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Antifar 08/30/17 11:09:29 PM #1: |
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l-votes-replace-columbus-day-indigenous-peoples-day-n797596?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
The City Council has voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day as an official Los Angeles holiday. --- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnny_Nutcase 08/30/17 11:10:33 PM #2: |
No thanks.
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boxington 08/30/17 11:10:42 PM #3: |
but mah history!
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MuayThai85 08/30/17 11:10:44 PM #4: |
Johnny_Nutcase posted...
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EyeWontBeFooled 08/30/17 11:10:45 PM #5: |
Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer.
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CADE FOSTER 08/30/17 11:10:52 PM #6: |
Good that dude was te devil
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RebelElite791 08/30/17 11:10:57 PM #7: |
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Deadpool_18 08/30/17 11:11:26 PM #8: |
I'm glad
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White_Female 08/30/17 11:12:09 PM #9: |
ok with this
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Damn_Underscore 08/30/17 11:12:41 PM #10: |
But how many of those people get the day off?
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UrCa1988 08/30/17 11:13:52 PM #11: |
Antifar posted...
It will be a paid holiday for city employees. All I care about tbh. --- "Sometimes, all the stupidity in the world is boiled down to one single product that you can buy at Home Depot." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Callixtus 08/30/17 11:14:30 PM #12: |
EyeWontBeFooled posted...
Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer. He was also quite bold and did something no one in history had ever really done before. Gone to America and stayed. He also died over 500 years ago and probably only interacted with a few Indian tribes that don't even constitute 1% of all the tribes and nations out there. Why do people treat him as if he murdered every Indian he saw with his own hands last week? --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos ... Copied to Clipboard!
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matteus70 08/30/17 11:16:11 PM #13: |
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Bad_Mojo 08/30/17 11:16:17 PM #14: |
I don't have any issues with this one.
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CADE FOSTER 08/30/17 11:18:09 PM #15: |
Callixtus posted...
EyeWontBeFooled posted...Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer. The diseases him and his people brought that the indigenous people didnt have immunity to killed alot of people --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BootyGif 08/30/17 11:18:31 PM #16: |
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Vicious_Dios 08/30/17 11:18:45 PM #17: |
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MhkaCHemistry 08/30/17 11:19:35 PM #18: |
Honestly I don't care so long as it's still a paid vacation day.
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Callixtus 08/30/17 11:20:18 PM #19: |
CADE FOSTER posted...
Callixtus posted...EyeWontBeFooled posted...Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer. A 5 year old child would have done the same thing. It wasn't the European's fault that the Indians had no immunity. Sad to say, but contact between Europe and the Americas was probably inevitable, which meant the deaths of millions of Indians was inevitable. It didn't matter who came. --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Bio1590 08/30/17 11:21:58 PM #20: |
Callixtus posted...
EyeWontBeFooled posted...Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer. He basically oversaw the genocide of native people where ever he went, not to mention he basically started the Atlantic Slave Trade. Also even in his own time he was noted for being cruel. It's not some revisionist history. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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lightwarrior78 08/30/17 11:22:10 PM #21: |
I'd be more impressed if they just canned the paid day off (which let's face it, it's all it is to 99.9% of the population) instead of replacing it with some other lame excuse to to go "pay me to stay home".
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Bad_Mojo 08/30/17 11:26:25 PM #22: |
I'm curious, is America the only Country in the world that gets shit on for winning their land in a war?
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RebelElite791 08/30/17 11:26:58 PM #23: |
Bad_Mojo posted...
I'm curious, is America the only Country in the world that gets shit on for winning their land in a war? Columbus was an American? And no, I'm pretty sure colonialism and imperialism have been criticized around the world for good reason. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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iron jojo 08/30/17 11:27:38 PM #24: |
I'm okay with this but would have rather added another holiday tbh.
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voldothegr8 08/30/17 11:28:24 PM #25: |
LOL California
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A_Good_Boy 08/30/17 11:28:28 PM #26: |
iron jojo posted...
I'm okay with this but would have rather added another holiday tbh. Can always rename the day and add another one as well. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Anteaterking 08/30/17 11:29:56 PM #27: |
Before people say "Lol so blue California", South Dakota has had it this way for years.
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chill02 08/30/17 11:32:21 PM #29: |
fair
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chill02 08/30/17 11:35:10 PM #30: |
Bio1590 posted...
Also even in his own time he was noted for being cruel. It's not some revisionist history. that's the biggest issue. he was considered cruel at a time where they thought slavery was fine --- Ave, true to Caesar. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zikten 08/30/17 11:36:03 PM #31: |
BootyGif posted...
Give it to the Vikings Leif Erikson Day ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Callixtus 08/30/17 11:39:02 PM #32: |
Bio1590 posted...
Callixtus posted...EyeWontBeFooled posted...Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer. Where's the evidence that Columbus intentionally sought to destroy Native American populations that he encountered? Do you have a source that shows Columbus started the Atlantic Slave Trade in any meaningful sense? Also yes, he was brutal, but lots of people in history that we honor are brutal men. Look at Sherman who set about to destroy the state of Georgia, or Teddy Roosevelt, who glorified killing other men. And these are people from relatively recent history. Columbus is from the Middle Ages. It's been 500 years. --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Frolex 08/30/17 11:39:39 PM #33: |
this is a good thing, and the fact that it has the usual suspects triggered is proof positive of that
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chill02 08/30/17 11:40:25 PM #34: |
Callixtus posted...
Columbus is from the Middle Ages. It's been 500 years. er, no, Renaissance --- Ave, true to Caesar. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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A_Good_Boy 08/30/17 11:42:57 PM #35: |
Callixtus posted...
Where's the evidence that Columbus intentionally sought to destroy Native American populations that he encountered? He wrote back to the king of Spain that the Taino Indians were perfect slave material. One of his firsts acts upon encountering a native woman was to invite her onto his ship and try to force her to have sex with his men. After she resisted he beat her mercilessly until the fight went out of her, then passed her around to his crew. This is all available with only a cursory glance at his own writings about his encounters once he discovered the new world. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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RebelElite791 08/30/17 11:43:35 PM #36: |
A_Good_Boy posted...
Callixtus posted...Where's the evidence that Columbus intentionally sought to destroy Native American populations that he encountered? Sounds like libby hippy SJW fake news --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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EnterTheTekken 08/30/17 11:44:43 PM #37: |
Don't they have absurd traffic and homeless in the city to worry about?
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RebelElite791 08/30/17 11:45:06 PM #38: |
EnterTheTekken posted...
Don't they have absurd traffic and homeless in the city to worry about? Yes this is definitely taking away from attention that could be given to those issues. You got it. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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chill02 08/30/17 11:45:15 PM #39: |
EnterTheTekken posted...
Don't they have absurd traffic and homeless in the city to worry about? the government can only work with one issue at a time --- Ave, true to Caesar. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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RebelElite791 08/30/17 11:45:51 PM #41: |
JohnLennon6 posted...
RebelElite791 posted...A_Good_Boy posted...Callixtus posted...Where's the evidence that Columbus intentionally sought to destroy Native American populations that he encountered? Except I'm saying it ironically to mock people like you Hoth. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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A_Good_Boy 08/30/17 11:46:40 PM #42: |
JohnLennon6 posted...
RebelElite791 posted...A_Good_Boy posted... You misread the shit out of that quote, Hoth. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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WizardPowers 08/30/17 11:47:38 PM #43: |
Not american but if he didnt exist wouldnt you guys like not exist? At least not as a 1st world modern nation anyways
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Nomadic View 08/30/17 11:48:48 PM #44: |
Ex-Kefiroth posted...
Columbus Day ought to be scrapped as a national holiday altogether and we should have Election Day elevated to holiday status to replace it. I actually don't mind that. Election Day is much more significant and there is a greater need for people to be off work that day. --- {}\\{}(o){}\\//{}//=\\{})){}(< \\//{}{{-{}//\\{} {}xxxxxxxx{};;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The Admiral 08/30/17 11:49:49 PM #45: |
People literally so dumb that they oppose honoring a guy who they owe their existence in this country to. Columbus wasn't a great guy, but all of us (Americans) are here because of him.
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Dathrowed1 08/30/17 11:50:09 PM #46: |
Look as long as I get my day off
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A_Good_Boy 08/30/17 11:50:11 PM #47: |
WizardPowers posted...
Not american but if he didnt exist wouldnt you guys like not exist? At least not as a 1st world modern nation anyways Seafaring technology didn't improve because of Columbus. Many more explorers made actual discovers surrounding the New World other than merely being the first to report back. What Columbus "accomplished" would have easily been accomplished by someone else with enough time. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Callixtus 08/30/17 11:51:52 PM #48: |
chill02 posted...
Callixtus posted...Columbus is from the Middle Ages. It's been 500 years. Columbus sits right at the precipice of either era. It's perfectly valid to say he is from the Late Middle Ages or the Renaissance period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages --- KhanofKhans, KhanJohnson, Saloonist, Basileos ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 08/30/17 11:54:22 PM #49: |
lightwarrior78 posted...
I'd be more impressed if they just canned the paid day off (which let's face it, it's all it is to 99.9% of the population) instead of replacing it with some other lame excuse to to go "pay me to stay home". Wow, this is the worst take of this topic. --- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Capn Circus 08/30/17 11:54:56 PM #50: |
Callixtus posted...
Bio1590 posted...Callixtus posted...EyeWontBeFooled posted...Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer. Ohhh no! You can't say that! He was basically the devil himself! 500 years ago doesn't mean anything! Sure I like living in America but it could have been done differently.. if only someone else discovered it! Maybe or maybe not I'd even be alive, it doesn't matter! #ResistTrump #ResistHistory --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks ... Copied to Clipboard!
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k debonair 08/30/17 11:56:16 PM #51: |
As a citizen of Los Angeles, I am embarrassed by the actions of my elected officials, and I apologize to the rest of the nation on their behalf.
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