BlueGin
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Progressives think they own history. These are the same assholes that come to NM and insist that the Spanish culture be destroyed because they don’t like it.That doesn't mean we should honor them.Someone else would have found the continent, and considering the technological level of the locals, they were doomed the second the Europeans had ships that could reliably cross the Atlantic and return.
He was an important historical figure, and he has been "Adopted" by Italian Americans as a symbol of us here in America.
Why, just because progs are angry right now, should their desires override ours? (I'm 1/2 Italian heritage, Napolitan/Piedmontese)