In honor of Columbus Day (a blessing....and a curse) -- found on Facebook

[70sEraVet]

[brush]

1. Oh, Marge. Hahahahahaha. Bleach, blonde, bad, built, butch body dummy.

[elleng]

2. I'm sorry to hear it too,

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as I also heard he was not a 'nice,' or 'decent' person.

'The previously widely accepted theory was that Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451, to a family of wool weavers. But they now believe he lived in Spain - likely in Valencia - and was Jewish. They think he hid his background to avoid persecution.'

[70sEraVet]

3. There's a rumor his original name was Columbowitz!

Sorry, there's just no way to yiddishize the name Christopher.

[central scrutinizer]

4. Columbus Day sale

Means you can go into a store and just take anything you want that isn’t nailed down

[usonian]

5. Now that it's suspected via DNA that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe ... (repost)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/columbus-was-sephardic-jew-western-europe-study-finds-rcna175188

Let's stop the dumbass anti-Italian hate that has been going on.

The magnitude of this is chronicled in How Italians became 'White'
https://archive.md/avHAQ
as mentioned in https://archive.md/ufnu0

Finally, who knows where the name "America" is derived? (spoiler)

It's from explorer Amerigo Vespucci, and we're damn lucky the two continents aren't named Vespuccia.
Maybe "poochie" for short.


Reposted from:
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1163&pid=5987

[niyad]

6. Geez, I thought everyone knew about the name amerigo vespucci. It was

taught in elementary school.

As for ole chris, I despise him for the monster he was.

[70sEraVet]

7. Thanks much for the two links.

As for considering what name could have been applied to the New World, it well could have been 'New India' -- I believe that the native inhabitants have been called 'Indians', because Columbus believed he merely discovered a new route to Asia.