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In reply to the discussion: Happy Columbus Day! [View all]MurderMittenLiberal
(92 posts)I agree. A comparison cannot be easily made between statues of Christopher Columbus and statues of Confederate Generals, as the Columbus statues were built with good intentions at the time while the confederate statues were built to honor men who supported slavery, I agree. I also feel now that a greater picture of Columbus has been made available to the public through research and published text, those statues of Columbus don't stir the same emotions they did when they were erected even though they were initially intended as a positive celebration. Columbus is not the hero everyone once believed he was when he sailed the ocean blue in 1492, and to ignore that instead celebrate Italian American heritage does nothing to pay respect to the civilizations that were destroyed as a result of Columbus rambling across an already inhabited continent looking for new trade opportunities for the crown.