This is so tiresome and sad. I can recall when this was a big day!!
Oh but Columbus was not perfect. I tire of that argument. We see it in so many places. Such as:
Lincoln was evil and should not be honored because he did not hold current enlightened racial views to a tee.
George Washington is bad because he had slaves.
Hey why are the blacks complaining their ancestors had slaves too.
Martin Luther King was a Fraud because he had a weakness for women.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
These examples can be multiplied to infinity perhaps. Even the true Saints we honor in the Catholic church has their faults. St Jerome could be a real SOB at times and St Augustine sarcastic bard I suppose was not the most Christian at times.
Needless to say when we honor our public Saints that should be into consideration
Two good posts here. American Catholic has Columbus, Catholicism and Courage
Lets Get it Right has Columbus Day Celebration
It is quite ironic that in parts of our anti Catholic American History Columbus was honored!!! It took the modern Catholic age of acceptability to have him tarred and feathered.
Oh but Columbus was not perfect. I tire of that argument. We see it in so many places. Such as:
Lincoln was evil and should not be honored because he did not hold current enlightened racial views to a tee.
George Washington is bad because he had slaves.
Hey why are the blacks complaining their ancestors had slaves too.
Martin Luther King was a Fraud because he had a weakness for women.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
These examples can be multiplied to infinity perhaps. Even the true Saints we honor in the Catholic church has their faults. St Jerome could be a real SOB at times and St Augustine sarcastic bard I suppose was not the most Christian at times.
Needless to say when we honor our public Saints that should be into consideration
Two good posts here. American Catholic has Columbus, Catholicism and Courage
Lets Get it Right has Columbus Day Celebration
It is quite ironic that in parts of our anti Catholic American History Columbus was honored!!! It took the modern Catholic age of acceptability to have him tarred and feathered.
3 comments:
I could send my Native American friend over here to school you in why we shouldn't praise Columbus for discovering what millions of people already knew was there, but, frankly, I'm a little concerned for her health.
Suffice it to say, the remnents of the network of native cultures on this continent don't think too highly of the man.
I have talked to native Americans abut him and needless to say I think they have a more complex view of him.
Again people are people of the times with all their flaws
I am not sure have Columbus can be blamed for every horrible thing that happened to Native Americans.
It is like blaming earlyu scientist that did huge work in science for the atomic bomb
I fucking hate Christopher Columbus. This guy is an evil coldblooded, calculating, sadistic, genocidal murderer who abducted, enslaved, killed and chopped up millions of native American he called Indians because he thought he was in the East Indies. The guy should never be forgiven for his wickedness and is a man possessed by the Devil. Only someone working for the Devil would do the things he did. Christopher Columbus and his crew hanged thirteen Indians at a time over the fire until they died. He killed Indian babies by hitting them against the rock. He killed men, women and children by chopping them up and using them as food for animals. Columbus should have hanged for his crime because what he did was first degree genocidal murder. The Viking adventurer Leif Eriksson was the real discoverer of America. Leif discovered Newfoundland in Canada while Chris only reached only a few tiny islands in the Caribbean. I want Columbus Day abolished
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