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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it so embarrassing that Columbus Day is still celebrated.  It should banned entirely.[/quote]

Every time this comes up, it's a slippery slope to then erasing any and all traces of western European exploration and settlement.

America is named after a European explorer. Whether does it end?

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I can’t tell if this is sarcasm. 
Any and all traces of European exploration are visible by looking at all of us white people living here.[/quote]

Right?  Also, Columbus was a terrible person, even by the standards of his own time.  He was so brutal that some of his contemporaries complained to the Crown.  Not really someone we should emulate.  We don't need to celebrate him personally to acknowledge the very obvious fact that Europeans colonized the Americas.  [/quote]

If you think Columbus Day is about emulating Columbus, no wonder you want to cancel it...[/quote]

If Columbus Day is not about celebrating Columbus, what IS it about? And if it's not about celebrating Columbus, maybe we could call it something else, so that it gets out from under his unpleasant legacy?[/quote]

Not all states "celebrate" Columbus Day. We found out the hard way. We moved from the DMV to the Midwest for work. Took a three-day trip over Columbus Day weekend. The school called on Monday asking where our kids are - because they don't do Columbus Day in that state. Oops.[/quote]

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