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Originally Posted by finnbow
Nobody's glorifying anything. They're simply taking a day off. With the exception of July 4th, all of our secular holidays are pretty much nothing more than a day off.
As for what Columbus did, he did pretty much what all European colonizing powers did. Morever, holding his behavior over 5 centuries ago to 21st century standards is a bit disingenuous, if not self-loathing.
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Self-loathing is as silly as the self-glorification myths that this 'patriotic holiday' narrative traditionally supported. Funny that you feel defensive about these myths being disrespected.