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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

No longer living in the US, I had forgotten about Columbus Day, which I am remembering is near and about, this time of year. This is the second article in a row I was reading that was about Columbus. The other is in Haaretz and is about claiming Columbus as a Sephardic Jew. As far as any judgment of what he did, they say he is "a divisive figure." He's not someone I'd be wanting to claim, but maybe the Italians will be grateful to have him taken off their books.

I made a few videos a some years ago of my trip to Seville. The one in the cathedral ends with a view of that statue of Columbus. In the subtitles, I put the words, "May God forgive."

For sure, I won't.

Thanks for your article.

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AJ de Oliveira's avatar

Ben Shapiro is historically ignorant beyond measure. The arab world was way ahead of Britain in spreading higher learning. And "the concept of freedom" took quite a dark turn in any country where the British showed up.

Ben "everything-i-say-is-supremacist" Shapiro's entire oeuvre could be boiled down to: "Jews superior to other white people, white people superior to all non-whites, and everyone superior to muslims".

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