First it was the Confederate statues, and now...

[~Anastasia~]

You're asking an awful lot to expect the folks who think Christopher Columbus discovered the USA & are all excited about the holiday to know who Leif Erikson was. Wish that was hyperbolic, but afraid it's not.

Is it? Maybe, I don't know. I don't recall learning much about it in school. But when I was homeschooling my daughter, we always had a unit on Leif Erickson before getting to Columbus. We had fewer details of his life and culture, but she liked him quite a bit better.

 

[Shiloh Raven]

Nah, it will probably make the libs laugh their tails off at you, especially if they could read what you wrote on here.

Speaking as a liberal myself, I'm not mad about a conservative flaunting the fact that he'll make sure to celebrate Columbus because he thinks it'll upset liberals. I think that such a proclamation is rather silly. First of all, I think it's sad to want to celebrate Columbus, and secondly, I think it's childish to do so just to upset someone who disagrees with you politically and even more childish to brag about it.

 

[Go Braves]

Is it? Maybe, I don't know. I don't recall learning much about it in school. But when I was homeschooling my daughter, we always had a unit on Leif Erickson before getting to Columbus. We had fewer details of his life and culture, but she liked him quite a bit better.

Sure does seem to be, from some of the posts round here with wildly wrong ideas about Columbus.

Sounds like you were a good teacher.

 

[SolomonVII]

In Canada, we call it Thanksgiving.
Even here in British Columbia.

 

[mnorian]

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[Babe Ruth]

Guess we have to add the Norwegian flag to the list of cultural symbols that are marked for hysterical eradication.
A nosy, ill-informed justice warrior reports neighbor to the local news, for flying a Norwegian flag during the Winter Olympics (thought it was a Confederate flag..).

Source: ‘Suddenly there is a Confederate flag flying’ in Seattle’s Greenwood area – well, not quite

 

[Archivist]

To me taking down a statue depends in large part on where it is located.

The statue of Robert E. Lee at the Gettysburg battlefield should remain. Lee commanded one of the armies involved in that battle; his statue belongs there just as the statue of George Meade belongs there. The same applies to statues at other battlefields.

However, statues of Lee and other Confederate leaders placed by the KKK and other racists organizations in places where battles never occurred and in some cases in places never even visited by Lee and other Confederate leaders should come down. They were placed for intimidation purposes, not historical purposes.

And I would certainly have no issues with renaming Columbus Day as Native American Day. Columbus never set foot in what is now the United States; Native Americans were treated horribly by the European settlers.

 

[compassion 4 humanity]

Christopher Columbus is the new target.

Columbus statue beheaded: Christopher Columbus Statue Beheaded in NY

Los Angeles bans Columbus Day and replaces it with Indigenous Peoples' Day: In Los Angeles, Columbus Day is toppled like a Confederate statue

Trump was definitely on to something when he said Jefferson and Washington statues would be targeted next. Thoughts?

Christopher Columbus was genocidal. Read up on him. He is responsible for the deaths of many Natives. It doesn't make sense to honor someone who killed so many people. In fact, a Christopher Columbus Day (CCD) is just about as "logical" as an Adolf Hitler Day.

I support replacing CCD with a Native American Day.

 

[SolomonVII]

Part of the problem though IS the far Right; they just exacerbate the frustrations of the extreme Left. I don't think either of these represent the healthy aspirations of a democratic nation or a fair republic.

The far right are responsible for their own actions, and the anarchists are responsible for their own destruction.
Much of the far Right in America has been manufactured as a bogeyman in order to give a sense of urgency to the Resistance.

 

[Truth7t7]

Christopher Columbus is the new target.

Columbus statue beheaded: Christopher Columbus Statue Beheaded in NY

Los Angeles bans Columbus Day and replaces it with Indigenous Peoples' Day: In Los Angeles, Columbus Day is toppled like a Confederate statue

Trump was definitely on to something when he said Jefferson and Washington statues would be targeted next. Thoughts?

The liberal left, one more supreme court justice and we can turn the liberal clock backwards.

 

[Truth7t7]

My thoughts? It sounds like these people want a new country. I guess the American Flag will be next ...

...they'll probably want one with stripes, and hammer and sickle.

No a rainbow flag