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In reply to the discussion: Are we doing Columbus Day this year? [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)21. Skipping Halloween are we?
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I see that Denver is declaring this "Indigenous peoples day". I sympathize with that sentiment, but
BlueStreak
Oct 2016
#4
Well, yeah, but my ancestors didn't commit wholesale genocide, then turn it into a national holiday.
catbyte
Oct 2016
#9
And when do the Brits, Poles, Norwegians, Nigerians, Scots, French etc get their holidays here?
BlueStreak
Oct 2016
#25
Well, being 5/8 Ojibwe, I won't be attending any of the Columbus Day. festivities...
catbyte
Oct 2016
#8
That GENOCIDAL MANIAC..... worse than Hitler..... "discovered" America my ass....
Nye Bevan
Oct 2016
#14