What about Leif Erikson.....
Posted on 08/23/2017 11:39:16 AM PDT by EdnaMode
OBERLIN, Ohio - In a unanimous vote Monday night, Oberlin City Council voted to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day.
"Columbus Day is a touchy subject for some folks. However, the history of Columbus Day speaks for itself," said a supporter.
Residents packed council chambers as the second Monday in October was forever changed in the city of Oberlin.
Not everyone was in favor of the resolution, saying Columbus Day is about more than just a man, it’s about culture.
"Columbus Day is a day of Italian American pride. And I am really disheartened at the ease with which Oberlin city council is doing away with a day that celebrates Italians," said one resident.
Oberlin is now the first city in the state of Ohio to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples Day.
"It sounds a little ridiculous. I think we should keep American holidays they way there are," said David Dodd, resident.
"This seems like a pretty cool change. This is much supportive of everyone in America, not just white and European descendants. I think it’s pretty cool," said Jake Verstein, another Oberlin resident.
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What about Leif Erikson.....
Say that around an Antifa punk and you're likely to get hit with a bike lock.
My list of towns to stay away from grows longer by the day.
This is not the last. It will be done in every liberal city in the country. Then they go after Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and Valentine’s Day.
Mother’s day will become “parent A day”, and father’s day “parent B day”.
Cortez and the Spaniards get a free pass though.
Agreed. I wish these communists would just leave instead of destroying our great country.
There are NO “Indigenous Peoples” in the Western Hemisphere. All the American Indians came from Asia. NO human is indigenous to this side of the globe.
Having ancestors that migrated into North America thousands of years ago instead of hundreds of years ago does not make a group indigenous or native.
Out of Africa is a myth.
Cultural Marxists want to erase history in order to make it easier for them to repeat it and they plan to put themselves in charge when it does.
Like anyone in that city can even spell indigenous . . . what a bunch of morons
It should be National vaccination day. We would have more Native Americans if they hadn’t caught small pox.
They aren’t “indigenous” people.
Their ancestors are from Asia.
The man discovered a new continent but apparently that’s not impressive enough for his lifetime.
so make an Indigenous Day besides Columbus Day and stop pretending that anybody not white were passive little flowerchildren who wouldn’t hurt a fly
the world was not a nice place 600 years ago
F Indigenous Peoples Day.
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