Seattle Democrats Cancel Columbus Day. Replace It With "indigenous People's Day"

[Asclepias]

If you don't like that there's a civilization here? Why won't you just get out!

I cant tell if you are talking to me but if you are then you need to get out. I have more of a claim here than you do. My ancestors built this and inhabited this place before you where here.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I already told to stop deflecting. Dont let me have to warn you again. This isnt about democrats. Its about the white boy columbus and his arrival in the new world and the destruction he fostered and the events he set in motion. He was a mass murderer. He was a pedophile. He brought syphilis to the americas. You white people think he is the best thing since sliced bread. Can you explain why you fight to keep his holiday alive?

The fact that it annoys assholes is a big plus in its favor.

Thanks for being honest and admitting he didn't do shit but white people like to pretend he did something great. I would say they should change the slogan to "colubus discovered america.....for white people" but there were white people that came over even before he did. I always figured there was another reason they lied about this. You just clarified it was to annoy people.

It's not about the man himself, it's about symbolizing when Europeans came to the continent and the dawning of turning a wilderness into organized societies with technology.

It doesnt symbolize when Europeans came to the continent. Europeans had already come before that. What kind of retard are you?

It's nearly impossible to have a conversation with you. You just constantly want to agitate and name call.

I'm not saying he was the first, I'm not saying he was a great person, I'm just saying that the holiday has always just been a symbol of Europeans coming to this continent. That's all.

 

[Stephanie]

Celebrate the contributions of indians?? HAHAHA. Before the white man came, no indian tribe even had a written language. They were stone age people and they still would be except the white man takes care of them.

Columbus Day will now be Indigenous Peoples Day in Seattle Fox News

oct 6 2014
SEATTLE – The Seattle City Council is replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day in the city.

The resolution that passed unanimously Monday celebrates the contributions and culture of Native Americans and the indigenous community in Seattle on the second Monday in October, the same day as the federally recognized Columbus Day.

Tribal members and other supporters say the move recognizes the rich history of people who have inhabited the area for centuries.

"This action will allow us to bring into current present day our valuable and rich history, and it's there for future generations to learn," said Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation on the Olympic Peninsula, who is also president of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians.

"Nobody discovered Seattle, Washington," she said to a round of applause.

Isn't it a good thing you don't live in Seattle?

Meanwhile, people are free to vote any way they want to on any issue. If some people want to rename columbus day they have that right. If they want to celebrate the contributions that Native Indians made before europeans got here they have that right. I support their right to do so. I will join in with the celebration. While you celebrate the man who came here, spread disease, took indians as slaves and ravaged their populations. All for gold and money.

As for a written language. They wrote just the same way most did back in those times. In hieroglyphics. Europeans wrote that way too.

The Northwest Indians were very advanced and made many contributions to their culture and ours. For example:

History Timeline of the Native Indians of Washington
10,000B.C.	Paleo-Indian Era (Stone Age culture) the earliest human inhabitants of America who lived in caves and were Nomadic hunters of large game including the Great Mammoth and giant bison.
7000 BC	Archaic Period in which people built basic shelters and made stone weapons and stone tools
1000 AD	Woodland Period - homes were established along rivers and trade exchange systems and burial systems were established

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Keep in mind, when the pilgrims came to America, they were starving and sick. They were dying like flies. They couldn't grow crops or avoid disease. It was the Native Indians who helped them learn how to grow crops here and prosper.

You also should know that it was a woman indian, Sacajawea, who took Lewis and Clark to the mouth of the Columbia river where it emptied into the Pacific. Without that Indian woman, they never would have found it. Without the Native Indian canoes they never would have survived the Columbia River.

It was the native Indians who taught settlers how to build canoes and boats that wouldn't tip over in the rough waters of the Pacific Ocean and Columbia River.

As for the government supporting them? Most Native Indian tribes now have casinos and are making money hand over fist. There's a girl and her brother who go to the same private school my daughter goes to. They're Tulalip Indians. The tuition for their private education is being 100% paid for by the tribe. When they go to college, the tribe will pay for 100% of their tuition and expenses. Not one penny comes from the government. Native Indians here in Washington create jobs for everyone and contribute to the economy.

Here's some links to just a few of the Native Indian casinos here.

Tulalip Resort Casino

Nooksack River Casino

Emerald Queen Hotel & Casinos - The Entertainment Capital of the Northwest! Tacoma & Fife Washington, The Puyallup Indians own that casino.

Washington Indian Casinos SuperSite!

Washington Indian Casinos by Tribes

You might want to learn about Native Indian culture and history before you post.

When did the people vote on it?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Celebrate the contributions of indians?? HAHAHA. Before the white man came, no indian tribe even had a written language. They were stone age people and they still would be except the white man takes care of them.

Columbus Day will now be Indigenous Peoples Day in Seattle Fox News

oct 6 2014
SEATTLE – The Seattle City Council is replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day in the city.

The resolution that passed unanimously Monday celebrates the contributions and culture of Native Americans and the indigenous community in Seattle on the second Monday in October, the same day as the federally recognized Columbus Day.

Tribal members and other supporters say the move recognizes the rich history of people who have inhabited the area for centuries.

"This action will allow us to bring into current present day our valuable and rich history, and it's there for future generations to learn," said Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation on the Olympic Peninsula, who is also president of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians.

"Nobody discovered Seattle, Washington," she said to a round of applause.

Isn't it a good thing you don't live in Seattle?

Meanwhile, people are free to vote any way they want to on any issue. If some people want to rename columbus day they have that right. If they want to celebrate the contributions that Native Indians made before europeans got here they have that right. I support their right to do so. I will join in with the celebration. While you celebrate the man who came here, spread disease, took indians as slaves and ravaged their populations. All for gold and money.

As for a written language. They wrote just the same way most did back in those times. In hieroglyphics. Europeans wrote that way too.

The Northwest Indians were very advanced and made many contributions to their culture and ours. For example:

History Timeline of the Native Indians of Washington
10,000B.C.	Paleo-Indian Era (Stone Age culture) the earliest human inhabitants of America who lived in caves and were Nomadic hunters of large game including the Great Mammoth and giant bison.
7000 BC	Archaic Period in which people built basic shelters and made stone weapons and stone tools
1000 AD	Woodland Period - homes were established along rivers and trade exchange systems and burial systems were established

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Keep in mind, when the pilgrims came to America, they were starving and sick. They were dying like flies. They couldn't grow crops or avoid disease. It was the Native Indians who helped them learn how to grow crops here and prosper.

You also should know that it was a woman indian, Sacajawea, who took Lewis and Clark to the mouth of the Columbia river where it emptied into the Pacific. Without that Indian woman, they never would have found it. Without the Native Indian canoes they never would have survived the Columbia River.

It was the native Indians who taught settlers how to build canoes and boats that wouldn't tip over in the rough waters of the Pacific Ocean and Columbia River.

As for the government supporting them? Most Native Indian tribes now have casinos and are making money hand over fist. There's a girl and her brother who go to the same private school my daughter goes to. They're Tulalip Indians. The tuition for their private education is being 100% paid for by the tribe. When they go to college, the tribe will pay for 100% of their tuition and expenses. Not one penny comes from the government. Native Indians here in Washington create jobs for everyone and contribute to the economy.

Here's some links to just a few of the Native Indian casinos here.

Tulalip Resort Casino

Nooksack River Casino

Emerald Queen Hotel & Casinos - The Entertainment Capital of the Northwest! Tacoma & Fife Washington, The Puyallup Indians own that casino.

Washington Indian Casinos SuperSite!

Washington Indian Casinos by Tribes

You might want to learn about Native Indian culture and history before you post.

When did the people vote on it?

Steph, trust me if they did vote on it, it would pass anyway. It's overwhelmingly white liberals who of course have that guilt complex and hate themselves for being white. That's one of the reasons they have dogs instead of kids.

 

[Asclepias]

I already told to stop deflecting. Dont let me have to warn you again. This isnt about democrats. Its about the white boy columbus and his arrival in the new world and the destruction he fostered and the events he set in motion. He was a mass murderer. He was a pedophile. He brought syphilis to the americas. You white people think he is the best thing since sliced bread. Can you explain why you fight to keep his holiday alive?

The fact that it annoys assholes is a big plus in its favor.

Thanks for being honest and admitting he didn't do shit but white people like to pretend he did something great. I would say they should change the slogan to "colubus discovered america.....for white people" but there were white people that came over even before he did. I always figured there was another reason they lied about this. You just clarified it was to annoy people.

It's not about the man himself, it's about symbolizing when Europeans came to the continent and the dawning of turning a wilderness into organized societies with technology.

It doesnt symbolize when Europeans came to the continent. Europeans had already come before that. What kind of retard are you?

It's nearly impossible to have a conversation with you. You just constantly want to agitate and name call.

I'm not saying he was the first, I'm not saying he was a great person, I'm just saying that the holiday has always just been a symbol of Europeans coming to this continent. That's all.

Maybe if you stopped agitating and making stupid remarks like "e dawning of turning a wilderness into organized societies with technology". I would be easier to talk to.

You are not saying he is the first or he is a great person? What the hell are you celebrating him for?

 

[JakeStarkey]

When did the people vote on it?

Stephanie does not understand our republican form of government.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

If you don't like that there's a civilization here? Why won't you just get out!

I cant tell if you are talking to me but if you are then you need to get out. I have more of a claim here than you do. My ancestors built this and inhabited this place before you where here.

Lol !

 

[2aguy]

Not only were there people already here, other Europeans had been here before like the Leif Ericson.

Yes...so he had the continent mapped out...knew where everything was...and let everyone in Europe know it was there...wow...and all in the days before cell phones....

 

[Uncensored2008]

I wonder if these people are going to give up their holiday off in solidarity. Columbus wasn't a very good person but to change the name of the holiday is just silly.

Why was Columbus not a very good person?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The fact that it annoys assholes is a big plus in its favor.

Thanks for being honest and admitting he didn't do shit but white people like to pretend he did something great. I would say they should change the slogan to "colubus discovered america.....for white people" but there were white people that came over even before he did. I always figured there was another reason they lied about this. You just clarified it was to annoy people.

It's not about the man himself, it's about symbolizing when Europeans came to the continent and the dawning of turning a wilderness into organized societies with technology.

It doesnt symbolize when Europeans came to the continent. Europeans had already come before that. What kind of retard are you?

It's nearly impossible to have a conversation with you. You just constantly want to agitate and name call.

I'm not saying he was the first, I'm not saying he was a great person, I'm just saying that the holiday has always just been a symbol of Europeans coming to this continent. That's all.

Maybe if you stopped agitating and making stupid remarks like "e dawning of turning a wilderness into organized societies with technology". I would be easier to talk to.

You are not saying he is the first or he is a great person? What the hell are you celebrating him for?

His voyage is viewed as the founding voyage, it was documented better, and therefore is looked upon as the defining time when the Europeans began their transformation of this continent.

 

[daws101]

I wonder if these people are going to give up their holiday off in solidarity. Columbus wasn't a very good person but to change the name of the holiday is just silly.

Why was Columbus not a very good person?

he brought several diseases that wiped out millions.
made slaves out of free peoples stole untold millions of dollars in gold
claimed that it was god's will.. is that enough for ya?

 

[Uncensored2008]

Good stuff. Its about time that mass murderer is exposed as the blight he was.

I know you're stupid and uneducated, but can you provide evidence that Christopher Columbus every directly killed, much less "murdered" anyone?

Didn't think so.

Go back to your moronic bigotry now...

 

[Asclepias]

Thanks for being honest and admitting he didn't do shit but white people like to pretend he did something great. I would say they should change the slogan to "colubus discovered america.....for white people" but there were white people that came over even before he did. I always figured there was another reason they lied about this. You just clarified it was to annoy people.

It's not about the man himself, it's about symbolizing when Europeans came to the continent and the dawning of turning a wilderness into organized societies with technology.

It doesnt symbolize when Europeans came to the continent. Europeans had already come before that. What kind of retard are you?

It's nearly impossible to have a conversation with you. You just constantly want to agitate and name call.

I'm not saying he was the first, I'm not saying he was a great person, I'm just saying that the holiday has always just been a symbol of Europeans coming to this continent. That's all.

Maybe if you stopped agitating and making stupid remarks like "e dawning of turning a wilderness into organized societies with technology". I would be easier to talk to.

You are not saying he is the first or he is a great person? What the hell are you celebrating him for?

His voyage is viewed as the founding voyage, it was documented better, and therefore is looked upon as the defining time when the Europeans began their transformation of this continent.

Not really. His voyage was viewed as an attempt to get to China. He was a clown that didn't realize he had even found new land. He thought he was in India.

The European transformation of this continent was one of the bloodiest times in the history of the world. Thats why I am glad they are bringing the truth about this toilet scum to light. If Europeans want to celebrate that it makes perfect sense.

 

[daws101]

Good stuff. Its about time that mass murderer is exposed as the blight he was.

I know you're stupid and uneducated, but can you provide evidence that Christopher Columbus every directly killed, much less "murdered" anyone?

Didn't think so.

Go back to your moronic bigotry now...

the award for best rationalization goes to unhinged 2008.
he was the leader and as such he was responsible for any and all actions taken by his crews..

 

[mdk]

I wonder if these people are going to give up their holiday off in solidarity. Columbus wasn't a very good person but to change the name of the holiday is just silly.

Why was Columbus not a very good person?

His treatment of the native population was horrific.

 

[Asclepias]

Good stuff. Its about time that mass murderer is exposed as the blight he was.

I know you're stupid and uneducated, but can you provide evidence that Christopher Columbus every directly killed, much less "murdered" anyone?

Didn't think so.

Go back to your moronic bigotry now...

I know this is probably wasted on someone of your intellectual level but it may prompt others to do some research on their own. One of his own men (Bartolome De Las Casas) left him because of his cruelty and sickness.

Columbus Day True Legacy Cruelty and Slavery Eric Kasum

On his second trip to the New World, Columbus brought cannons and attack dogs. If a native resisted slavery, he would cut off a nose or an ear. If slaves tried to escape, Columbus had them burned alive. Other times, he sent attack dogs to hunt them down, and the dogs would tear off the arms and legs of the screaming natives while they were still alive. If the Spaniards ran short of meat to feed the dogs, Arawak babies were killed for dog food.

Columbus' acts of cruelty were so unspeakable and so legendary - even in his own day - that Governor Francisco De Bobadilla arrested Columbus and his two brothers, slapped them into chains, and shipped them off to Spain to answer for their crimes against the Arawaks. But the King and Queen of Spain, their treasury filling up with gold, pardoned Columbus and let him go free.

One of Columbus' men, Bartolome De Las Casas, was so mortified by Columbus' brutal atrocities against the native peoples, that he quit working for Columbus and became a Catholic priest. He described how the Spaniards under Columbus' command cut off the legs of children who ran from them, to test the sharpness of their blades. According to De Las Casas, the men made bets as to who, with one sweep of his sword, could cut a person in half. He says that Columbus' men poured people full of boiling soap. In a single day, De Las Casas was an eye witness as the Spanish soldiers dismembered, beheaded, or raped 3000 native people. "Such inhumanities and barbarisms were committed in my sight as no age can parallel," De Las Casas wrote. "My eyes have seen these acts so foreign to human nature that now I tremble as I write."

Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The 48-page report, found in 2006 in the state archive in the Spanish city of Valladolid, contains testimonies from 23 people, including both enemies and supporters of Columbus, about Columbus and his brothers' treatment of colonial subjects during his seven-year rule.[76]

According to the report, Columbus once punished a man found guilty of stealing corn by having his ears and nose cut off and then selling him into slavery. Testimony recorded in the report claims that Columbus congratulated his brother Bartolomé on "defending the family" when the latter ordered a woman paraded naked through the streets and then had her tongue cut out for suggesting that Columbus was of lowly birth.[76]

The document also describes how Columbus put down native unrest and revolt; he first ordered a brutal crackdown in which many natives were killed and then paraded their dismembered bodies through the streets in an attempt to discourage further rebellion.[77]

"Columbus's government was characterised by a form of tyranny," Consuelo Varela, a Spanish historian who has seen the document, told journalists.[76] "Even those who loved him [Columbus] had to admit the atrocities that had taken place.

 

[Uncensored2008]

he brought several diseases that wiped out millions.

In little vials that he dropped into wells?

Made slaves out of free peoples stole untold millions of dollars in gold

Ah, two direct lies. You tying to sink to the level of Asslips?

claimed that it was god's will.. is that enough for ya?

So?

Columbus is the most influential man since Paul of Tarsus. Columbus never enslaved anyone and put his Governor of Hispaniola in Irons for enslaving the natives of Haiti.

If you leftists are right, why do you need to lie?

 

[Uncensored2008]

the award for best rationalization goes to unhinged 2008.
he was the leader and as such he was responsible for any and all actions taken by his crews..

I realize you never quite made it to high school duhs, but Columbus put his own men in irons for their actions while he returned to Spain.

What the Spaniards did to the Taíno was horrific, but claiming Columbus, who violently fought against these actions, for them is utterly stupid.

 

[Uncensored2008]

His treatment of the native population was horrific.

In what way?

 

[Asclepias]

His treatment of the native population was horrific.

In what way?

The pedophile way.

Shockingly, Columbus supervised the selling of native girls into sexual slavery. Young girls of the ages 9 to 10 were the most desired by his men. In 1500, Columbus casually wrote about it in his log. He said: "A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten are now in demand."

Can someone tell me what kind of sick animal writes about something like this as if there is no issue and he is just reporting the weather?