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Columbus was not commemorated because evil men came with him or after him but because he had the courage to explore the possibilities. He was man. Like us all, containing both good and bad, he struggled. Some saw him as a threat and a destroyer but to others he was a savior.  
They also fought for the rights of the individual because only the individual is endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That was not only self evident but it was once hailed as the foundation of the American way.


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One of the best history books I ever read was ''The United States 1492 to 1892'' and it was just stories of ''people as individuals'' and their experiences. It was enlightening to know the whole story of individuals who were key players in steering the actions of larger societies. It is often not those who are appointed to power that steer the courses society might take.
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The Aztecs were oppressing, enslaving, and killing people by the tens of thousands<Ref name="aztec">"Some post-conquest sources report that at the re-consecration of Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in 1487, the Aztecs sacrificed about 80,400 prisoners over the course of four days. This number is considered by Ross Hassig, author of Aztec Warfare, to be an exaggeration. Hassig states "between 10,000 and 80,400 persons" were sacrificed in the ceremony." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_culture#Scope_of_Human_Sacrifice_In_Aztec_Culture Wikipedia]</Ref> because they had the power to do so until the Spanish came with more power. Thanks to Columbus, who may have been an answer to these victims' prayers that abuse ended. The Aztecs were only defeated because of thousands of natives including the their Tlaxcaltec warrior allies chose to help the Spanish in order to defeat their oppressors. But oppression is a product of both power and sloth, without [[repent]]ance there will always be a new holocausts  in another generation. <Ref>See [[Native American Confederacy]]</Ref>
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It was the prolific Carl Sandburg that first gave me some understanding that the Civil War was not merely a conflict over slavery.
 
Are those who lived in the colonial era all evil. They correlate it to the destruction of statues of Hitler or Stalin and Lenin and justify that tearing down of symbols as if they have reached a more woke view of the world.

Latest revision as of 11:47, 12 June 2020

They also fought for the rights of the individual because only the individual is endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That was not only self evident but it was once hailed as the foundation of the American way.

One of the best history books I ever read was The United States 1492 to 1892 and it was just stories of people as individuals and their experiences. It was enlightening to know the whole story of individuals who were key players in steering the actions of larger societies. It is often not those who are appointed to power that steer the courses society might take.

It was the prolific Carl Sandburg that first gave me some understanding that the Civil War was not merely a conflict over slavery.

Are those who lived in the colonial era all evil. They correlate it to the destruction of statues of Hitler or Stalin and Lenin and justify that tearing down of symbols as if they have reached a more woke view of the world.

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