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Race & Ethnicity

M_o_o_n_dust

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6. A counterargument

Reply to 70sEraVet (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2024, 04:17 PM

Nov 7

I actually first heard about this Sephardic Jew theory from this video.
She argues, I think fairly convincingly, that the genetic evidence for this is tenuous at best.
She also points out that Columbus was a Christian fanatic, whose entire goal of trying to find an alternative route to the East Indies was motivated by financing a new crusade for Jerusalem, making it highly unlikely that he might have been a secret Jew.

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"Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish...." [View all] 70sEraVet Oct 13 OP

All I care about is that he was a genocidal asshole. Ferrets are Cool Oct 13 #1

Oy!!?? SupportSanity Oct 13 #2

This to me makes far more sense Metaphorical Oct 13 #3

And while much of Spain was under the control of the Moors, 70sEraVet Oct 13 #5

Forgive me for replying to my own post -- 70sEraVet Oct 13 #4

A counterargument M_o_o_n_dust Nov 7 #6

She does give some good evidence of Columbus' enthusism of Christianity. 70sEraVet Nov 7 #7