[Oldeconomybuyer]

Adrienne Benavidez

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini

[xkaydet65]

Mother Cabrini is deserved of this honor, but I would like to ask Ms. Benavidez if she will next demand the that Colombia change its name? Sounds like she would want that.

[Liz]

Colorado pol Adrienne Benavidez has been trying for years to abolish Columbus Day and calls it "a festering sore."

"Not as festering as you are, sweetheart."

<><> Is this one even a US citizen?

<><> How many organizations does she belong to that advocate the overthrow of the US govt?

[bagman]

Mother Cabrini’s impact on world history is at least as great as Columbus’s. Why would anyone not support this change?

[PGalt]

HISTORY RE-WRITES in progress. It’s so progressive. Hey...chain up Abe and pull him out of the memorial. He looks too comfy in that chair. It can be re-purposed for someone more needy.

[Stravinsky]

And their revolution continues

[pepsi_junkie]

Italians aren't owed a national holiday. Nobody else gets one. Columbus day wasn't meant to be 'Italian Day'. It was meant to celebrate the discovery of America, and ultimately the establishment of what would eventually lead to the USA. If they kill Columbus day I'm not interested in converting it into a national holiday celebrating immigrants just because the woman, who almost nobody has heard of, is Italian.

For the record, I support keeping Columbus day and have no issues with Italians taking it as an opportunity to express national pride. I'm not a fan of "Mother Cabrini Day"

[PGalt]

First they invade, then they take over your culture, then they re-write. I’m not sure about that exact order. America: It lasted until it didn’t.

Colonialists, right Barry?

[1Old Pro]

Burn the books

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I thought one of the major problems with Columbus was that his voyage and discovery set off the European colonization of the Americas. You know: we’re on stolen land. How does having a holiday in honor of an Italian woman who is the patron saint of immigrants get at the root problem? More immigrants means more foreign feet standing on stolen land.

BTW —I have no problem with honoring Mother Cabrini. How and why they are making this change just doesn’t seem logical.

[mylife]

Sacred relationship with water?

[Leep]

We celebrate Columbus for his explorations? He opened up trade... He didn’t actually discover America...he didn’t set up a colony in what is now main land U.S.A.
Then there’s that whole syphilis thing.

[Lazamataz]

If I lived in Colorado, I would be starting a new tradition: The celebration of Columbus Day with outdoor decorations and Columbus Day cards and gifts.

[Theodore R.]

People in CO do the dumbest things.

[BuffaloJack]

Adrienne Benavidez sounds like a racist.