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70sEraVet

(4,104 posts) Sun Oct 13, 2024, 08:19 PM Oct 13

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

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In honor of Columbus Day (a blessing....and a curse) -- found on Facebook (Original Post) 70sEraVet Oct 13 OP

Oh, Marge. Hahahahahaha. Bleach, blonde, bad, built, butch body dummy. brush Oct 13 #1

I'm sorry to hear it too, elleng Oct 13 #2

There's a rumor his original name was Columbowitz! 70sEraVet Oct 13 #3

Columbus Day sale central scrutinizer Oct 13 #4

Now that it's suspected via DNA that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe ... (repost) usonian Oct 13 #5

Geez, I thought everyone knew about the name amerigo vespucci. It was niyad Oct 14 #6

Thanks much for the two links. 70sEraVet Oct 14 #7

brush

(57,058 posts)

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

Reply to 70sEraVet (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 08:25 PM

Oct 13

elleng

(135,528 posts)

2. I'm sorry to hear it too,

Reply to 70sEraVet (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 08:37 PM

Oct 13

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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

(4,104 posts)

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

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 08:47 PM

Oct 13

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

central scrutinizer

(12,411 posts)

4. Columbus Day sale

Reply to 70sEraVet (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 09:10 PM

Oct 13

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

usonian

(13,313 posts)

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

Reply to 70sEraVet (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 10:25 PM

Oct 13

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

(119,186 posts)

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

Reply to usonian (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 14, 2024, 12:20 AM

Oct 14

taught in elementary school.

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

70sEraVet

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7. Thanks much for the two links.

Reply to usonian (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 14, 2024, 05:35 AM

Oct 14

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.

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