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Judi Lynn

(164,122 posts) Mon Oct 12, 2020, 06:09 AM Oct 2020

Trump's Columbus Day proclamation includes stark warnings [View all]

Source: Associated Press

By: Associated Press
Posted at 5:33 AM, Oct 12, 2020 and last updated 4:33 AM, Oct 12, 2020

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proclamation Friday commemorating Columbus Day veered from a typical White House holiday announcement, with stark warnings of “radical activists” seeking to tarnish the explorer’s legacy.

Native American advocates have pressed states for years to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day over concerns that Christopher Columbus helped launch centuries of genocide against indigenous populations in the Americas.

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“Sadly, in recent years, radical activists have sought to undermine Christopher Columbus’s legacy,” Trump said in his proclamation declaring Monday Columbus Day. “These extremists seek to replace discussion of his vast contributions with talk of failings, his discoveries with atrocities, and his achievements with transgressions.”

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“Together, we must safeguard our history and stop this new wave of iconoclasm by standing against those who spread hate and division,” Trump declared.

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Trump's Columbus Day proclamation includes stark warnings [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2020 OP

"Stand against those who spread hate and division." BKDem Oct 2020 #1

Pot? Meet kettle.... AZ8theist Oct 2020 #8

"stark warnings of "radical activists" seeking to tarnish the explorer's legacy." BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #2

In the very strictest sense.... cab67 Oct 2020 #13

I was always taught that countries like Panama were in "Central America" BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #16

It depends on if your talking about politics or geology William Seger Oct 2020 #20

In terms of what was posted below you BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #29

Not the USA proper... cab67 Oct 2020 #42

That's the thing BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #26

Right! BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #28

Including enslavement and pedophilia Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #14

Are those the "vast achievements".... SergeStorms Oct 2020 #37

He has the most revisionist history in the history of history. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #38

It's laughable. EndlessWire Oct 2020 #3

Trump cannot spell, pronounce, or fathom 'iconoclasm' bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #4

So true! It would be impossible trying to explain it to him. Completely unnatural. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2020 #5

And neither can 90 percent of his supporters onenote Oct 2020 #6

'Iconoclasm' is the secret proof BobsYourUncle Oct 2020 #7

+ agree. Stephen Miller coined the trump statement. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #32

At the debate, Biden should challenge Trump to spell and define it. n/t Yavin4 Oct 2020 #39

+10 nt reACTIONary Oct 2020 #47

In other words, I demand we continue to live in a fantasy world, where sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #9

Wasn't written by Trump. Too articulate. yellowcanine Oct 2020 #10

when I think of Columbus Day, I think of a particular Sopranos episode! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2020 #11

LOL..Sorta kinda... LeftInTX Oct 2020 #40

it doesn't include warnings. cab67 Oct 2020 #12

Oh, he's doing proclamations now, is he? Squinch Oct 2020 #15

tRump, spreading misinformation and Covid19 wherever he goes. NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #17

Iconoclasm is way too big a word for him to have come up with. milestogo Oct 2020 #18

I had never heard this word before. When I looked it up, I saw its first definition is PatrickforO Oct 2020 #22

As if he could begin to define iconoclasm Arthur_Frain Oct 2020 #19

I like the idea of changing it to Indigenous Peoples Day. PatrickforO Oct 2020 #21

Contact Day Retrograde Oct 2020 #46

Thanks! Good perspective. nt reACTIONary Oct 2020 #48

iconclasm? barbtries Oct 2020 #23

It was written by the little Nazi Miller dalton99a Oct 2020 #24

+1 pandr32 Oct 2020 #34

While divisive rhetoric like this llashram Oct 2020 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #27

Some Icelandic researchers think they've found Native American DNA in their people Warpy Oct 2020 #35

Many Scandinavians/Eastern Europeans/Russians have a very small percentage of Native American DNA. LeftInTX Oct 2020 #41

Scientists Discover Ancient Siberian Population That Is The Ancestors Of Modern Native Americans Warpy Oct 2020 #44

I don't think that dumb bastard has learned a thing since his hormones started taking over Warpy Oct 2020 #30

Penned by Stephen Miller Moral Compass Oct 2020 #31

This Ojibwe thinks he's a goddamned lowlife. So was Columbus. catbyte Oct 2020 #33

LOL at "Radical Activists". maxsolomon Oct 2020 #36

Columbus didn't discover the Americas; Griefbird Oct 2020 #45