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2019-04-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Vermont may abolish Columbus Day amid colonialism uproar

[NYPOST] Vermont is on the brink of abolishing Columbus Day in a politically correct blow against colonialism.

"You know, it’s just a day, and we’ll get through it," said Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R).

He also said he is likely to sign the measure, which passed both houses of the state legislature this week, into law.

The legislation will officially recognize the second Monday in October as "Indigenous People’s Day," instead of honoring the explorer once credited with discovering America.

A last-ditch Republican attempt to preserve the October holiday and create a separate February holiday to honor Native Americans was defeated Wednesday.

The law would make Vermont the third state, after New Mexico and South Dakota, to yank Columbus Day off official calendars in favor of an anti-colonialist alternative.

Critics have attacked Columbus statues and celebrations in New York City and elsewhere, denouncing him as a murderer who mistreated Native Americans.

But Italian-Americans celebrate him as a national hero and mark the holiday as a point of ethnic pride.

Posted by Fred 2019-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Vermont 2000 population of Vermont: 608,827 (2000 census)
Rank Ancestry % of Population
1. English 18.4
2. Irish 16.4
3. French 14.5
4. German 9.1
5. French_Canadian 8.8

Nope no Italian or Spanish....

Posted by 3dc 2019-04-21 00:29|| 2019-04-21 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2
But Italian-Americans celebrate him as a national hero and mark the holiday as a point of ethnic pride.

That was the point. Integrating a large number of Italian immigrants into the 'melting pot'. I guess if you really don't want a country but tribes, go ahead.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2019-04-21 06:41|| 2019-04-21 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't use maple syrup. F*ck them.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-04-21 07:50|| 2019-04-21 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 When I was a kid, Vt was a great place, full of loggers, sawmill workers and other Yankee rednecks*, then the Hippies/Yuppies from Boston and NYC moved in. Now it's Bernie Sandersville.

* most people think the Appalachians end somewhere around WVa - not true, they go all the way to Canada and so do (did) the rednecks. The only real difference between Southern and Yankee rednecks (besides the mutually incomprehensible dialects) was that in VT, our mothers would beat the cr*p out of us if we tried to sit at the table with out hats on.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-04-21 08:44|| 2019-04-21 08:44|| Front Page Top

#5 "With OUR hats on", dammit

Posted by Mercutio 2019-04-21 11:28|| 2019-04-21 11:28|| Front Page Top

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