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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Finally! I get respect on columbus day. My family traces all the way back to the Mayflower!
I’m about as indigenous as you can get.
I want a free pie.
Abolish Christmas !!!!!
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[unfortunately it will not be sarcasm much longer]
MEGA P-U-K-E-!!!!!
> My family traces all the way back to the Mayflower! <
When they finally get to you, you’re going to owe some serious reparations.
Guess they don’t like all those things that the invaders developed.
Do they want to move back to the 1400’s?
How can a local council abolish a national holiday? Are they going to arrest people that they catch celebrating it?
“... the second Monday in October was forever changed ...”
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Nothing is “forever”.
One of the first steps in the obliteration of the history of the United States of America. If this trend continues I can see the day when even the name of this country will be changed.
Indigenous... I do not think that word means what they think it means. First to get here maybe, but certainly not indigenous to the western hemisphere according to any migration theory I’ve seen.
The human species started in Africa, migrated to Europe and Asia, and then finally to North America. It was the last of the major continents to be settled.
WE ALL just got a CRAP PIE slammed in our faces!
All this statue, etc business is ridiculous. That said, I’ve never understood the reverence for Columbus here. He never set foot in North America. He did not discover anything.
HAHAHAHA! That is what I was thinking when I typed that. :-)
They want to erase the history and undermine the foundations of the greatest country ever imagined.
So they can have communism.
Guess they don’t know about the 100 million dead in the last century from communism.
Columbus, Ohio should be made to rename itself to Indigenous, Ohio.
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Columbus Day ping
So, dress up like injuns instead of 15th century Spaniards or Italians.
> 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. <
Does this idiot even know what an “indigenous” person is? Hint: It’s not the “everyone” he speaks about in his statement.
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