Los Angeles Changes ‘Columbus Day’ To ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’

Trump was obliterated by the mainstream media a few weeks back when he spoke out against decisions to dismantle confederate statues all around the country.  While he was branded a racist for his comments, his point was that the logical conclusion of the Left’s crusade was the complete destruction of over 500 years worth of history since the Europeans first arrived in the ‘New World’.

As it turns, it looks increasingly like Trump was absolutely right.  As just the latest example of the wave of insanity sweeping the nation, the Los Angeles Times points out today that the city of Los Angeles has officially decided to scrap Columbus Day and instead replace it with “Indigenous People Day”… you know, because it’s just about time that everyone stop celebrating the “state-sponsored celebration of genocide of indigenous peoples.”

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The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to eliminate Columbus Day from the city calendar, siding with activists who view the explorer as a symbol of genocide for native peoples in North America and elsewhere.

Over the objections of Italian American civic groups, the council made the second Monday in October a day in L.A. to commemorate “indigenous, aboriginal and native people.” It replaces a holiday that served as a touchstone for Italian Americans, marking the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean.

Italian Americans voiced anguish over the proposal, telling council members it would erase a portion of their heritage. Some said they supported the creation of Indigenous Peoples Day as long as it is held on a different date.

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Of course, when logic attempted to enter the discussion and suggest that “Indigenous Peoples Day” could just be celebrated on some other day it was quickly shot down because “to make us celebrate on any other day would be a further injustice.”

“On behalf of the Italian community, we want to celebrate with you,” said Ann Potenza, president of Federated Italo-Americans of Southern California, speaking in a room packed with Native American activists. “We just don’t want it to be at the expense of Columbus Day.”

That idea was unacceptable to Chrissie Castro, vice chairwoman of the Los Angeles City-County Native American Indian Commission. She argued that city lawmakers needed to “dismantle a state-sponsored celebration of genocide of indigenous peoples.”

“To make us celebrate on any other day would be a further injustice,” Castro said.

Meanwhile, Councilman Joe Buscaino, a first-generation Italian American raised in San Pedro, was the only person on the LA city council who publicly aired his ‘racist’ view that “all of our individual cultures matter.”  He was quickly overruled by a 14-1 vote.

Councilman Joe Buscaino, a first-generation Italian American raised in San Pedro, had sought to replace Columbus Day with a different name, one that celebrates “all of the diverse cultures in the city.” Buscaino said many had forgotten the prejudice faced by Italian Americans in the United States — and asked his colleagues not to “cure one offense with another.”

“All of our individual cultures matter,” said Buscaino, who represents neighborhoods from Watts to San Pedro.

The council replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on a 14-1 vote, with Buscaino opposed. The move followed a fractious hearing, with Italian Americans and Native Americans cheering and jeering at different moments.

Perhaps these moronic members of LA’s city council should go one step further and be the first to start the process of officially returning American lands to indigenous people…we hear that Germany is particularly welcoming to migrants.