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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
I certainly didn't make up any "controversy,"... it was explained in the History Channel link.
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I have found that the History Channel sometimes just dances with valid facts.........Sometimes the History Channel makes me cry out........"Are you kiddin' me???"
AND Christopher Columbus, and the Civil War and most things that happened more than a hundred years ago are often used as
excuses for lack of responsibility for people living today in my opinion. How long can you blame situations that it is unlikely that the people involved are
even aware of?
I do not believe that most people are upset about this piece of information about Christopher Columbus that was shared. They know Queen Isabella funded Chris and he and his buds sailed across a previously unknown part of the ocean and discovered America. Does it matter now whether Ponce De Leon was first or whether either were black or white or gay or they did things now considered sexist or racist or politically incorrect or downright stupid? Nope. And whether or not a person knows a lot about history or anything for that matter has more to do with the lucky draw of I.Q. points................but still most of us care about people whether or not they or "ignorant" of history or not, and would like to kick their fanny if they are lazy and steal things. And that goes to people of every color and ethnicity and sexual orientation and wealth level. Take care of yourself and your family so we won't have to and if you can't we will. That is how I see most of this. I am tired of people acting as if their knowing something other people don't know makes them better. It was probably just that some people are above average in I.Q. and others aren't. Bigum Dealum. It isn't a choice.