Originally Posted by
datlas
Warning: Mild P/R content.
There is a generational shift going on over Columbus day. Older generations see it as a source of pride. Especially true with Italian-Americans.
Younger generations see it as an ironic "celebration" of all the bad things that happened with discovery/colonization of the Americas.
Of course, both have their legitimate points.
Columbus was a terrible person even by the terrible standards of the day not just to indigenous populations but also to his own sailors. And he was incompetent on top of it.
Even my most outspoken Italian-American coworker has moved on. Lots of things and people to celebrate with that culture, but skip him. And the Borgias.