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An extended political agenda over multiple years attacked Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and tarnished his reputation with claims of violence and colonization, and the result was that many government jurisdictions now recognize, on the second Monday in October, Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day.
But a commentary writer in the Washington Examiner says if violence is to be used as a measure, there should be no day set aside to honor indigenous tribes in America.
It’s because their culture was “far more violent than our own.”
Writer Christopher Tremoglie called for an end to the honor.
“Thanks to a left-wing, ‘woke’ political intervention, the second Monday in October has been designated by some as Indigenous Peoples Day. It used to be solely known as Columbus Day, named for the Italian explorer who notified the civilized world of the Western Hemisphere. But because left-wingers hate everything about Western civilization — and people of European descent — the Left has successfully rebranded the holiday,” he wrote.
But, he said, if the “propensity for slavery, murder, and conquest” of the history of Native American people groups is considered, its “barbarism” should disqualify that honor.
“After all, years of leftist indoctrination have taught us that any civilization that attacked, enslaved, and conquered people who were not of European descent — as indigenous tribes did for centuries — is not worth honoring or celebrating. As enlightened sophisticates of the 21st century, commemorating such societies is inappropriate,” he said.
