The decision to reinstate Columbus Day, honoring the man who blundered into a land already occupied and claimed it for Spain, is not surprising for our current regime that longs to go back to the 'good old days.'
That 'discovery' was a disaster for the indigenous peoples who were swiftly enslaved, dispossessed, murdered, or wiped out by disease.
I guess I'm just too woke to want to celebrate that.
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Today's United States was built on ground soaked with the blood of indigenous people. But that's not a flattering thing to say about our history, so let's pretend it never happened.
Good point.
Honoring the Indigenous Peoples who suffered through the entire time Western Europeans have overtaken their lands, it is a difficult thing to consider. But before Europeans arrived, different tribes would war with another, and then take over their territories, often enslaving the captors. At least that's part of history also.
Needless to say, history is difficult.
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