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It astounds me that we still honor this horrible, horrible man with a holiday. He was a greedy, racist murderer. Why not commemorate someone or something worthwhile instead?
In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue . . . and never stepped foot in North America.
He is very important, however - because he solidified the knowledge of the New World (though not our country/area in particular). But our over-exposure to Columbus and underexposer to other notable figures in history like John Cabot have mislead us greatly.
They really should honor all of the discoverers who risked (and gave) their lives to travel, discover and colonize the Americas. . . they're are equally important and respecting and teaching about *everyone* individual efforts who brought different steps in the whole process between then and now would be more well-rounded and accurate.
For how serious important it is to our current existance our misleading teachings and lack of knowledge about *how* we came to be is shamefully pathetic.
It's such a monumental moment in history - the world as they knew it completely ended and a new one began. Imagine that, right now - if we traveled the Pacific ocean and *discovered* a new gigantic continent - and we had to concede that we've been "wrong about everything" - and rewrite history, pretty much. . . how shocking. That type of shock and surprise shouldn't be wishwashed over like it has been.