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re: Christopher Columbus is a hero.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:02 am to Numberwang
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:02 am to Numberwang
WSJ had an article on Columbus a week ago. It said he did NOT mistakenly call the natives 'Indians' thinking he had landed in India. He knew he wasn't in India. He called them a word loosely translated as 'not very advanced people.' It later got turned into 'Indians'.
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Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:29 am to Zach
They were primitive as frick and only their savagery and guerilla tactics allowed them to put up as much resistance to the superior European settlers as they did.
Posted on 10/9/17 at 11:35 am to Zach
quote:He should have just called them Democrats....
He called them a word loosely translated as 'not very advanced people.'
Posted on 10/9/17 at 12:59 pm to Zach
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WSJ had an article on Columbus a week ago. It said he did NOT mistakenly call the natives 'Indians' thinking he had landed in India. He knew he wasn't in India. He called them a word loosely translated as 'not very advanced people.' It later got turned into 'Indians'.
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