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Okiebug61 · 10-10-2011, 05:00 PM

Shouldn't we add Andrew Jackson to the hit list?

Ebon · 10-10-2011, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Okiebug61

Shouldn't we add Andrew Jackson to the hit list?

I get what you're saying but I think the point was that columbus has a holiday after him on a federal level. It's just a big kick in the face to all of the true owners of this land.

Okiebug61 · 10-10-2011, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ebon

I get what you're saying but I think the point was that columbus has a holiday after him on a federal level. It's just a big kick in the face to all of the true owners of this land.

Jackson has a $20.00 bill with his face on it that we have to look at every time one is handed to us.

Ebon · 10-10-2011, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Okiebug61

Jackson has a $20.00 bill with his face on it that we have to look at every time one is handed to us.

good point. Lol

Corkey · 10-10-2011, 05:51 PM

This isn't about Jackson, yes he did some crappy stuff, the man raped and pillaged and was well thought of, until he wasn't. The government didn't give him his own day for genocide unlike the killer from Spain. Our government to this day will not recognize that it is propagating lies about how this country was "found". It was "found" roughly 30-40 thousand years ago, but the white man didn't know of it so you know history wasn't history because europeans were clueless.

Okiebug61 · 10-12-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Corkey

This isn't about Jackson, yes he did some crappy stuff, the man raped and pillaged and was well thought of, until he wasn't. The government didn't give him his own day for genocide unlike the killer from Spain. Our government to this day will not recognize that it is propagating lies about how this country was "found". It was "found" roughly 30-40 thousand years ago, but the white man didn't know of it so you know history wasn't history because europeans were clueless.

No they didn't give him a day they put him on our currency for all to see. I really do not see the difference over all, both are being celebrated which is not cool with me.

Corkey · 10-12-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Okiebug61

No they didn't give him a day they put him on our currency for all to see. I really do not see the difference over all, both are being celebrated which is not cool with me.

Using currency isn't the same as celebrating. Good grief, one is a must no matter the other is a friggen choice.

Apocalipstic · 10-10-2011, 05:44 PM

Well, and it's not Andrew Jackson day...even in Nashville where he is quite loved.

I really think so many people in the US believe what they were taught in school, and have no idea that Columbus did not share Thanksgiving on the Pinta with Pocahantas. No clue. Even what they were taught in US History or Social Studies, they remember nothing and really don't care.

However,

In so many cases when people learn what actually happened, so many of them are horrified and get why it should not be a Federal Holiday.

We did not celebrate Calumbus day in Argentina. We celebrated Dia de la Raza which was a celebration of diversity.

Apocalipstic · 10-10-2011, 05:52 PM

Except for those people who just will not dare open their minds.

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