Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day

As the minorities become the majority...EVERYTHING will change.

"A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with Los Angeles in August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian explorer and instead recognize victims of colonialism.

Austin, Texas, followed suit Thursday. It joined cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Denver, which had previously booted Columbus in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day."

There are countless liberals who increasingly demand we, as a society, eschew celebrating Columbus Day and assert that the famed explorer was nothing more than an evil embodiment of Euro-centric white privilege and patriarchy that enslaved millions, and waged heartless genocide against the innocent and pure indigenous peoples who already occupied the lands of the New World.

According to The Daily Wire, that “genocide” was mainly the inadvertent introduction of a variety of infectious diseases that Eurasian peoples had largely built up an immunity to, but that indigenous peoples had never experienced, and were sadly decimated.

The left demand we celebrate “Indigenous Peoples Day” instead of Columbus Day would have us believe that, prior to the murderous Columbus and his ilk arriving, the entirety of North America was one big, happy Utopia where everyone lived communally and got along with no troubles or conflict whatsoever.

The truth, however, is vastly different than that leftist revisionist history, according to historians interviewed by The Federalist. The indigenous peoples who populated the New World prior to the arrival of Europeans were arguably even worse than the hated white men who eventually conquered them, in terms of civility and wanton violence toward their enemies.

Indeed, far from things like slavery and genocide being introduced to the continent by Columbus and his successors, such acts of atrocity were already occurring widely among the various warring tribes of natives, who routinely enslaved, tortured, ritualistically slaughtered and even feasted upon their defeated enemies.

That’s right — many indigenous peoples practiced cannibalism upon those they had conquered and oppressed.

“Long before the white European knew a North American continent existed, Indians of the Northern Plains were massacring entire villages,” explained George Franklin Feldman, author of the book “Cannibalism, Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in North America: A History Forgotten.”

“And not just killed, but mutilated,” Feldman added. “Hands and feet were cut off, each body’s head was scalped, the remains were left scattered around the village, which was burned.”

Tony Seybert, author of “Slavery and Native Americans in British North America and the United States: 1600 to 1865,” noted that the practice of slavery was already well-established in America prior to its discovery and subsequent settlement by the Europeans.

Seybert proceeded to explain that, upon the arrival of white settlers and the discovery by natives of their openness to purchasing slave labor, many native tribes were happy to sell their slaves to the new settlers and were eagerly involved in the slave trade that leftists condemn so vociferously.

Furthermore, aside from eating and enslaving their enemies, many indigenous peoples were also horrifically brutal to each other, slaughtering thousands for ritualistic purposes or merely to make a sadistic point that they had conquered their opposition.

According to the eyewitness testimony of a Jesuit missionary named Father Barthelemy Vimont, who observed the Iroquois peoples in 1642, captives of the tribe had their fingers or hands cut off, were skinned alive and tortured for hours on end, then were scalped and mutilated in front of everyone.

To be sure, none of this is meant to broadly condemn the indigenous peoples of North America as a whole or to borrow a page from the left and falsely imply all European explorers were pure and innocent of their own accord, but to merely show human nature is the same as it has always been, all across the world and for all time, and no particular race or peoples have clean hands when it comes to committing atrocities against their fellow man.

Keep this colorful history of the violent indigenous peoples in mind the next time a leftist demands we hold them up as an ideal while tearing down Columbus and other European explorers and settlers.

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Originally Posted by Guest

There are countless liberals who increasingly demand we, as a society, eschew celebrating Columbus Day and assert that the famed explorer was nothing more than an evil embodiment of Euro-centric white privilege and patriarchy that enslaved millions, and waged heartless genocide against the innocent and pure indigenous peoples who already occupied the lands of the New World.

According to The Daily Wire, that “genocide” was mainly the inadvertent introduction of a variety of infectious diseases that Eurasian peoples had largely built up an immunity to, but that indigenous peoples had never experienced, and were sadly decimated.

The left demand we celebrate “Indigenous Peoples Day” instead of Columbus Day would have us believe that, prior to the murderous Columbus and his ilk arriving, the entirety of North America was one big, happy Utopia where everyone lived communally and got along with no troubles or conflict whatsoever.

The truth, however, is vastly different than that leftist revisionist history, according to historians interviewed by The Federalist. The indigenous peoples who populated the New World prior to the arrival of Europeans were arguably even worse than the hated white men who eventually conquered them, in terms of civility and wanton violence toward their enemies.

Indeed, far from things like slavery and genocide being introduced to the continent by Columbus and his successors, such acts of atrocity were already occurring widely among the various warring tribes of natives, who routinely enslaved, tortured, ritualistically slaughtered and even feasted upon their defeated enemies.

That’s right — many indigenous peoples practiced cannibalism upon those they had conquered and oppressed.

“Long before the white European knew a North American continent existed, Indians of the Northern Plains were massacring entire villages,” explained George Franklin Feldman, author of the book “Cannibalism, Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in North America: A History Forgotten.”

“And not just killed, but mutilated,” Feldman added. “Hands and feet were cut off, each body’s head was scalped, the remains were left scattered around the village, which was burned.”

Tony Seybert, author of “Slavery and Native Americans in British North America and the United States: 1600 to 1865,” noted that the practice of slavery was already well-established in America prior to its discovery and subsequent settlement by the Europeans.

Seybert proceeded to explain that, upon the arrival of white settlers and the discovery by natives of their openness to purchasing slave labor, many native tribes were happy to sell their slaves to the new settlers and were eagerly involved in the slave trade that leftists condemn so vociferously.

Furthermore, aside from eating and enslaving their enemies, many indigenous peoples were also horrifically brutal to each other, slaughtering thousands for ritualistic purposes or merely to make a sadistic point that they had conquered their opposition.

According to the eyewitness testimony of a Jesuit missionary named Father Barthelemy Vimont, who observed the Iroquois peoples in 1642, captives of the tribe had their fingers or hands cut off, were skinned alive and tortured for hours on end, then were scalped and mutilated in front of everyone.

To be sure, none of this is meant to broadly condemn the indigenous peoples of North America as a whole or to borrow a page from the left and falsely imply all European explorers were pure and innocent of their own accord, but to merely show human nature is the same as it has always been, all across the world and for all time, and no particular race or peoples have clean hands when it comes to committing atrocities against their fellow man.

Keep this colorful history of the violent indigenous peoples in mind the next time a leftist demands we hold them up as an ideal while tearing down Columbus and other European explorers and settlers.

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White men gave us western civilization and ALL the technology you enjoy today.

Blacks...hadn't invented the wheel...no domesticated draft animals, and had no written language. They lived a sustenance existence in grass huts scraping the ground for grubs and roots. They haven't changed.

Pick one. Pick whom you'd rather live with/under.

America is 50:50 right now...do you want white western civilization? Or "brown" and 3rd world?

Originally Posted by Guest

White men gave us western civilization and ALL the technology you enjoy today.

Blacks...hadn't invented the wheel...no domesticated draft animals, and had no written language. They lived a sustenance existence in grass huts scraping the ground for grubs and roots. They haven't changed.

Pick one. Pick whom you'd rather live with/under.

America is 50:50 right now...do you want white western civilization? Or "brown" and 3rd world?

Why is it every single topic leads you back to your obsession? You missed the point of my post and the fact that those who protest injustice are ignorant of history. Of course Hollywood's depiction of American history has assisted greatly in sanitizing true historical events.

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Originally Posted by Guest

Why is it every single topic leads you back to your obsession? You missed the point of my post and the fact that those who protest injustice are ignorant of history. Of course Hollywood's depiction of American history has assisted greatly in sanitizing true historical events.

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Lets look at it this way...

If I was a passenger in your car and you were headed for a cliff...wouldn't I try to stop you? Wouldn't I KEEP trying to stop you? Right up until you drove off the cliff?

America IS heading for a cliff...I'm trying to stop it...I will continue to try to stop it.

pretending that the so called "Indigenous People" were better than Columbus is laughable. They were barbaric, its leftest nonsense used to denigrate so they can pick winner and losers for their political agenda.
Its 2017 not 1492 to try to rewrite history is to prevent people from learning about factual history. Was Columbus perfect, no where others perfect no, are the people creating all this nonsense in 2017 perfect No

The opportunities for the silent majority dwindle with each passing day.

The trend of neutering the past, the heritage...good and bad...is a defining trend currently under way. While we are still the majority.
Just pause and think for a moment what it will become as we become the minority.

NIMBY....not in my back yard....hence I do not have to do anything allows and condones these actions.

Originally Posted by Guest

The opportunities for the silent majority dwindle with each passing day.

The trend of neutering the past, the heritage...good and bad...is a defining trend currently under way. While we are still the majority.
Just pause and think for a moment what it will become as we become the minority.

NIMBY....not in my back yard....hence I do not have to do anything allows and condones these actions.

We are NOT the majority any more...we are 49%

I HAVE...and THAT is why I'm so vocal about it. "America" will no longer exist. GO into the Hispanic part of town...GO into the black part of town. That IS Americas future! Those areas will grow and grow...until we become a Mexico II. NOTHING is getting better as the minorities become the majority.

Columbus was a man of his time. The left continues to make moral judgments etc based on today's customs and more's . They focus on human flaws and ignore the major accomplishments and contributions to mankind that these great men have made.

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Originally Posted by Guest

We are NOT the majority any more...we are 49%

I HAVE...and THAT is why I'm so vocal about it. "America" will no longer exist. GO into the Hispanic part of town...GO into the black part of town. That IS Americas future! Those areas will grow and grow...until we become a Mexico II. NOTHING is getting better as the minorities become the majority.

Explain this: Detroit then and now

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Indigenous people? What makes one indigenous? Even the American native (Indian) came from the Far East originally. Besides, who cares about Columbus other than he is an Italian/Spanish that ALMOST made it to our continent. He never landed here, even though he landed in the Bahamas and South America. He was not considered an evil person until just recently, when the big mouth liberals started hating everyone and decided to start destroying historical statues and monuments. Personally, I do not care. Let their children have a confused idea of history. Let them start believing that America is not the greatest country in the world. Let them migrate to a better one. They can get lost traveling in search of a better one. Take down the Washington monument based on George owning slaves and being a traitor to his country of Great Britain. Let them tear down the Lincoln memorial because Lincoln sent slaves to Liberia and wanted to ship them to South America. Get rid of ALL the monuments and statues. Who cares. Let the children that are having a tantrum, have their way.

Originally Posted by Guest

Indigenous people? What makes one indigenous? Even the American native (Indian) came from the Far East originally. Besides, who cares about Columbus other than he is an Italian/Spanish that ALMOST made it to our continent. He never landed here, even though he landed in the Bahamas and South America. He was not considered an evil person until just recently, when the big mouth liberals started hating everyone and decided to start destroying historical statues and monuments. Personally, I do not care. Let their children have a confused idea of history. Let them start believing that America is not the greatest country in the world. Let them migrate to a better one. They can get lost traveling in search of a better one. Take down the Washington monument based on George owning slaves and being a traitor to his country of Great Britain. Let them tear down the Lincoln memorial because Lincoln sent slaves to Liberia and wanted to ship them to South America. Get rid of ALL the monuments and statues. Who cares. Let the children that are having a tantrum, have their way.

They WILL get their way...they ARE getting their way...because THEY are the new majority.