Do u believe Christopher Columbus should be celebrated ? 🤔 ⛵
Well they say he was a drunk who abused women and stole jewelry. Wait a minute. Today is Christopher Columbus Day. But because of the latest discovery about him in the US we call this Indigenous People day. How do you feel about that 🤔 Should Christopher Columbus be celebrated at all. The banks and post offices are closed now. Gee thanks Chris. Comments. 😂
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He should be remembered for his contributions to our current society and paving the way for Europeans in the New World but its insensitive to "celebrate " him. I don't blame anyone who is offended by the celebration of Columbus. He was awful in many ways by the standards of today but so were the majority of historical figures so its a gray area. The fact is he did open the eyes of Europe to the New World.
Although the Vikings( Europeans)had a couple of permanent settlements in the frozen Canadian islands hundreds of years before CC. They even traded with Native Americans in that area but they had no desire to build up empire there.
@calicuz I love history so I have deep dived into some of this stuff. Each group had a different set of circumstances going on which impacted what their goals were and how they behaved. If you think The Vikings were better you're crazy. They literally killed for fun and pillaged and raped.
