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In reply to the discussion: Christopher Columbus statue in Detroit takes an axe to the head on Columbus Day [View all]Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)40. What? No way.
We are all going to text on our iphones made by the world's worst abusers of human rights while we drive on our roads cut by immigrant indentured servants and wear our tennis shoes and t shirts made from forced child labor.
Then we will celebrate July 4th even though the founders of this country owned and traded slaves. We will eat organic vegetables grown on land Custer stolw from the natives.
We wear leather shoes but order vegetarian cause meat is like wrong. And Leif Erikson discovered America even though the map was most likely a forgery but Vikings are cool and were peace loving and stuff.
As Val says as Doc Holiday " it appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds"
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Christopher Columbus statue in Detroit takes an axe to the head on Columbus Day [View all]
kpete
Oct 2015
OP
The Yale Precision Marching Band famously trolled New Haven's Columbus Day parade years ago
KamaAina
Oct 2015
#133
Columbus, of course, never saw the mainland United States. Hope you understand that
lunasun
Mar 2016
#258
Actually the Norsemen and Chinese preceded Columbus. In fact there is some evidence to
still_one
Oct 2015
#30
one trick pony, huh. Can you say something logical. I love ignorance. I assume you also believe
still_one
Oct 2015
#132
I am in favor of destroying any so called monument which glorifies assholes like Columbus
randys1
Oct 2015
#116
Couldn't they have just put a Detroit Lions jersey on him like they do other statues?
Blue_Tires
Oct 2015
#48
Say "Columbus discovered America" all you want....it will never be true. He didn't. nt
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2015
#97
I'm thinking that our troll has some particularly substantial emotional issues.
MrScorpio
Apr 2016
#293