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The only legitimate controversy in this country is whether or not the progressive democrat party should be banned and its leadership imprisoned as enemies of the state.
“If the settlement of non-Indians in North America is ,, then any national state they created is also illegitimate”
But,but,but I thought diversity was the goal.
In the century+ since 1892, we have the physical evidence of the Vikings in Newfoundland as well as Greenland and rumors, myths, legends and lies for other explorers, drifters and accidental landers on some place of the Western Hemisphere to 'dispute' Columbus' "discovery!" So very much ado about nothingness is only too evident! No one beyond or before Cristobal Colon had any lasting effect on history as his was the discovery that STAYED!
An amusing aside about the lack of even much effort at any semblance of history comes from a local TV ad running for this weekend. While touting their Columbus Day sale, their silhouette graphic shows a modern schooner rather than taking that oh so laborious effort to show any one of the three ships of historical record. Who knows, maybe it was the mainsail cross of historical accuracy that inclined the decision but nonetheless a bit of WTF when I saw this TV Ad!
You know, one of the Enterprise’s shuttlecraft in the original series of Star Trek was called “Columbus”. I think it is perfectly possible that in future reruns that name will be digitally airbrushed out.
All this is old news to anyone, who has been in University over the past twenty years. The moral outrage and butthurt is strong and hard.
I attended University in Southern Ontario, and heard more than my share of blather about how neither Canada, nor the United States actually exist. Instead, most of the so-called “United States” is, in fact, Occupied Aztlan, and most of so-called “Canada” is, in fact, Occupied Québec.
Of course, trying to point out the cognitive dissonance in such arguments: i.e., that French and Spanish conquerors are somehow “more legitimate” than English ones, isn’t going to win you any friends.
Nor did my follow up argument that there is actually not so much as a single square centimetre of inhabitable land on this entire planet that hasn’t, at some point, been “stolen” from its previous inhabitants...
One of my favorite holidays when I lived in Rhode Island was Columbus Day. The Federal Hill section of Providence was predominately Italian and always had a big parade and street festival. The aroma of sausage and peppers cooking on large outdoor grills welcomed you as you walked down the street filled with vendors selling their wares. You could buy t shirts that boldly stated “Kiss me I’m Italian”. Further down the street there were carnival rides for the children and an Italian band at Depasquale Plaza across from the fountain. Mayor Cianci, a favorite son, always led the parade followed by high school marching bands and of course the fire trucks with their sirens blaring to the cheers of the crowd. Everyone was proud to be Italian, even if you were a English/Polish girl from Smithfield, you were Italian for this one day of the year.
Vladimir Lenin would be proud of Shelby Fleig who wrote “Columbus Day celebrates racism and mass violence, ignores real issues.”
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_6a11394a-347e-11e3-a94d-0019bb30f31a.html
Pretty soon it will be 'loot Walmart on your EBT Card' day...
The guy never set foot in America. It should named the holiday that was eliminated for MLK day.
Societal organization. The aborigenes could never have invaded Europe. And widespread cannibalism among various tribes had to be eradicated.
These Aztlan types almost exclusively speak Spanish, a European language.
Too many sick jokes that we just chuckle at instead of being what we really could be.
The “Latino” protesters, Daniels, are mestizos who put more emphasis on their Indian, rather than Southern European ancestors. BTW: other than the geriatrics in UNICO and the S of I, nobody really celebrates Columbus Day except for government workers who get the day off.
Eh, it’s just Columbus Day. Never been a big deal in the parts of America where I’ve lived. I’ve never even had it off as a holiday.