I don't care much about Columbus

I don't care much about Columbus
by novadamer (2019-01-20 21:09:29)

In reply to: Admin Building Columbus murals to be covered. posted by John88

But Rev. Jenkins' logic does not hold up. He says that the fact that Columbus "discovery" was a catastrophe for the Native Americans is what necessitates reconsidering the murals. However, there is nothing unique about Columbus role in that catastrophe. If ol' Chris had knelt before the Taino peoples, renounced Catholicism and pledged allegiance to whatever gods they worshiped, nothing would have changed.
By Rev. Jenkins' logic, everyone who spread the settlement, including iconic missionaries like Father Sorin, are just as responsible.
If his point is Columbus' story has good and bad sides, I would ask who's doesn't.

Replies:

Did Father Sorin enslave and mutilate indigenous people? * - ndroman21 2019-01-20 21:27:18
- No.He just brought Christianity/Catholicism to the New World - ndlp 2019-01-29 17:31:34
- Maybe he did. Do you have proof otherwise? * - pmac98 2019-01-21 11:12:10
  - Fire away ... - BIGSKYND 2019-01-21 15:18:58
- A very good point ... - BIGSKYND 2019-01-21 09:18:31
- Does Purdue count? * - AlexPKeaton 2019-01-20 22:38:09
- That's not the point he's making - ndgotrobbedin97 2019-01-20 22:14:28
  - That doesn’t equate them to Columbus. - ndroman21 2019-01-20 22:21:14
    - If one accepts removing the "whitewashing of history" - SteveM 2019-01-20 22:24:06
      - I assume you don’t accept it, then? - ndroman21 2019-01-20 22:42:26
        MLK - SteveM 2019-01-21 14:52:02