Los Angeles seeks to join a number of cities that have opted replace Columbus Day with politically-correct alternatives. Yes, if councilman Mitch O’Farrell has his way, Angelenos will soon be celebrating Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day.
Such a move would hardly be just cosmetic, however. If Indigenous People’s Day is officially adopted as a holiday by the city of LA, then city workers will be entitled to having the day off and still getting paid, further necessitating the push to scrap Columbus Day, which similarly permits municipal employees to take the day off without fear of having their pay docked.
Guess councilman O’Farrell realized that if he had to throw somebody under the bus, who better than Columbus, an old, white European male?
Yes, we can go back and forth about the treatment of the Indians and whether or not Columbus technically discovered America, but to deny his genuine accomplishments – namely, successfully traversing the Atlantic Ocean – and trying to scrub him from American life is an exercise in foolishness.
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I am so glad to not be a californian anymore.
Is anyone truly surprised by this?
Love it. We need many many short busses
Nobody in their right mind would want to claim finding Los Angeles!
So are we now celebrating “indigenous people’s day” for a group of people who perished at the hands of those more prepared to win?
As far as Im concerned, California should fall into the ocean. The only thing good that comes from there is fruit. lol
If not for Columbus there wouldn’t be a Los Angeles.
1492 luvd it, my sister and pa s b/day also / fk u left wing libtard/ leave America the fk alone!
so now it’s the cool gig to hate on columbus!! (y) lol
Whatever it’s LA different state if mind