Changes

==Columbus and Liberalism==

==Columbus and Liberalism==

However, in recent decades controversy has emerged regarding Columbus and his legacy. As a result of revisionist, liberal thinking which tends to overidealize the lifestyle of Native Americans before their contact with Europeans. However, there have been various accounts of mistreatment of native populations by Columbus and his crew, including some accounts by missionaries who accompanied Columbus on some of his journeys. Second and third-hand accounts of actions taken dozens, if not hundreds of years before, judged by more contemporary standards and accepted practices in another geographic area alltogether, is risky. The controversy can be summoned up as liberal hypocrisy. In an effort to diminish America as righteous, liberals attack Columbus while ignoring their fellow Democrats were slave owners and slave traders. In the not too distant past, these same Democrats were for the segregation of populations by race.<ref>http://www.history.com/content/columbusday/holiday-history History of Columbus Day</ref>

However, in recent decades controversy has emerged regarding Columbus and his legacy. As a result of revisionist, liberal thinking which tends to overidealize the lifestyle of Native Americans before their contact with Europeans. Second and third-hand accounts of actions taken dozens, if not hundreds of years before, judged by more contemporary standards and accepted practices in another geographic area alltogether, is risky. The controversy can be summoned up as liberal hypocrisy. In an effort to diminish America as righteous, liberals attack Columbus while ignoring their fellow Democrats were slave owners and slave traders. In the not too distant past, these same Democrats were for the segregation of populations by race.<ref>http://www.history.com/content/columbusday/holiday-history History of Columbus Day</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==