flamingo_pinyata ( @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ) 43•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.
bumphot ( @bumphot@lemy.lol ) 18•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.
R. J. Gumby ( @ProfessorGumby@midwest.social ) English25•3 months agoOf course, there was over 100 years between Columbus’ voyage and the voyage of the pilgrims on the Mayflower.
CableMonster ( @CableMonster@lemmy.ml ) 3•3 months agoAlright, I thought I had forgotten all my grade school history there for a second.
Zoop ( @Zoop@beehaw.org ) 6•3 months agoIs that title the answer to the CharDee MacDennis trivia question, “Columbus is asshole. Why Charlie hate?” I hope so, because that’s what it made me think of
It most certainly is!
Zoop ( @Zoop@beehaw.org ) 2•3 months agoYay! :D That’s a great usage of it, good call!
Ullallulloo ( @Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com ) 5•3 months agoColumbus was already dead for over hundred years.
rwhitisissle ( @rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml ) 3•3 months agoThe Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to America, not Columbus (which is also, for some reason, misspelled in the title of this post). I’m guessing OP didn’t pay much attention to their history class this year in what I’m going to assume is middle-school.
LaVacaMariposa ( @LaVacaMariposa@mander.xyz ) 2•3 months agoOP, try again with La Pinta, La Niña or La Santa María