Happy Indigenous People's Day!

11 Oct 2021 09:43 - 11 Oct 2021 09:43 #1 by FredHayek
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Columbus Day was created by Italian Americans to celebrate their heritage and show other Americans that they too helped to found this nation.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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11 Oct 2021 13:42 #2 by ramage
I posted this earlier under the same heading .

Interestingly The Columbus Day holiday was created by President Benjamin Harrison in 1892. This was done because of the lynching of 11 Italians
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11 Oct 2021 14:49 #3 by FredHayek
So a minority group that faced discrimination were given a national holiday to celebrate their heritage. They started having parades to show that they were Americans too! At one time Italians weren't considered "white".

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11 Oct 2021 17:02 #4 by ramage
Now Italians have been displaced by Spaniards as to not being white. They are Hispanic or Latino (I have never understood the distinction). Unless you are a white-hispanic for reporting purposes.
Then again there is this:

Alas, the pictures that I wanted to post do not fit the regulations of MMT. In words, a picture of Elizabeth Warren telling everyone to have a Happy Indigenous Peoples Day. And this:

Christopher Columbus died in 1506. If he is ruining your happiness in 2021 you need to seek therapy.

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11 Oct 2021 18:57 #5 by Rick
Replied by Rick on topic Happy Indigenous People's Day!

ramage wrote:
Christopher Columbus died in 1506. If he is ruining your happiness in 2021 you need to seek therapy.

Progressives measure all history by the current standards of 2021... except for the Democrat party , their KKK history is not only forgiven, it's completely forgotten. Do you think public schools teach that history?

The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

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12 Oct 2021 13:24 #6 by ramage


Elizabeth Warren replaces Christopher Columbus statue
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