Happy Genocide Day!
Submitted on October 10, 2011
By Thom Hartman - October 11, 2011
...[T]he Taino turned out not to be particularly good workers in the plantations that the Spaniards...established on Hispaniola: they resented their lands and children being taken, and attempted to fight back against the invaders...Columbus sought to impose discipline on them. For even a minor offense, an Indian's nose or ear was cut off...Columbus attacked them with dogs, skewered them with pikes, and shot them...Eventually, Columbus...simply resorted to wiping out the Taino altogether.
