• Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes. People already existed here, the Vikings visited first (and most say the Irish too), Columbus didn’t “discover” shit. Only thing he did was rape, pillage, and enslave. And we have a holiday dedicated to him…

    • niktemadur@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      And as incredible as it may sound, all of that pales in comparison to the diseases they brought and spread.

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      1 year ago

      And we have a holiday dedicated to him…

      It’s a running theme in our species: memorializing awful people for the sake of tradition.

    • EhList@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      To make Italian Americans feel proud of their ancestry and ignore all the anti-Italian racism that existed when the holiday was introduced in the 20th century