Columbus Day is objectively weird

Ignoring all the context, and without politicizing Columbus, is it not bizarre that we have a federal holiday for someone who was not an American citizen and never set foot in this country?

https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/1...109349187?s=42

Ignoring all the context, and without politicizing Columbus, is it not bizarre that we have a federal holiday for someone who was not an American citizen and never set foot in this country? Originally Posted by El-mo

It's extremely weird. He also didn't "discover" anything.

Ignoring all the context, and without politicizing Columbus, is it not bizarre that we have a federal holiday for someone who was not an American citizen and never set foot in this country? Originally Posted by El-mo

Yeah, well, every day millions of Catholics and other Xtians worship a man who was never a US citizen and never set a foot in this country.

Besides the fact it was the Vikings who actually discovered America.

Besides the fact it was the Vikings who actually discovered America. Originally Posted by Devo

My brother in Christ, have you forgotten about the Native Americans?

Besides the fact it was the Vikings who actually discovered America. Originally Posted by Devo

No...It was the Dolphins