FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down114
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkTIL there is a theory that Columbus' Navigator, William Harris AKA Guillermo Herries, an Irishman from Galway, had actually sailed to the Americas before 1492.youtu.beFizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareDaisyifyoudo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·1 year agoYes. People already existed here, the Vikings visited first (and most say the Irish too), Columbus didn’t “discover” shit. Only thing he did was rape, pillage, and enslave. And we have a holiday dedicated to him…
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoAnd as incredible as it may sound, all of that pales in comparison to the diseases they brought and spread.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago And we have a holiday dedicated to him… It’s a running theme in our species: memorializing awful people for the sake of tradition.
Yes. People already existed here, the Vikings visited first (and most say the Irish too), Columbus didn’t “discover” shit. Only thing he did was rape, pillage, and enslave. And we have a holiday dedicated to him…
And as incredible as it may sound, all of that pales in comparison to the diseases they brought and spread.
It’s a running theme in our species: memorializing awful people for the sake of tradition.
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