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36. I'm getting tired of this nonsense

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 02:51 AM

Oct 2015

With all this bad Jackson bad Jefferson bad whoever I was expecting them to get around to taking George Washington off the $1 bill, but thankfully that stupidity seems to have petered out.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming, ignoring the people who are such idiots you'd need several dozen of them to add up to Jefferson's abilities.

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Movement To Change The Name Of Columbus Day Gaining Momentum [View all] LiberalElite Oct 2015 OP

So are they gonna rename Columbus, Ohio, too? tclambert Oct 2015 #1

How about the District Of Columbia? NonMetro Oct 2015 #7

District of Columbia is cool. tclambert Oct 2015 #15

What is interesting is that the city surrounding the cesspool of shite is very liberal. YOHABLO Oct 2015 #17

And what if they did? JackRiddler Oct 2015 #25

I vote for Columbo Day. Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #2

That's my man. 840high Oct 2015 #5

His tactics - edgineered Oct 2015 #13

I have just one question about that . . . tclambert Oct 2015 #14

It was meant as a day to honor Italian-Americans oberliner Oct 2015 #3

Then call it Italian-American Day. St. Patrick was a sainted priest. YOHABLO Oct 2015 #18

do you think America has too many holidays? CreekDog Oct 2015 #44

I nominate Galileo. JackRiddler Oct 2015 #23

Alaska and Anchorage have declared today Indigenous People's Day. Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #4

I like that. mpcamb Oct 2015 #9

my idea, too ---I would call it Native American Day wordpix Oct 2015 #52

+1 harun Oct 2015 #61

Who Was Here First Is Not The Point. NonMetro Oct 2015 #6

Amen. Leave it alone. mpcamb Oct 2015 #8

Well, If We Want To Condemn Everyone Who Ever Owned Slaves, NonMetro Oct 2015 #10

I'm not sure either of you are aware... Old Crow Oct 2015 #12

they most certainly are not Skittles Oct 2015 #20

If what you say is true, I couldn't agree more passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #21

I've been reading up on Columbus over the past few years. Old Crow Oct 2015 #27

Ward Churchill???? Psephos Oct 2015 #29

Point taken. Old Crow Oct 2015 #33

I will look for the Patrick Sale book. Thank you for the suggestion. n/t Psephos Oct 2015 #34

My pleasure. (N/T) Old Crow Oct 2015 #35

thanks, I'll check out your links when I can keep my eyes open passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #31

The point stands: all the founding fathers are evil by any reasonable standard frizzled Oct 2015 #37

Can't agree with you. Old Crow Oct 2015 #38

They don't all need to be equally evil to be all evil. frizzled Oct 2015 #39

Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. Old Crow Oct 2015 #40

Sure. But what pressures was Columbus under? NonMetro Oct 2015 #43

I can't agree with anything in your post. Old Crow Oct 2015 #53

Instead of starting out by accusing me of making excuses, why not just NonMetro Oct 2015 #54

Well, thanks. Old Crow Oct 2015 #59

I wonder what judgement the people he killed would pass on him? JackRiddler Oct 2015 #58

As I have noted in other threads Drahthaardogs Oct 2015 #60

Screw the "founders," but don't defame them. JackRiddler Oct 2015 #24

Wait a minute? You're saying it's okay for the Founders to have owned slaves? CreekDog Oct 2015 #45

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

Though much more fun to act with an intractable dogma LanternWaste Oct 2015 #47

And like everyone on here, you are entitled to your opinion, no matter how ignorant. YOHABLO Oct 2015 #19

Why put the phrase "no matter how ignorant" in your reply? Psephos Oct 2015 #30

OP is extremely ignorant of the facts, that's why. harun Oct 2015 #62

That's an argument for "Encounter Day" JackRiddler Oct 2015 #26

Columbus knew the world was round, too, and so did those who sailed with him NonMetro Oct 2015 #42

You have already passed judgement. JackRiddler Oct 2015 #55

Columbus and his men were murdering sadist. Change the name to Howard Zinn day > YOHABLO Oct 2015 #16

Change the name but don't take away the damn holiday. nt valerief Oct 2015 #22

In South Dakota, this day became Native American Day... prairierose Oct 2015 #28

I always thought that "Discovery Day" would be a good one world wide wally Oct 2015 #32

I'm getting tired of this nonsense clamshells Oct 2015 #36

"you'd need several dozen of them to add up to Jefferson's abilities" BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #41

It should be renamed "Colonial Genocide Day." mhatrw Oct 2015 #48

Say Whatever You Want itcfish Oct 2015 #49

What country are "we"? JackRiddler Oct 2015 #56

Beats having to deal with real world issues. n/t Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #50

I would say "gaining momentum" is a stretch... brooklynite Oct 2015 #51

Several cities have already declared it. JackRiddler Oct 2015 #57