Posted on 10/14/2021 3:13:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Christopher Columbus's expeditions were, first and foremost, about circumventing the Islamic sultanates surrounding and terrorizing Europe.
Another Columbus Day has come and gone. Although it was "celebrated" with the usual vitriol and outraged "wokeism" concerning the Italian explorer's alleged "genocide" against the natives, one influential voice came to Columbus's defense: on October 11, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation, an excerpt of which follows:
Columbus stands a singular figure in Western Civilization, who exemplified courage, risk-taking, and heroism in the face of enormous odds; as a visionary who saw the possibilities of exploration beyond Europe; and as a founding father who laid the foundation for what would one day become the United States of America, which would commemorate Columbus by naming its federal district after him.
All this is true. Columbus stands for and is a reminder of something else that is little known and often forgotten: he was a crusader — an avowed enemy of the jihad. His expeditions were, first and foremost, about circumventing and ultimately retaliating against the Islamic sultanates surrounding and terrorizing Europe — not just finding spices.
When he was born, the then more than 800-year-old war with Islam — or rather defense against jihad — was at an all-time high. In 1453, when Columbus was two years old, the Turks finally sacked Constantinople, an atrocity-laden event that rocked Christendom to its core.
Over the following years, the Muslims continued making inroads deep into the Balkans, leaving much death and destruction in their wake, with millions of Slavs enslaved. (Yes, the two words are etymologically connected, and for this very reason.)
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So, that may be why the left hates Columbus so much.
The left loves slavery when the Islamists do it.
He parallels Vasco Da Gama who was sent the other way by Portugal around the Cape of Good Hope to India.
From my schooling half a century ago, I remember that Columbus promoted slavery for the New World.
The left also loves slavery when their god, the state, does it.
islam is a scourge upon the Earth and must be expunged.
on October 11, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation, an excerpt of which follows:
“Columbus stands a singular figure in Western Civilization...”
Kristi didn’t bother with Columbus (maybe her gay-looking ‘adviser’ told her it was divisive, or that she’d lose an NCAA game, or something) - instead she celebrated NATIVE AMERICANS DAY.
That’s some high-level trolling. Get the left trying to cancel D. C. Why not call it the District of George Floyd?
The left loves slavery when the Islamists do it.
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Enslaving white people meh ; enslaving black people bad, unless the slavers are muslim, then meh.
Human sacrifice by peaceful, loving, environmentally-concerned tribalists - sometimes repeated 10,000 times in a single month by a single group.
Yes the Sultanates were also conducting piracy in the Mediterranean, where they enslaved thousands of white Europeans. Never hear about that history class do you?
/sarc
This topic was posted , thanks MtnClimber.
I was just discussing yesterday some history with my idiot roommate, who said that Christopher Columbus was working for some international conspiracy when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to see what the 13 colonies were up to. One of the points I made was that he was looking for a shortcut to China for trade because the muzzies had blocked all the trade routes, and he had this bewildered look of “I don’t know enough to counter what this guy says, but I disagree with it.”
Churches in New England use to pass the plate an extra time to pay ransom for Yankee seamen taken captive while trading in the Mediterranean. Something they don’t teach Britney & Chad during public school Critical Race Theory indoctrination.
Oh wow, I didn’t know that. From the history I read Jefferson at first had a confused approach to the Barbary Pirates. He was seriously considering the British approach of appeasing the pirates, but in the end attacked their bases in North Africa. I also believe British Admiral Nelson also had enough of appeasement and sacked their headquarters as well.
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