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2017-10-10 Home Front: Culture Wars

An Author Friend Writes to the WSJ regarding 'Christopher Columbus'

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-10 00:06|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Declare him a Muslim and wait for the reactions.

Posted by European Conservative 2017-10-10 05:16|| 2017-10-10 05:16|| Front Page Top

#2 The Aztecs like the Nazis found out that the biggest problem with genocide was body disposal.

My hypothesis is the Aztec solution was "them's good eats".

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-10 06:50|| 2017-10-10 06:50|| Front Page Top

#3 In the collective idiocy of the day, there will soon be a push for a name change of Columbus, OH.

Do you suppose that much of the bad rap given to Columbus might be due to Black Legend bias in historical accounts? More recently, Howard Zinn has indulged in this hysterical history.

Are there any movements or discoveries in history that cannot be criticized? For example, the darlings of left-wing causes such as Progressivism, Socialism, Communism and AntiFa could be criticized for excesses.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-10-10 06:52|| 2017-10-10 06:52|| Front Page Top

#4 If it wasn't for Christopher Columbus and all the white people who followed, who would patronize Indian ca$in0s?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-10-10 10:34|| 2017-10-10 10:34|| Front Page Top

#5 These days the WP is becoming more and more like the Daily Worker. I only read it only for the local news...

I never read WAPO but somehow I seriously doubt their coverage of local news is any better than their national and world news.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-10-10 10:38|| 2017-10-10 10:38|| Front Page Top

#6 If it wasn't for Christopher Columbus and all the white people who followed, who would patronize Indian ca$in0s?

Why, the Vikings!

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-10 12:22|| 2017-10-10 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 I've a pair of tens and an ax!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-10-10 12:28|| 2017-10-10 12:28|| Front Page Top

#8 #3 push for a name change of Columbus, OH

And here's your smoking gun: Columbus in blackface (Dispatch, Oct. 9, 1926)

Posted by Hupoper White4044 2017-10-10 17:19|| 2017-10-10 17:19|| Front Page Top

#9 I guess a conversation about why Europeans would moonshot in a Mercury capsule in order to re-establish contact with China and India is out?

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-10 17:58|| 2017-10-10 17:58|| Front Page Top

#10 You laugh, but there were crazy plans to use a seriously modified Gemini capsule for lunar exploration.

See Advanced_Gemini in Wiki.

Posted by Shipman 2017-10-10 18:26|| 2017-10-10 18:26|| Front Page Top

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