Posted on 12/06/2017 6:21:46 PM PST by marshmallow
The Fighting Irish have a bone to pick with Christopher Columbus.
Notre Dame students are calling for the removal of 12 iconic murals, which honor the famous explorer and have been on campus since 1884.
The students have reportedly teamed up with alumni, faculty and staff in an effort to get rid of the 19th Century paintings.
In this era of political divisiveness and a renewed rise of dangerous nationalism, it is time for Notre Dame to remove its own version of a Confederate monument, the group wrote in an open letter last week that was published in the school newspaper, the Observer.
It is time for the murals to go.
The letter was sent to university president John Jenkins and accompanied by more than 340 signatures. Many of those who signed it were Native American and chose to list their tribe.
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Idiots!
Transfer to a different school morons.
So nice to see trouble in my ememies’ tent. I detest the formally Catholic school on the St Joseph’s river.
A new essential piece of equipment for any high school or college campus:
In addition Columbus was a brave man. How many of these snowflakes would be willing to risk their life like he did?
And THEN we start burning books and refusing to let people speak their minds.
Sincerely,
Adolph Hitler....
Wouldn’t be many Catholics in the New World without Columbus.
Sickening. I really despise these leftist barbarians intent on eradicating our history.
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