Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 12, 2014
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Transcript:
Beginning in 1492, Christopher Columbus made four voyages to the Caribbean basin and was the governor of Hispaniola. Ship: Come in, Santa Maria, over... Come in, Santa Maria, over... Still, until his death in 1506, he insisted his travels and discoveries had all been in Asia. Christopher Columbus: It's zen minimalism, of course! Even before his death, this claim had become discounted. Man: So Chris, the world is round like trees? Christopher Columbus: Si! Explorer Amerigo Vespucci came closely in Columbus' wake and wrote accounts of a 'new world' that were widely read in Europe. Amerigo Vespucci: This place is great!! North America / Columbus / South America Had Chris not been pig-headed about things, he might have had two continents named for him, instead of the capital of Ohio!* *Editor's note: not that there is anything wrong with the capital of Ohio!
FROM HIS OWN JOURNALS, we see Columbus revealed as a greedy, murderous, slave-trader who had hands cut off the natives if they didn’t bring him enough gold and handed out pre-pubescent girls as sex slaves to reward his immediate underlings.
This is not revisionism, just his own words and self-documented actions brought to light rather than just simply being swept under the rug. And let’s remember that “Columbus Day” was simply a bullsh*t holiday lobbied for by the Knights of Columbus back in the 1930s. It’s not like it has anything to do with real U.S. historical roots.
In short, the man was scum and his name should not be celebrated in any way, shape, or form. This isn’t about “political correctness”, this is about standards, about pride. Have some pride, America – get rid of the embarrassment that is Columbus Day.