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VANITY--Has anyone else noticed that Columbus Day is being referred to as "long weekend?"

Posted on 10/09/2020 9:19:40 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU

I'm noticing more and more businesses such as car dealerships are advertising "long weekend" sales.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: cancel; columbusday; correctness; culture; longweekend; political; usebetterkeywords; vanity
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To: oldplayer

You hit the nail on the head!

He is a crucial part of American history.

God Help Us!


41 posted on 10/09/2020 10:25:52 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: AbolishCSEU
I have actually seen NOTHING about Columbus Day. No mention at all.

Which is kind of interesting; Denver has been a hotspot for Columbus Day celebrations (and protests), but I haven't heard anything this year.

42 posted on 10/09/2020 10:29:22 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Organ donation? I'll take a Hammond B3!)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Portland will have to remove the great Columbus Day Storm from it’s history:)


43 posted on 10/09/2020 10:30:40 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Portland Voted for IT)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Who wants to buy a car or a new mattress to celebrate Indigenous People Day?


44 posted on 10/09/2020 10:31:26 AM PDT by silverleaf (A live Biden speech is like a solar eclipse: rare, and leaves everyone in the dark)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

...where we live (Central Texas) one sees a lot of gubbermint closures on 10/12 for “staff training” or “staff development” and for the school kiddies, it’s now a “student holiday”....
Columbus - BAD...!!!


45 posted on 10/09/2020 10:34:46 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: Telepathic Intruder
It’s as if the only notable thing indigenous people have done is get discovered by Christopher Columbus.

Nah, they did a lot of notable things.

Like being pioneers in involuntary open heart transplants without anesthesia (ok just heart removal actually)

And don't forget the Indian Hair Club for Men!


46 posted on 10/09/2020 10:40:29 AM PDT by montag813
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To: silverleaf

How about a free pass for human sacrifice and cannibalism?


47 posted on 10/09/2020 10:43:18 AM PDT by jjotto (Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Yup. The left took advantage of the riots to eliminate Columbus day out of hatred for the one who brought Christianity to this continent.


48 posted on 10/09/2020 10:57:55 AM PDT by I want the USA back (4 More years! DJT!)
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To: JBW1949

Quit spreading your 1619 slander. Try reading for yourself:

https://wallbuilders.com/columbus-and-sex-slavery/#


49 posted on 10/09/2020 11:00:52 AM PDT by antidisestablishment
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To: antidisestablishment

WTH are you talking about????

I ain’t said a word about the 1619 bullsh*t....


50 posted on 10/09/2020 11:05:23 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: JBW1949

Columbus had many flaws, but he was not involved in the sex trade.

https://wallbuilders.com/columbus-and-sex-slavery/#

The letter states the fact that traders were engaging in sex slavery; however, Columbus explicitly condemned those who practiced this.


51 posted on 10/09/2020 11:06:51 AM PDT by antidisestablishment
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To: AbolishCSEU
Yeah I noticed that. Has anyone noticed Thanksgiving is now being referred to as “Harvest’’?
52 posted on 10/09/2020 11:10:15 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: AbolishCSEU

That’s better than “Indigenous People Day.”


53 posted on 10/09/2020 11:33:05 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security! (Ironic, huh?))
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To: MayflowerMadam

My Google calendar also changed name to Indigenous People’s Day. What gives Google the authority to do this?


54 posted on 10/09/2020 11:58:03 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: mosaicwolf

“My Google calendar also changed name to Indigenous People’s Day. What gives Google the authority to do this?”

Apparently there’s no way to get rid of this. Arrrrgh!


55 posted on 10/09/2020 12:18:16 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Chainmail

If the “indigenous people” want their own day don’t try and grab off Columbus Day. Best days for Indians are...

June 25,1876. Little Big Horn. They won it hands down. No one can take it away from them.

“And warriors of other tribes now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY!”. (Apologies to Shakespeare)
OR
Aug 10, 1680. The Pueblo Revolt when the natives kicked Spanish butt all the way back to the Rio Grande.


56 posted on 10/09/2020 1:34:40 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: TokarevM57

If they are not going to keep the federal holiday, then it should be a normal work day for everyone. Columbus had his issues, but if he hadn’t made that voyage, someone else would have. The problem isn’t with Columbus. The problem is with us, the “colonizers”. The fact that we have built something marvelous here — the indispensible nation of the modern world —doesn’t seem to matter to the anti-Columbus crowd.


57 posted on 10/09/2020 2:28:44 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

I bought stamps today. No Columbus Day stamps, they handed me earth day stamps.


58 posted on 10/09/2020 6:52:28 PM PDT by Cold Heart (Portland Voted for IT)
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