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Showing Original Post only (View all)Movement To Change The Name Of Columbus Day Gaining Momentum [View all]
Source: CBS
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) For most of the country, today is Columbus Day. But many communities are working to change that.
Demonstrators marched through the streets of Seattle Sunday, calling for the holiday to be abolished.
Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/10/12/movement-to-change-the-name-of-columbus-day-gaining-momentum/
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What is interesting is that the city surrounding the cesspool of shite is very liberal.
YOHABLO
Oct 2015
#17
The point stands: all the founding fathers are evil by any reasonable standard
frizzled
Oct 2015
#37
Screw that. It's more fun to be self-righteous with the benefit of 500 years of hindsight.
Throd
Oct 2015
#11
you're saying it's self righteous to advocate to change the name of a holiday?
CreekDog
Oct 2015
#46
And like everyone on here, you are entitled to your opinion, no matter how ignorant.
YOHABLO
Oct 2015
#19
Columbus and his men were murdering sadist. Change the name to Howard Zinn day >
YOHABLO
Oct 2015
#16