Fuck Columbus Day.
Honestly, what a worthless holiday. The man didn't even know he had discovered anything and we want to celebrate him? He died thinking he had been to India.
Not only that, but sailors knew the world was round back then. Don't give me that bullshit about falling off the edge of the world. They were afraid they would starve because they hadn't seen land in so long. They weren't afraid of sailing off the world.
Also, once Columbus found his "Indians" was he nice at all to them? Hell no. He murdered a lot of them. Thus began a four hundred year quest by Whitey to kill off all native inhabitants either by gun or disease (intentional and unintentional) while stealing all of their land.
Basically, this holiday is a giant middle finger to Native Americans. Why do we celebrate this? It is ridiculous. Do we think we make up for it by Thanksgiving? Because that doesn't cut it.
Christopher Columbus ... you're an asshole.
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What about, Native Population Genocide Memorial Day...I celebrate that just as much as I celebrate Cesar Chavez day...so there.
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