Columbus Day

[rowyn]

My Twitter feed today:
"Why is this a holiday? Columbus was a horrible person."
"And the continent was already inhabited. He didn't discover it."
"Let's celebrate Columbo Day instead."
"Howabout this historical figure? I like him."
"No! He's also a monster!"
"Happy sanctimonious self-righteousness day! (Directed at both sides)."
"Sure, it's easy to call out Columbus, but you don't feel bad enough about the REAL oppression that you enable by existing!"

... Hey, look, we found a way to make Monday ineffably worse.

Comments

[waterdragon.livejournal.com]

My son (he's 6) asked what Columbus day is today. I told him it's a day that we celebrate the Europeans finding America. I figure that way it's not saying they 'discovered' it, but still says what the holiday is supposed to sort of be about.

[rowyn]

"Discovered" is particularly dumb, yeah. :/

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

He was a PC. If he hadn't decided to sail off the edge of the map, the GM would never have written up the whole North American Continent campaign and the Native American people would never have existed!