Christopher columbus meme

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Silly Meme. Might as well:

Abolish Italian Cuisine based upon the Tomato !
Boycott Pasta & pizza sauce !
Abolish Irish Cuisine based upon the Potato !
Abolish French Fries and Belgian Frites
Abolish Maque Choux based upon Corn and Green Pepper
Abolish Silicon Valley Tech & the World Economic Forum
Abolish Pineapples

Fun Fact:
Europe was ignorant to these fruits or vegetables prior to Columbus

No, The Sex Trade Record: In a famous letter written by Columbus in the year 1500, he explicitly detailed the thriving economic market of capturing and selling Indigenous females to his crew, casually writing: "A hundred castellanos are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand."

so, ...did you just claim that Columbus Sailed the Ocean to become the first Jeffrey Epstein ?

Yes, Columbus is actually a pedophile

So, to protest, you'll boycott spaghetti sauce and pizza in this original discovery of yours?

What precisely do you mean by abolish Columbus?
...erase the very memory of his existence? You've got a lot of work to do...

Are you saying that every Pedo throughout history, ought be given the means to self castrate with a rusty butterknife, or be executed? Summarily stricken from the record?

No

What precisely do you mean by abolish Columbus?

To stop celebrating him

Go into your local Italian American Social club and start in with that conversation.
Things could get interesting. Try telling that to Spain, or Faro a Colon in Santo Domingo, DR

Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain commissioned and financed his adventures on their behalf.

Why are you not out to abolish Spain ?
You do know that all that Inca gold ended up in their coffers ?

That's like being upset with the Confederacy in USA civil war era over Slavery as an institution, when it was England Colonies that established it.
Nobody in the USA blames England for originating the practice; along with Spain, Portugal, Dutch Holland, Belgium, Germany etc.

Think of this next time you sip a Mocha Latte, have a cookie, or dessert made with sugar,
or your next rum cocktail. Mmmmm, German Chocolate cake with Coconut frosting!
Columbus is celebrated with every confectionary consumed in the Western World.

Oh, and anytime anyone sees a horse in the Western Hemisphere, it is a celebration of Columbus and the following Conquistadors;
such as Francisco Pizzaro or his second cousin, once removed, Hernan Cortes.

Christopher Columbus actually got arrested by the spanish crown and was cruel toward other spanish colonists as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_de_Ovando

Columbus was actually hated for his time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Lighthouse

What?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_to_Christopher_Columbus

Yes, Christopher Columbus was indeed arrested and sent back to Spain in chains in 1500 due to his harsh and brutal governance of the colony of Hispaniola.Key Details of the Arrest The Governor's Rule: As governor, Columbus and his brothers ruled the settlement with extreme strictness. They punished minor crimes harshly and mistreated both the local Indigenous Taíno people and the Spanish colonists.The Royal Commissioner: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sent a royal official named Francisco de Bobadilla to investigate complaints against Columbus. Bobadilla had Columbus and his brothers arrested upon arrival in 1500.The Return to Spain: Columbus was put in chains and shipped back to Spain.The Aftermath: The Spanish monarchs were shocked by his severe rule and stripped him of his title as governor. However, they later freed him and funded one final voyage in 1402 [sic - 1502], though he never regained his political power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_de_Ovando