There’s a reason why Columbus Day is observed on October 12th.
Now, Christopher Columbus was a bad evil person who had A LOT of blood on his hands, and is responsible for many inexcusable actions.
However, the MAIN reason he is remembered in history and on his National Holiday is because of his historic landing in the Caribbean on October 12th, 1492. He may not have been the first European to sail the ocean and step foot on the Americas, and he died believing he was in Asia the whole time. But, he was the founder and commander of the voyage that EVENTUALLY led the Eastern Hemisphere to become AWARE of the existence of the Americas. And vice versa.
That’s why he’s remembered and celebrated!
Ridiculous to think that Americans are celebrating his slavery and murders of Tainos (which by the way happened much later after his October 12th landing, and on a different island). Nobody is celebrating or trying to embolden white supremacy by remembering Columbus with either a statue, a name of a place, or his national holiday.
Now, Christopher Columbus was a bad evil person who had A LOT of blood on his hands, and is responsible for many inexcusable actions.
However, the MAIN reason he is remembered in history and on his National Holiday is because of his historic landing in the Caribbean on October 12th, 1492. He may not have been the first European to sail the ocean and step foot on the Americas, and he died believing he was in Asia the whole time. But, he was the founder and commander of the voyage that EVENTUALLY led the Eastern Hemisphere to become AWARE of the existence of the Americas. And vice versa.
That’s why he’s remembered and celebrated!
Ridiculous to think that Americans are celebrating his slavery and murders of Tainos (which by the way happened much later after his October 12th landing, and on a different island). Nobody is celebrating or trying to embolden white supremacy by remembering Columbus with either a statue, a name of a place, or his national holiday.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/31i2RLT
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