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In response to criticism of Christopher Columbus, supporters established the hashtag #ColumbusWasAHero. It was promptly taken over by white racists.

I won't apologize for my heroic ancestors. They fought that I might live. #ColumbusWasAHero

— Trainspotter (@Trainspotter001) October 12, 2015

Um, Columbus won, the indigenous people lost. I think we're on the VERY right side of history. #ColumbusWasAHero https://t.co/zsEeRvFYnn

— Giovanni Alighieri (@GAlighieri3) October 12, 2015

#Antiwhites ignore the Bantu Expansion & conquests by Turks, Arabs, and countless other non-whites. But boy, they hate #ColumbusWasAHero.

— Trainspotter (@Trainspotter001) October 12, 2015