Happy raping, murdering, enslaving, genocidal pedophile day!

[alp227]

H/T Boing Boing for these apt descriptions of Christopher Columbus. As well as this toon by The Oatmeal that shows the REAL Christopher Columbus that is censored from American schools. No one DARE portray Columbus other than a brave explorer who made America America.

[NightWatcher]

1. He was looking for a route to India, found the Bahamas, murdered the locals

Happy Murdering Moran Day.

[hlthe2b]

2. I'd rather put the emphasis on celebrating the indigenous peoples...

--small recompense for what they've lost, but something sorely past due

[Oktober]

3. Who doesn't dare?

It's such a regular occurrence that it's almost a tradition...

[grahamhgreen]

4. May we continue in his tradition I'm the middle east!

[LostOne4Ever]

5. K&Rec

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Demonizing Columbus is as silly as idolizing him.

He was a figure of world historical importance. His actions changed the world forever. He led the way to a truly global society, for better and worse.

[liberalmuse]

7. Nothing wrong with portraying him as he truly was.

He was basically an imperialist tool as so many historical figures were. Many of us were raised to revere him. Finding out we were brainwashed sort of makes one focus on all the things we weren't told.

[Arugula Latte]

9. The same can be said of others who murdered on a massive, massive scale.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

[GeorgeGist]

10. So did Hitler.

[nc4bo]

8. We do ourselves a huge disservice by not acknowledging

Both sides of the story.

We run the risk of hearing assholes tell us how much black people loved and needed slavery.

Teach the children the entire history. How else will they know to avoid repeating the mistakes of previous generations?