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paigezero
That would be participating, they only observe.
AnnieGoolahee
More like getting lost on a business trip, stumbling into someone else's house, raping their wife and spreading disease.
Sm9yCg
Nah, he probably just rapes someone
Ifacatsbuttholeisonly2inchesoffthegroundwhyisitalwaysateyelevel
Fuck Columbus. Goddamn rapist/murderer
DataBeardFace
Discover your neighbors house. Move in and give them Covid, killing them, and saying it's your house now.
YouWillNeverFindMe
As a European
Scahrossar
Being dutch myself: Yup!
Muszkatela
you mean western European
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Columbus43219
Wound up in a Cuban diner and demanded Indian food.
Echo18
The people who "care" about Columbus Day are the same kind of people who "care" when a sports team they aren't a fan of changes their name.
joot
So…bigots. Bigots looking for an opportunity to show pride in their bigotry.
TheobromineAddict
Everything I've learned about Columbus in the past decade makes me really resent all the time wasted memorizing fairy tales in school.
popejubal
Don’t forget to kill some of the people you find in the grocery store and sell children you find into sex slavery.
bigfatdan1
I discovered the milk aisle!
actinginacave
And then chop the tellers hands off…
WoodyGoodman
DelGoodGuy
Italian persecution?!?!? Columbus Day was created to grab votes.
CasualBoulder
Yes before white people were white people we hated each other's guts cause a bunch of rich assholes went to war in order to make money.
mothmam
I will continue to observe Oct 12 as my mom’s birthday
DelGoodGuy
This also led to the addition of "In God We Trust" to US Currency - https://time.com/4179685/in-god-we-trust-currency-history/
LooksHeavy
They die, their opinions along with them
espi0920
Even aside from being a genocidal maniac, Columbus was just genuinely stupid and a horrible navigator.
ButtBot9900
IIRC he thought the earth was pear-shaped since even he realized that he shouldn't have gotten to India so quickly.
Merky600
1500, Columbus wrote: “A 100 castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm,…those from nine to ten are now in demand.”
TheHappyCreator
lostharbinger42
I use it as an excuse to watch Goonies, Gremlins, Adventures in Babysitting... what other chris columbus would the day be about?!
TheManInABlackSuit
Don't forget at least one of the Harry Potter films
tlamstrike
The reason we have Columbus day was that following the worst lynching in American history President Benjamin Harrison created a Federal①
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holiday that would celebrate a well known Italian in an effort to reduce anti-Italian racism and foster integration of all the new Italian②
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immigrants in to US society. The Pledge of Allegiance was also part of this so that school children would see that immigrant children were③
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just as patriotic as "true Americans" like them.④
FrankTheCube
Move into your neighbors home saying that it’s yours now.
Fishkeeper
No, no, you gotta kill em first, and then claim you discovered the house from scratch.
Orzufancylad
Only after you give them a deadly disease and they die.
DaierMune
Sell their 9-year-old daughter into slavery, while you're at it
HisBubbliness
Do these people want cookies or something for honoring a genocidal douche?
Callynd
Yes, because they're standing up to woke mobs trying to silence white people. You know, nonsense like that.
Daarst
In SD we had a bunch of GOPers losing their shit about Columbus Day getting renamed to Indigenous People's day. But we've been celebrating >
gobblinal
This would fit more with it coinciding with Canadian Thanksgiving, I suppose.
Daarst
>> it as Native American Day instead of Columbus Day since 1990.
aloysiuscentauri
I remember in a tiny town in eastern SD, our teacher explaining how Columbus was a jerk and Native American Day was way better, …
aloysiuscentauri
… and we were like: “yay Native American Day!!!” When I was in college, I read “lies my teacher told me” by James Lowen …
aloysiuscentauri
… and started to understand how bad Columbus was, and humans in general can be.
Daarst
I went to high school in ESD and my teacher said the same. Mr. Wookie, you're too good for this backwards state.
roughingupthesuspect
“Woke” is used as a derogatory term by the right. Even though it just means awake/aware. What do you call this? Just idiotic I suppose..
samanthadlcruz
it refers to treating people equally even if they are 'different' from you. - something that SHOULD be basic human decency. GQP hates that.
hovelhopper
I don't know about you, but I observe Columbus day by accident when glancing at a calander then moving on with my day.
EatsBees
i observed it when i forgot on Sunday that i was working that day so i stayed up until 4 am playing video games and then worked my shift
jansenart
I accidentally did it by putting my trash out and not having it picked up because I forgot.
jmartkdr
I was conscious during part of the day, so technically I observed it (but seriously find a better Italian for Italian -American Day)
DigiT00l
Even Al Capone would be better
ImgurCouncilOfLlamas
Carlis Marcello.
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*Carlos
nat300Lord
I observe it on my morning commute when I overhear a radio DJ mention it before switching the station since radio for music.
Marcass2021
I observed it by having a package be a day late because I forgot it was a thing.
CasualBoulder
Or when you go to the bank to find out it's closed.
FerociousFalcon
Literally me on Monday.
CrazyCatLad
I enjoyed the day off it gave me but none of the places I've worked in the last 9 years gave off for it.
DoctorPitt
Seriously though he landed in the Bahamas under the Spanish flag, as an American why the fuck should I care?
Enoan
He kicked off the Columbian exchanged that revolutionized societies all over the world and was the defining event of the Exploration Age?
Enoan
Also, was pretty horrific, even by the standards of his time. Slavery was all but unheard of in Europe when he enslaved natives & took them.
RowanUnderwood
Because Dog Whistle.
icommentwithsteveharvey
Because it was the beginning of the white take over of the americas
AngryHelpdeskAgent
I could see it if I got the day off from work. But I’ve never had a job where you get it off, so fuck it.
DoctorPitt
Schools, post office and military bases
QuickGoogleSearch
My brother's school district started having school that day and just added an extra day off during Thanksgiving break.
SomethingOtherThanMyRealName
All that sweet sweet land we got in the coming years. /s
CelestialSea
Because he murdered and raped his way through a genocide and was so bad even the Spanish Inquisition punished him for going too far.
PhailRaptor
Probably because of the rape, child sex slavery, and delivery of pox infested blankets to the natives
andaction
3rd voyage skirted coast of S. America and 4th voyage Central America. “America” became popular due to name used on widely adopted maps.
Echo18
You shouldn't
prettyangelboi
This is why I want to switch out Columbus Day for American History Day for people we should really care about http://americanhistoryday.com
EmporerDragon
6 states have switched it out for an Indigenous People's day instead.
prettyangelboi
The aim of American History Day is to institute a federal holiday for all 50 states.
JayEnfield
Because in the 19th century, jerking off over manifest destiny was VERY popular in the USA, so he got enshrined in the nation's mythology.
scoutMoonDiver
And then all the Anglos who settled in North America didn’t want Italian immigrants living there.
VolcanoHerder
Well Spain and Italy are different countries so not sure what point you're trying to make. Am I missing something?
dohcohv
Columbus was Italian, sailing for Spain.
VolcanoHerder
Ooh ok I get it. I intentionally forgot all the Columbus crap I learned in grade school, thank you.
dohcohv
Eh, everyone forgets history class once it's over.
nightster07
Actually he was Genoese, Italy wasn't a united country back then.
Mxlespxles
Or Irish. Or Asians. Or the people that already lived there for centuries.
jomi20806
Those damn native immigrants/s
PectorialMuscles
Centuries is such a technically correct statement. 100 centuries is still centuries.
theDogter
Because he was the first invader. Stuff like that deserves respect
Chloesaurus
I mean, technically he wasn't though... Maybe the first invader of the Caribbean. But the Vikings were in North America long before he was.
theDogter
Good point! Maybe because he was the first Christian invader? (This is all tongue in cheek - he was a monster)
HighFunctioningAlcoholic
The Norse elite were Christian at that point.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Columbus Day was created to appease Italians and the govt of Italy, after Italians were lynched in New Orleans. NYtimes source to follow...
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/columbus-day-italian-american-racism.html
nclu
Columbus Day was instituted to bring awareness to a minority being oppressed. Oh the irony
GimmeSomeSugar
1/2 So appalling was his conduct in 'The New World' that the reaction of Isabella and Ferdinand,
GimmeSomeSugar
2/2 the people who came up with The Fucking Spanish Inquisition, was to say 'Fuck me son. Do you maybe wanna tone this down a bit?'
Felrian
Italians made a nice addition to the white supremacist cause in America
saganworshipper
He first landed at Hispaniola.
drunkcat
Because Italian Americans wanted a hero and a holiday for themselves.
onlyhalfghost
while we're just making up holidays, can we get one for Ignacio Anaya, inventor of nachos?
textilelover
although it was in response to a bunch of them getting lynched somewhere in the South 'cause they were a despised minority.
michaelscarn427
It’s an excuse to uphold white supremacy
freckledkink
White people aren't even all white. People were nomadic all over the place for a long time and mixed it up. This supremacists would be
freckledkink
Horrified if they had a DNA test done and found out their real background.
bubbarex901337
Weren't the vikings first anyway?
xo66nt
its unclear how far they got. Leif Eriksson established a colony that they called Vinland (wineland) but exactly where is unclear. North>
Euripidesdidnothingwrong
We know exactly where. L'anse aux meadueaux in NFLD. There's a national park built around it since the 80s.
xo66nt
l’anse may only have been a waypoint. They dont know how much further they went and the extent of the colony
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
Viking ruins were found on Newfoundland a few years ago
xo66nt
east continental north america is fairly certain but it didnt last in a continuous political entity so it wont count.
DoctorPitt
Depends on how you define first, from Europe yes, in general the native americans got them beat
bubbarex901337
I thought we were defining it as the "discovery" of America. Technically the entire continent ran away from the others.
bubbarex901337
Also the natives came from Asia didn't they?
xo66nt
yes, when bering strait was a land bridge. That predates any european ‘discovery’ significantly though
bubbarex901337
So this "discovery" and thus Columbus' "contribution" are arguably meaningless
cosmo145
Columbus Day arose out of a movement to honor Italian American heritage at a time when Italian immigrants faced widespread persecution
Felrian
They found a way to put Italians into the white supremacist puzzle of America
JetrelPixelArt
I mean, the good thing about Italian heritage is we've got a fuckton of really good italian dudes. How about we switch to: 1\
JetrelPixelArt
Da Vinci day? Garibaldi Day? Galileo day? Michelangelo? Marco Polo? The list goes on?
smegmaspread
Can we just have Ferrari day and we celebrate by listening to the F2002 rip around Fiorano? https://youtu.be/KO_8Gtk-bWk
Arkonnos
FDR needed the Italian vote
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
So let's turn it into Danny DeVito day. Problem solved.
jansenart
...I mean, the legacy of Columbus doesn't really make a very good case for that.
Promethianfire
They aren't saying it does. It's just the honest answer to the question.
Izzlebee
Some states do! Ours celebrated Mother Cabrini
ImNotTaylorSwift
Honoring Italian heritage with Columbus is fucking stupid. Let's honor Italian heritage with something we all love: Italian food.
TheobromineAddict
Yeah, who was The Italian who turned American Tomatoes into pasta sauce?
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
I propose we honor it by building roads and aqueducts.
SuperRockinMrMagic
Olive Garden "you're family day" I kid of course but I actually have pretty fond memories at the OG
Applewhite5
Maybe we should honor them with someone who wasn't a mass murderer
farsntarg
Fellini Day
forResearchPurposesOnly
History is a pickle.in that regard. Moral lines and conduct change. All nation states were brutal slave holding killing machines prior.
VaultGirl69
The important thing is to remember why we have our current struggles. The American slave trade was particularly horrific and long lived.
RyuRichmond
And who didn't fuck llamas
ImgurCouncilOfLlamas
Um.
thatiscomedygoldrightthere
I observe it a couple times a week by eating pizza.
cosmo145
Sure, really only care if I get the day off or not.
ATacoWalksIntoABar
A famous Italian who hasn’t murdered anyone, you say? ? Possible, does death by cheese and carbs count? ?
ImgurCouncilOfLlamas
Amerigo Vespucci?
PoliticalWanderer
Or, now that Italians no longer face widespread persecution, change it honor the heritage of another group that does?
walnutbreath
The first step to repeating oppression is whitewashing past oppression. Change the name. Other groups can have their own days/months.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Half our elected leaders (GOP senators) only are in office due to that widespread persecution of various groups. So don't hold your breath.
PoorSucker
Mario day
FauxFoxes
Already exists on march 10 (MAR10)
QuixoticGoingDjinn
Are we going to ignore the countless Goombas and Koopas Mario needlessly slaughtered?
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Father Guido Sarducci Day?
Triangle1118Energy
I'd take that just so I could say Guido Sarducci more often.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
faethorferenc
I suggest Raffaele Esposito he is the baker who invented the Pizza (-pie) as much i know.
anitabieror6
dude! what!? We know who invented pizza? thats crazy! i just figured it was one of those around forever things like bread
onlyhalfghost
foods that are very pizza-like go back at least as far as Rome, but pizza as we know it was one or two guys in the 50s
ProffesorGoogle
I could celebrate a Raffaele Esposito day.