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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does Christopher Columbus deserve a statue? What did he do that embodies U.S. values?[/quote]

Do you know why Columbus day was made a holiday?   Italian Americans wanted a day to celebrate their culture so they lobbyed for a holiday.

Geez people are dense about identity politics. [/quote]

I see that you didn't answer PPs questions even a little bit. [/quote]

What's there to say.

A critical mass if immigrants wanted a statute and holiday to honor THEIR culture.

I'm not Italian, in asian.  [/quote]
+1. And I am Italian. Can’t we have one damned day after all we have done for this country? I mean pizza, come on, your welcome! Glad Cuomo and DiBlasio didn’t cave on this one. [/quote]
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Pick one of the millions of non-genocidal people your fine nation has produced. Although it’s weird that you’d claim him, of all people, given that it wasn’t even a united Italy at that time, and he sailed for the Spanish. Is there a Genoese immigrant lobby? I mean, that’s a weird guy to lionize when you’ve got Da Vinci, Galileo, Dante, Michaelangelo, Marco Polo for crying out loud... and you pick the moron who thought he was in Asia? How could he be in Asia if he “discovered“ America?[/quote]
I wasn’t even born when they picked him, so I picked nothing. I do agree that there are better examples, but I’m sure someone would find some fault with all of them too. [/quote]

And many of the great "classical" Italians have no relationship to the Americas.[/quote]

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