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jcmaine72

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29. No loss. In fact, decency alone dictated that it should be done.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:35 AM

Aug 2017

I'm hoping Columbus Circle in NYC will be the next place to be cleansed both of his statue and his name. There should be absolutely no place for a Columbus statue or roundabout bearing his name in our nation's largest city and cultural and economic nerve center. Throw it in the harbor beneath the Statue of Liberty. Symbolically, that's precisely where a statue dedicated to a genocidal slaver belongs: Forever underfoot of liberty and freedom.

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Christopher Columbus statue in Baltimore vandalized. [View all] kentuck Aug 2017 OP

Seems like monuments like this represent fake news eleny Aug 2017 #1

How so, eleny?? kentuck Aug 2017 #2

"What you mean you discover us? We discover you!" kwassa Aug 2017 #3

Yes. Columbus was lost. The native Americans discovered Columbus. kentuck Aug 2017 #4

Enjoy malaise Aug 2017 #10

Thanks! kentuck Aug 2017 #11

Love Burning Spear malaise Aug 2017 #12

Reminds me of an older Bob Marley... kentuck Aug 2017 #14

Hay now, I love Burning Spear! sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #26

LOL malaise Aug 2017 #34

Below the Mason Dixon Line! sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #39

I meant the monument/memorial eleny Aug 2017 #5

Should the discovery of America be commemorated? kentuck Aug 2017 #6

No, not a commemoration eleny Aug 2017 #7

The discovery of America should not be commemorated? kentuck Aug 2017 #8

You asked about a commemoration of a discovery by a genocial maniac eleny Aug 2017 #9

Maybe I was "over-thinking" it? kentuck Aug 2017 #13

I thought we were talking about commemorations of Columbus eleny Aug 2017 #18

Yes. kentuck Aug 2017 #19

I doubt it, too eleny Aug 2017 #21

Leif Erikson, not his father eShirl Aug 2017 #32

Thank you! kentuck Aug 2017 #33

The event was more of an "encounter" than a discovery. The encounter should be commemorated. FSogol Aug 2017 #36

The Vikings were in North America 500 years before Columbus. NT Adrahil Aug 2017 #16

Christopher Columbus? LOL, anyone here ever serve on MIRT? FSogol Aug 2017 #15

How did I miss that one!? kentuck Aug 2017 #17

He was such a PITA Maeve Aug 2017 #22

LOL! GMTA! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #25

Don't say the name! DesertRat Aug 2017 #27

HOly FUCK Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #28

He was such an asshole. liquid diamond Aug 2017 #20

Adam Ruins Everything did a great episode on Columbus. ProgressiveValue Aug 2017 #23

+1 for Adam Conover! Buns_of_Fire Aug 2017 #37

Neil Armstrong never raped, or cut anyone's hands off for not collecting enough gold Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #24

No loss. In fact, decency alone dictated that it should be done. jcmaine72 Aug 2017 #29

You might consider Vespucci as Columbus' substitute. Virtual Burlesque Aug 2017 #31

Well, this Ojibwe wouldn't argue & frankly, Columbus Day sticks in my craw, too. catbyte Aug 2017 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author melman Aug 2017 #35

And . . . the statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Ohio? Petrushka Aug 2017 #38