Columbus is in The Bad Place

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[@maryhales4595]

I love how cheerfully Janet gives us that fun fact. Happy Indigenous Peoples Day, everybody!

[@DTheCritical]

You can't judge history based on modern standards

[@DTheCritical]

Also thats not a real holiday (its a pr move)

[@moleboy64]

@@DTheCritical how is it not a real holiday? It has been declared a real holiday in the official capacity. Is it because you don’t like it?

[@moleboy64]

@@DTheCritical no, I think we’re allowed to say raping and genocide are bad whenever the time was, but you do you on defending rape on genocide.

[@DTheCritical]

@@moleboy64 Without those terrible things morality rates would still be dangerously high and life expectancy would be way down so facts don't care about your feelings and to hell with your politically correct nonsense

[@nickpool1060]

Imagine the classroom teacher talking about how great Columbus was, and then a student quotes this line.

[@badpiggies988]

He was a dumb 22 year old who literally thought Florida was an island and that people who didn’t look or sound even remotely Asian Indian were Indian, and it was actually Leif Erikson who discovered the New World. And yet we Americans named every other city and almost our country itself after him- and would’ve done so if “Columbia” wasn’t already taken by then.

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

Happy Indigenous People’s Day everyone!

[@Lshadows13]

Happy Columbus day 💯

[@zrHer]

Lshadows13 Nope. 😁

[@Lshadows13]

@@zrHer yes cry more 🤡

[@zrHer]

Lshadows13 Nobodies crying, you’re just wrong.

[@Lshadows13]

@@zrHer happy Columbus day 💯✌🇮🇹🇪🇦

[@NicholasKorean]

I love you, Janet.

[@gabbidurham]

Columbus most definitely belongs in the Bad Place

[@DTheCritical]

You can't judge history based on modern standards

[@gabbidurham]

@@DTheCritical racial genocides have always been wrong

[@DTheCritical]

@@gabbidurham Yeah well there's some hyperbole to accommodate peoples feelings, demonize Genghis Khan for his numerous atrocities

[@DTheCritical]

@@gabbidurham Its not about whats wrong its about what was normal at the time, it used to be normal back in cave people days to rape women (often violently) if we had historical cavemen on record people would be bitching about them like they are through the modern lense. You are implying I think its okay, no they did what they felt was necessary to acquire resources long before the numerous comforts we have today

[@eduardomantilla2143]

@@DTheCritical Except they had comforts back in their day and were just greedy bastards since they showed up, were met with amicable friendly natives, and then enslaved, raped, and slaughtered them because they didn't have the gold Columbus wanted. He decimated the population and almost wiped them out entirely. One thing is saying ok they did things for resources, another is Columbus selling their children into slavery, including sexual slavery, killing the natives with abandon, parading their dismembered bodies as warning to the others, etc. His genocidal ass needed to burn in the bad place even by their standards. So it's not about "modern standards." Genocide is wrong and has been wrong forever. Just that some people always excused it somehow, like hiding behind religion. 🙄💅

[@kenshin6553]

0:21 it’s so obvious in retrospect that Michael was torturing them

[@ashantasmith5487]

It's also interesting that Chidi should make that reference as Columbus and his folks ended in on the complete opposite end of the world from where they originally intended. Too bad they couldn't keep getting lost each time.

[@Ijuststopthepucksbro]

You know that jokes in sitcoms have to be set up, right? Not sure how many people would be on board with an Amerigo Vespucci joke...

[@eolandra]

@@Ijuststopthepucksbro I think that you missed that I was setting up a joke. 😉

[@jackmclean4120]

Guess Columbus had directional insanity.

[@isabellearaujo8991]

@@jackmclean4120 hahahhahaah

[@badpiggies988]

@@Ijuststopthepucksbro Or a Leif Erikson one

[@aprilsalvy]

Beautiful! Happy Indigenous People's Day!!

[@DTheCritical]

You can't judge history based on modern standards

[@EclecticallyEccentric]

@@DTheCritical Standards of the time were widely varied as well. Plenty of societies frowned upon things like genocide and rape.

[@DTheCritical]

@@EclecticallyEccentric Once you choose to honor someone you can't turn around and demonize them when they are over 200 years old

[@user-rt2ie1fs1r]

@@DTheCritical yes you can lmao dumbass

[@billyalarie929]

happy indigenous people's day!!

[@DTheCritical]

You can't judge history based on modern standards

[@samanthacoupe6613]

@UCThg6HaWwxxUtgU8V4852lg Even by historical standards he was a piece of shit

[@user-rt2ie1fs1r]

@@DTheCritical bro shut the fuck up you reply w the same bullshit reply to every comment saying happy indigenous people’s day

[@a.jdeets5527]

@@DTheCritical Right but you can judge history based on the past standards, which also saw Columbus as a horrible human being.

[@SpedeVesku]

@@DTheCritical Yes you can. That's how we evolve as people and society.

[@reyleon3877]

Where else would Columbus be? Great show!

[@DTheCritical]

You can't judge history based on modern standards

[@samtrotter7177]

@@DTheCritical There were people alive at the time who knew enslaving other people was wrong, you utter cockwomble

[@DTheCritical]

@@samtrotter7177 You are a hyperbolist, we made advances that ultimately saved more lives human history is all full of people dying. You probably think its morally wrong to use medical knowledge discovered during WW2

[@EclecticallyEccentric]

@@DTheCritical Something good coming out of harming others doesn't make suddenly justify it.

[@DTheCritical]

@@EclecticallyEccentric Just saying once someone is glorified in centuries old history they should stay glorified (at least their holidays and art made in their name etc)

[@emergencybowtie]

Chidis face is amazing

[@get_into_it9142]

Right where he belongs 😁

[@as_tehtpyoking]

Happy Indigenous People’s Day again everyone!

[@tyrellshaw1161]

Janet is the best and funniest person in the show.

[@gabbidurham]

Directional Insanity lmao

[@leighregier1678]

What episode is this on?

[@ashantasmith5487]

Season 1, Episode 3

[@dpas2009]

0:15 is what you came here for. Happy belated Indigenous People's Day folks! :)

[@iantaggart3064]

He was a victim of his times.

[@ganados0]

If it wasn't him, it could have been someone else, better or worse.

[@user-lj2cb2pj8j]

I ❤ Columbus

[@AlexG-ji1vj]

¡Viva España y todas sus naciones hermanas! 🇪🇦🇦🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇩🇴🇪🇨🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇵🇷🇨🇷🇨🇺🇺🇾. Also for those of you who seem to be so informed, think for a second about how many indigenous people there are left in the US or Canada and what situation they're in (reserves, drugs, unemployment...) and how many there are in South America. Yepp, that's right, apparently the Spanish weren't so terrible after all. Also they didn't have any problem to intermingle and procreate with the native people there, whilst you don't see a lot of mixed people up in North America. Have a good day!!

[@queerios9925]

Uh you're on drugs

[@leafpool2014_gaming]

Quote: "According to geographers from University College London, the colonization of the Americas by Europeans killed so many people, approximately 55 million or 90% of the local populations, it resulted in climate change and global cooling."

[@DTheCritical]

Dissenting opinion dissenting opinion dissenting opinion dissenting opinion dissenting opinion (just checking to see if this channel is run by cowards delete this comment if it is)

[@kenshin6553]

Literally what did I just read

[@badpiggies988]

@@kenshin6553 A far-right politics addict with nothing better to do, that’s what

[@theuncoveredlamp]

Columbus brought much needed diversify to the new world

[@ashantasmith5487]

Are you lonely, baby?

[@VTREXify]

No, he did not...

[@mariaastorga7262]

Indeed! He brought measles, smallpox, bubonic plague, influenza, cholera, chicken pox, scarlet fever, yellow fever... oh and guns :) !

[@zachkidd8337]

@@mariaastorga7262 period

[@mimikyu__-]

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