Should Christopher Columbus Day be celebrated

[Disneyfanforever]

When I was younger, my teacher would always make my class make posters for him and we would celebrate him. But when I found out years later he killed millions of Indians I became so confused. I didn't understand why we celebrated his discovery when that discovery of America is what led to the massacre of the Indians.

And Weren't the Vikings the ones who discovered it before him? All I know is that in my opinion we should not have a Christopher Columbus Day. What he did was too horrid.

Do you guys agree or disagree? Please reply and don't hate, appreciate! xd

 

[Kages]

I think we should celebrate it, I mean without him, most of us wouldn't be in America right now.

 

[SasoriOfTheRedSaand]

Christopher Columbus can do one for all I care, he's done no good.

 

[Hipster Madara]

No. Him coming to America ultimately only lead to bad.
He wasn't even the first.

 

[foxyladyland]

he didnt find america so idk or care really:| but he is a human and humans do bad/good things.

 

[Kaneki Kun]

When I was younger, my teacher would always make my class make posters for him and we would celebrate him. But when I found out years later he killed millions of Indians I became so confused. I didn't understand why we celebrated his discovery when that discovery of America is what led to the massacre of the Indians.

And Weren't the Vikings the ones who discovered it before him? All I know is that in my opinion we should not have a Christopher Columbus Day. What he did was too horrid.

Do you guys agree or disagree? Please reply and don't hate, appreciate! xd

And everyday we kill thousands of innocent animals to keep us full and alive and happy.

I think we should celebrate it, I mean without him, most of us wouldn't be in America right now.

^^^True I like America.

 

[Ninja Hidden in the Leafs]

When I was younger, my teacher would always make my class make posters for him and we would celebrate him. But when I found out years later he killed millions of Indians I became so confused. I didn't understand why we celebrated his discovery when that discovery of America is what led to the massacre of the Indians.

And Weren't the Vikings the ones who discovered it before him? All I know is that in my opinion we should not have a Christopher Columbus Day. What he did was too horrid.

Do you guys agree or disagree? Please reply and don't hate, appreciate! xd

You have to understand why we celebrate it. I hope no one celebrates it for killing the Indians, but people these days who knows lol. Anyway I celebrate it for him discovering American even though he wasn't the first to discover it

 

[Keyblade Master Roxas]

Christopher Columbus didn't even discovered America. Why? because according to historical accounts, Christopher Columbus stumbled across America as a result of being lost at sea. He didn’t discover it! He meant to find India, not America; and the reason being is because Indian spices were of huge demand in Europe. Columbus took to the seas to find India and it is NEVER mentioned in history that he got lost! I had always heard that Columbus was lost at sea in this venture, but I didn’t know the facts of the story behind it. When Christopher Columbus happened upon the shores of America, he found curious Native Americans who met him. Columbus thought he found India and that these friendly nature loving souls were the “Indians” of India; especially, since they had brown/redish hues, and some had even darker tones. Hence, the name “Indians” resulted, as a matter of confusion. It is also why some Native Americans do not want to be called Indians. And in the second place, how could Columbus discover America when Native Americans were already living for centuries on the land? Either these indigenous people don’t count or someone has erased them from history. Columbus didn’t discover America! But for Europe, he discovered a lot of vast lands, rich soil, and untapped resources and this began the end of the indigenous way of life for all native peoples of this land. It is a shameful history filled with disease, bloodshed, degradation, death, and genocide. It is shameful that this note worthy information remains mysteriously unmentioned – and that this holiday for Columbus reinforces a lie and myths.....

 

[YowYan]

no? His discovery led to a huge slavery boost and the slaughtering of an entire race.

I heard a theory about Columbus being a Jewish converso, looking for a new land where the Jews could live peacefully.

 

[Disneyfanforever]

I think we should celebrate it, I mean without him, most of us wouldn't be in America right now.

That being said, if we are going to be celebrating what he did, people should at least know the bad things he did too. Most of my friends didn't even know he murdered people.

And didn't he mistaken it for India? I really don't get this holiday. Oh well, doesn't really matter right now for me.

 

[Keyblade Master Roxas]

Yes he did Disney Fan Forever.

 

[Disneyfanforever]

my opinion on him keeps going downhill.

 

[Amantius]

Nah, he didn't discover shit, and the island he did discover all he did was brought Std's etc and rape the victims.

 

[Jack Spicer]

Will I get off for work/school that day?

 

[AirWind]

Why did he killed those Indians?

 

[~WastelandSociety~]

Christopher Columbus introduced European disease, which decimated many native cultures. .
He was searching for gold,which the Spaniards had men working on gold mines kept the Indians from planting their crops.They began to starve; many thousands fell prey to smallpox, measles and other European diseases for which they had no immunity; some committed suicide to avoid subjugation; hundreds fell in fighting with the Spaniards,etc.




Also theres some facts that Christopher Columbus firmly believed that the land he discovered was part of Asia. Physical evidence supports the theory that Norse sailors traveled to North America as early as 1000 CE stopping in Iceland and Greenland and creating a short-lived settlement in Newfoundland. In addition, it is a possibility that ancient Chinese people traveled to Central America way before the Columbian era.

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As for Christopher Columbus Day, I never celebrate it. Don't care for the guy.

 

[Wang]

Why did he killed those Indians?

He was a secretly a serial killer