MODERN "HISTORIANS"; COLUMBUS COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT HE WOULD SPREAD SMALLPOX BECAUSE GERM THEORY WASN'T INVENTED UNTIL CENTURIES AFTER HE DIED; CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAS A TYRANT WHO ENSLAVED THE NATIVES AND SPREAD SMALLPOX; THE ONLY PEOPLE COLUMBUS ENSLAVED IN THE NEW WORLD WERE THE CARIBS, WHO WERE VIOLENT CANNIBALS; COLUMBUS PUNISHED SPANISH SETTLERS FOR THEIR ACTIONS AGAINST THE TAINO; COLUMBUS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF THE NATIVES BY THE SPANISH SETTLERS; COLUMBUS HAD MANY POLITICAL ENEMIES WHO BENEFITTED FROM HIM BEING REMOVED FROM OFFICE; THE QUOTES USED TO PAINT HIM AS A VILLAIN WERE CHERRYPICKED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAINTING HIM AS A VILLAIN