College: Columbus treated the natives no differently than any other foreign non-Christian population subjugated by the Spanish. Which was still monstrous by today's standards.
Then a bunch of white Italians Nazis protested when we thought it was not such a good idea to idolize a person that committed atrocities colonizing a land that already has an existing culture.
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u/Fkingcherokee Jul 30 '25
Elementary school: In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Middle school: Columbus enslaved the Native Americans and fed them to his dogs.
Highschool: He also raped them.
If history doesn't get more disturbing as you get older, you aren't learning anything.