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[–] Raxotic 1 point 6 points (+7|-1) ago 

Lol. Oh man, if you want an eye opener, you should read what Columbus did to the Native Americans. Feeding live babies to dogs, in front of their parents, cutting people up for the hell of it. Shit was crazy.

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[–] MehWhatever 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

Yeah but really not any worse than what the original Americans were doing to each other. Cannibalism, warfare, slavery, etc. They were also pretty harsh on their environment. That whole myth of the native in harmony with nature thing has been debunked by what we've found in the last decade.

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[–] Raxotic 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Yes. Fuck the, "noble savage." I was just pointing out Columbus's barbarism.

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[–] Chimaira92 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Same deal here in Australia with the "stolen generations". Our ancestors came here and witnessed tribal warfare that would leave a village completely genocided. Every woman and baby had their heads smashed in, some tribes were cannibalistic too. So they set to work on "kidnapping" children from the tribes and educating them with "whiteys rules and laws" in hopes of speeding up their evolution.

I've heard that there are a fare few aboriginals thankful for that colonialism but they don't get any media attention.

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[–] BleedTheMachines 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

frankly i doubt he actually did those things.

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[–] Raxotic 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Why?

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[–] idk ago 

I agree with you - there isn't a lot of evidence and it seems it keeps getting exaggerated. The best evidence we have is a Dominican priest slave holder who later became a lobbyist to the King against slavery - Bartolomé de las Casas

It would be like if a pig farmer became the face of PETA. Of course they'd say we're mistreating the pigs.

I'd recommend anyone on the fence to read about him with an open mind and consider if he's an unbiased source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas#Critiques

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[–] perro_negro 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Sounds like you are drinking a bit of kool aid. Look into the Jewish role in the slave trade and how Colombus was betrayed by some marranos (jews pretending they are not jewish anymore).