Seattle changing Columbus Day to "Indigenous People's Day"... PC Progressives taking over

Columbus Day is a federal holiday. Seattle cannot change that. It's still Columbus Day in Seattle.

Do you even want your country back, bro?

I know, but you must admit that this is a slippery slope.

birth control in the water wrote:

I know, but you must admit that this is a slippery slope.

I don't think so. This isn't the first date to be associated with more than one "holiday".

You just wait until the communists take over your city council and then your city. When that happens then you can talk to me about holidays. This once great city has now gone to the reds, and ironically, perhaps the only way out is to move to a red state.

You got me. I actually thought you were serious there for a moment. Good one.

In all honesty, I think Columbus is an important person to remember for a number of reasons and not someone to demonize like many of my native friends believe, but at the same time it would not bother me at all to change Columbus day to National Indigenous Day. I think a better solution still would be to have both, but it doesn't really bother me. Given we dedicate the entire month of February to American Blacks, I think we could at least throw Native Americans a token day, right?

We can throw them a day, sure. Let's not forget that whitey is still the one with the power to give Sitting Bull a day. Columbus and the Spanish flag he represented eventually created a vast colonial empire, but it was mostly in South and Central America. Seattle liberals are taking their white guilt and frustration out on the wrong dude.

I'm not the PC type by any means, but I really don't understand the celebration of Columbus Day. Putting aside all of the horrible things he did that somehow got left out of our elementary school lessons but have since become public knowledge, the guy just didn't really do anything that special or important. We all know that Columbus didn't discover the New World. We know that other Europeans had been to America prior to Columbus. Yet for one day every year, we all pretend that Columbus discovered America.

Columbus was a murderer who sanctioned mass rape of natives. The guy was a horrible person, and if anyone's being "PC" it's the people who won't acknowledge that.

You are misinformed...

What horrible things did he do? This is a common liberal misconception, and a very convenient one at that.

John Locke is the real villain, do your research man.

Ho Hum wrote:

Columbus was a murderer who sanctioned mass rape of natives. The guy was a horrible person, and if anyone's being "PC" it's the people who won't acknowledge that.

Not true... and also, no one cared about indigenous people's rights back then. I love how people with the benefit of hindsight can sit there and judge.

full blooded caucasoid wrote:

Given we dedicate the entire month of February to American Blacks, I think we could at least throw Native Americans a token day, right?

Ever hear of Thanksgiving!

Chris Columbus was an important person.

He was a leader that wanted to discover a new way to do things.

He may have accidentally discovered this area for the Europeans, but he had the fortitude to take the risk and action.

Agreed, and he shouldn't be disparaged in the name of white guilt. I guess this is part of "unpacking the privilege knapsack" that is constantly touted amongst the trust fund crowd.

CC debunked the belief that the world was flat.

birth control in the water wrote:

Italian Americans can't be happy about this.

Which part of America was even colonized by Italy? Let them have Columbus day over there. Over here we have "English colonists had dinner with the Indians Day."

Columbus was Italian and he sailed under the Spanish flag. His achievements are held dear by many Italian Americans... why is that so hard to understand?

Bad Wigins wrote:

birth control in the water wrote:

Italian Americans can't be happy about this.

Which part of America was even colonized by Italy? Let them have Columbus day over there. Over here we have "English colonists had dinner with the Indians Day."

Bad Wigins wrote:

Which part of America was even colonized by Italy?

Staten Island