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.
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