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[–]Vigte[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In 1492, best known as the year Columbus sailed the ocean blue, Spain also decided to expel all practicing Jews from its kingdom. Jews who did not leave—and were not murdered—were forced to become Catholics. Along with those who converted during earlier pogroms, they became known as conversos. As Spain expanded its empire in the Americas, conversos made their way to the colonies too.

Give me a fucking break, it's almost as if... they knew?

[–]useless_aether 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

according to some researchers, since the templars were outlawed in most of europe, but portugal (where theye were known as the order of christ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Christ_(Portugal) ), they were joined by the expelled jews and together they became the pirates. slavers, running drugs from china, etc, attacking the ships of the papacy and the european powers that outlawed them... the templars had the ships and the jews were good navigators. this is why the skull and bones use the jolly roger.

the santa maria sailed under the banners of the order of christ, so columbus was either a templar or a marrano.

[–]HeyImSancho 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Interesting stuff; I've seen the facial features in Latin America that most say, 'Jew' when seeing them.

[–]Vigte[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Very interesting...

After reading this article and considering the whole "kicked out of x number of countries" - they certainly would have gone just about everywhere to escape... it makes sense.

As you said - it could also relate to the whole "it always seems like it's the jews" thing. It is, but it isn't...

[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

aoc is a marrano for sure.