Today, #ColumbusDay, we celebrate that a handful of bloodthirsty and ultra-Catholic Spaniards committed the greatest genocide in history. In this thread I will tell you the truth about the conquest of America and how the Indigenous People got exterminated. 
Pre-Columbian peoples were much more developed than European kingdoms. The calendar, the hieroglyphs or the pyramids were their inventions, never seen before in Europe, Asia or Africa. Such people as Galileo, Vesalius or Leonardo were illiterate next to Incas or Aztecs.
One of the great advances that pre-Columbian cultures contributed to was cardiac surgery. Open-heart surgery was performed atop the temple, while the rest of the population watched and took notes. They were real anatomy lessons.
Besides being astronomers they were anthropophagous. Mayas and Mexicas ate human flesh to avoid killing animals, making them precursors of modern day animalism. The same body was cut up and distributed so that the whole community could taste it. Solidarity or proto-Marxism?
Progressive societies as they were, Pre-Columbian Peoples, oblivious to the biases of Catholicism, practiced free and unhindered abortion. Based on a legislation on time limits, late-term abortions were allowed until the fetus was 14 years old. Pretty much.
We can't forget the preparing of shrunken heads practiced by Shuars and Jivaroans. Predating Marie Kondo by several centuries, these indigenous people got obsessed with tidiness and developed techniques to fit as many heads as possible in the smallest possible space. Sublime.
Mesoamerican tailors were much more skilled than Europeans. During Tlacaxipehualiztli, Aztecs flayed the bodies of their victims and put on the skins, creating the first biodegradable and respectful with the environment suits.
The Spaniards, backward, fanatical and fetid as they were (they didn't have restrooms) were unable to assimilate so much progress, so they began their genocide. According to a committee of experts, of the 40 million natives, Spaniards murdered about 150 million (like so)
Not only did they use the sword or the Inquisition, which burned millions of Indians alive for going almost naked, but they used biological warfare. According to Bartolomé de las Casas, Spaniards with smallpox or flu, spat in the faces of the natives, lined up for this purpose.
The genocide is easily verifiable. Currently, there are hardly any traces of the pre-Columbian peoples among the inhabitants of Spanish America. Take your best-known politicians as an example. Why is everyone in soap operas blonde and white? Because that's how almost everyone is
Spain only brought terror, slavery and misery to Latin America. In fact, it is enough to take a look at the Spanish footprint on the continent to see the cultural backwardness to which it was subjected during the viceregal period.
It is true that the Spanish founded 25 universities in America, but they were nothing more than a tool of Catholic indoctrination, where theology permeated all subjects and where there was no trace of gender studies or minors in Islam.
The current backwardness of Latin America (let's never forget the contributions by the French) is the fault of the Spaniards of 500 years ago and not of the politicians who have ruled for the last 200. I apologize and feel sorry that the Brits didn't come to bring prosperity.
I hope I was able to shed some light on the horrific atrocities committed by the evil Spaniards. Last but not least, credit where its due: This is a somewhat faithful translation of an original thread (in Spanish) by @eldelquijote
https://twitter.com/eldelquijote/status/1315659009412792320
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