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17. There's a lot of misinformation out there

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 02:22 PM

Feb 2019

and it's hard to seperate the truth from the lies. Who's responsible for the lies? Well, look at that, it's our friends the Catholic Church!

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Christian conquest of the Americas killed 50 million people [View all] Voltaire2 Feb 2019 OP

The standard reply Cartoonist Feb 2019 #1

Everyone kills 50 million now and then Major Nikon Feb 2019 #2

Correct. trotsky Feb 2019 #15

I only read the linked article, but grumpyduck Feb 2019 #3

Most died from diseases that quickly spread far inland marylandblue Feb 2019 #4

I this number is WRONG ROB-ROX Feb 2019 #5

You were told by whom? Mariana Feb 2019 #6

They didn't die all in one year... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #7

Who said they didn't farm of herd animals? Lordquinton Feb 2019 #8

Apparently the huge agrarian empires Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #16

There's a lot of misinformation out there Lordquinton Feb 2019 #17

You're going to need to support your claims. MineralMan Feb 2019 #10

From CNN. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #11

To be fair, most died from disease that traveled faster than the white man. MarvinGardens Feb 2019 #12

Native people were slaughtered from Hudson Bay Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #13

Did I say that the white man did not do those things? MarvinGardens Feb 2019 #14