killed millions. Other memes are that he was the worst navigator ever, and he was ignorant about where he was going and where he landed. More comments say that he was a slaver and rapist. So, time for a bit of a history lesson. Most of the things we get wrong about Columbus come from Washington Irving, the guy who wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. You see, Irving was a Darwinist, and when many people questioned Darwin’s theory that man evolved from apes, Irving wrote a book, used in many schools, about Columbus. He wrote that people at that time thought the world was flat, and that Columbus was brave enough to say it was round. Irving used this as a metaphor showing anyone who didn’t believe in new “science”, those against Darwin, was just like those “Flat Earthers”. This is where the first insult of calling someone a “Flat Earther” came from. Irving also wrote that Columbus thought he was in India, which is why he called the new people Indians… which also is not true. At the time of Columbus, Europe called everything east of the Mediterranean/Indus as the Indies. So, Columbus didn’t think he was in India, but in a land east of there, that no one quite knew about yet. To this day we call the Caribbean the West Indies because of this. Now, Irving’s children’s book made Columbus the hero, since he was still held in high regard at that time. But today, those on the left use this to denigrate Columbus. In reality, pretty much everyone thought the world was round at the time of Columbus. A very small percentage… about the same as today… think the world was flat. Now, let’s get the most used myth out of the way. Columbus was someone who brought genocide to the innocent natives and killed millions. The actual number of Indians killed by Columbus and his men is unknown, and goes from several dozens to several hundreds, but they were killed in a war that began after Columbus returned the second time, and found every single one of his crew had been killed by the Indians. Not to sugar coat it, they were killed because they were treating the Indians like crap and raped one of their women, but this was against Columbus orders to treat the natives fairly and DO NOT rape any of the women. But the deaths were caused in the war. The idea that Columbus, with his very small number of men, could kill “millions” is pretty laughable if you understand the logistics… mechanics… of killing millions… in an age where muzzleloaders and crossbows were the main method of warfare. No, the death of millions… actually well over a hundred million… were not due to some planned genocide. No one had a plan to kill all the natives, because they wanted them as laborers. No, the millions that died did so because of lack of immunity to European diseases. So, it didn’t matter who was the first one to arrive in the “New World”, whether it was Columbus or Mister Rogers, that first step on the soil of the New World beach would bring viruses that the natives had no immunity to. Hundreds of millions would die, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. The only way it could be stopped would only be if no one, ever, sailed over from Old World. This is not realistic and is a fantasy. Someone would have eventually arrived, and all those diseases would have come with them. There has been recent college studies that have tried to prove that wrong and say that it wasn’t just disease anymore, and yes, the Spanish colonizers killed tens of millions. Think of the logistics of that. That means that ever day the Spanish would have to kill tens of thousands… every single day. Needless to say, those studies have not really taken hold with historians. Now, the real dirty little truth. When Columbus lived, it was a brutal world. Everyone had slaves. Genocide was considered the norm for all. The Aztecs would kill thousands and harvest their enemies for this ritual slaughter to appease their gods and let there be a good crop the next year. Every single people on earth, whether they were Inca, Aztec, Italian, British or Chinese… they all had slaves. The only reason slavery was finally wiped out was due to the nations who followed Christianity, finally try to live up to the ideals of Jesus. Even today though, slavery still exists among other religions, such as Islam. Columbus came to a world full of brutal, slave owning, cannibal, genocidal kingdoms, and he brought with him brutal, slave owning kingdoms, but with no cannibalism and only occasional genocide, and most of that was against the Jews. So, why celebrate Columbus? We should for the same reason we celebrate the Tesla, Werner von Braun, Henry Ford, or Oppenheimer. Were these flawed humans who we probably wouldn’t want to babysit our kids? Most likely, yes. But were they pioneers, who searched for a better way, and in the end benefited the human race as a whole? Also, yes. If not, ask yourself. If the Aztecs had become the predominant empire in the “new world”, and were never checked or stopped, would it have been better, or worse than Columbus finding the “new world” and setting up a flow of ideology, technology and way of life, from the old world to the new… that had never been done before. The Vikings only set up a small colony in the far north, and then abandoned it after a season or two, never to return. The same for all the others who glanced upon the “new world” but then decided to never return. Only Columbus, who proved you could do it, and do it again and again, set up the world we know today. A nation without slavery, human sacrifice, cannibalism, or breeding humans to be slaughtered to appease the sun god.

PatrickOKelley6's tweet photo. Columbus Day

This is the time of year when the annual bashing of Columbus begins. The typical comments and memes are that Columbus led a massive genocide of the innocent, childlike native people, and he killed millions. Other memes are that he was the worst navigator ever, and he was ignorant about where he was going and where he landed. More comments say that he was a slaver and rapist.

So, time for a bit of a history lesson.

Most of the things we get wrong about Columbus come from Washington Irving, the guy who wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. You see, Irving was a Darwinist, and when many people questioned Darwin’s theory that man evolved from apes, Irving wrote a book, used in many schools, about Columbus. He wrote that people at that time thought the world was flat, and that Columbus was brave enough to say it was round. Irving used this as a metaphor showing anyone who didn’t believe in new “science”, those against Darwin, was just like those “Flat Earthers”. This is where the first insult of calling someone a “Flat Earther” came from. Irving also wrote that Columbus thought he was in India, which is why he called the new people Indians… which also is not true.

At the time of Columbus, Europe called everything east of the Mediterranean/Indus as the Indies. So, Columbus didn’t think he was in India, but in a land east of there, that no one quite knew about yet. To this day we call the Caribbean the West Indies because of this.

Now, Irving’s children’s book made Columbus the hero, since he was still held in high regard at that time. But today, those on the left use this to denigrate Columbus. In reality, pretty much everyone thought the world was round at the time of Columbus. A very small percentage… about the same as today… think the world was flat.

Now, let’s get the most used myth out of the way. Columbus was someone who brought genocide to the innocent natives and killed millions. The actual number of Indians killed by Columbus and his men is unknown, and goes from several dozens to several hundreds, but they were killed in a war that began after Columbus returned the second time, and found every single one of his crew had been killed by the Indians. Not to sugar coat it, they were killed because they were treating the Indians like crap and raped one of their women, but this was against Columbus orders to treat the natives fairly and DO NOT rape any of the women. But the deaths were caused in the war.

The idea that Columbus, with his very small number of men, could kill “millions” is pretty laughable if you understand the logistics… mechanics… of killing millions… in an age where muzzleloaders and crossbows were the main method of warfare. No, the death of millions… actually well over a hundred million… were not due to some planned genocide. No one had a plan to kill all the natives, because they wanted them as laborers. No, the millions that died did so because of lack of immunity to European diseases. So, it didn’t matter who was the first one to arrive in the “New World”, whether it was Columbus or Mister Rogers, that first step on the soil of the New World beach would bring viruses that the natives had no immunity to. Hundreds of millions would die, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. The only way it could be stopped would only be if no one, ever, sailed over from Old World. This is not realistic and is a fantasy. Someone would have eventually arrived, and all those diseases would have come with them.

There has been recent college studies that have tried to prove that wrong and say that it wasn’t just disease anymore, and yes, the Spanish colonizers killed tens of millions. Think of the logistics of that. That means that ever day the Spanish would have to kill tens of thousands… every single day. Needless to say, those studies have not really taken hold with historians.

Now, the real dirty little truth. When Columbus lived, it was a brutal world. Everyone had slaves. Genocide was considered the norm for all. The Aztecs would kill thousands and harvest their enemies for this ritual slaughter to appease their gods and let there be a good crop the next year. Every single people on earth, whether they were Inca, Aztec, Italian, British or Chinese… they all had slaves. The only reason slavery was finally wiped out was due to the nations who followed Christianity, finally try to live up to the ideals of Jesus. Even today though, slavery still exists among other religions, such as Islam.

Columbus came to a world full of brutal, slave owning, cannibal, genocidal kingdoms, and he brought with him brutal, slave owning kingdoms, but with no cannibalism and only occasional genocide, and most of that was against the Jews.

So, why celebrate Columbus? We should for the same reason we celebrate the Tesla, Werner von Braun, Henry Ford, or Oppenheimer. Were these flawed humans who we probably wouldn’t want to babysit our kids? Most likely, yes. But were they pioneers, who searched for a better way, and in the end benefited the human race as a whole? Also, yes.

If not, ask yourself. If the Aztecs had become the predominant empire in the “new world”, and were never checked or stopped, would it have been better, or worse than Columbus finding the “new world” and setting up a flow of ideology, technology and way of life, from the old world to the new… that had never been done before. The Vikings only set up a small colony in the far north, and then abandoned it after a season or two, never to return. The same for all the others who glanced upon the “new world” but then decided to never return. Only Columbus, who proved you could do it, and do it again and again, set up the world we know today. A nation without slavery, human sacrifice, cannibalism, or breeding humans to be slaughtered to appease the sun god.

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@UltraJohnus Says who? You? Shut up clown. 🤡🤡🤡

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@ZEER0HOUR Dude. I don’t know who you really are and I don’t care. You put out interesting content that I mainly agree with. It takes a special kind of retard to take that to the degree where it’s apparently necessary to do what doxxers do.

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@GBNT1952 But what about the Joooooos? It’s the same old story. People have always been jealous of success and want to tear it down because they don’t have the wherewithal to be successful themselves. It’s always something keeping them down instead.