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minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down15·9 months agoThat’s today. They deliberately tried to make an indigenous people’s day because they didn’t want Columbus Day. We still have Columbus Day today.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·9 months agoBackwards people might still have a columbus day, those of us in 2023 celebrate IPD instead
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoMy people celebrate “huh? We have Monday off next week? Nice.” We celebrate it several times a year.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoWhich was a total cop-out. You don’t reform by renaming Evil Guy Day to Victims Day. You drop it from the calendar to make outcasts of anyone who still celebrates the guy.
That’s today. They deliberately tried to make an indigenous people’s day because they didn’t want Columbus Day. We still have Columbus Day today.
Backwards people might still have a columbus day, those of us in 2023 celebrate IPD instead
My people celebrate “huh? We have Monday off next week? Nice.”
We celebrate it several times a year.
Which was a total cop-out.
You don’t reform by renaming Evil Guy Day to Victims Day.
You drop it from the calendar to make outcasts of anyone who still celebrates the guy.