Ishmael
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Holidays declared for the sole purpose of sucking up to some constituency or another.
Today is one of those holidays, Columbus Day is the other. Neither of those gentlemen deserve a national holiday in their name.
Starting with Columbus, "Discoverer of America." How ludicrous, how can you 'discover' a place already occupied by other people? He never set foot on the North American continent and the honor of being the first European to set foot in the America's goes to some as yet unnamed Viking. Is there an "Olaf the Discoverer Day" somewhere in our future? If so, find a month that doesn't already have a national holiday, March perhaps, and that's where it will be planted.
As far as MLK is concerned, tireless worker to end segregation that he was, he hardly rises to the level of having a national holiday named in his honor. If there is any man of color that deserves that honor it would be Fredrick Douglas. Douglas was a better orator and a better writer. While MLK worked with a relatively large group of individuals, Douglas worked alone. The sole person of color that worked tirelessly to emancipate the slaves.
Overall I'm not in favor of having ANY national holiday named after a single individual. Americans do not recognize royalty or the titles thereof beyond matters of diplomatic protocol. We do not raise individuals to demigod like status either. Rename the holiday "Civil Rights Day," or something of the sort.
Ishmael
Today is one of those holidays, Columbus Day is the other. Neither of those gentlemen deserve a national holiday in their name.
Starting with Columbus, "Discoverer of America." How ludicrous, how can you 'discover' a place already occupied by other people? He never set foot on the North American continent and the honor of being the first European to set foot in the America's goes to some as yet unnamed Viking. Is there an "Olaf the Discoverer Day" somewhere in our future? If so, find a month that doesn't already have a national holiday, March perhaps, and that's where it will be planted.
As far as MLK is concerned, tireless worker to end segregation that he was, he hardly rises to the level of having a national holiday named in his honor. If there is any man of color that deserves that honor it would be Fredrick Douglas. Douglas was a better orator and a better writer. While MLK worked with a relatively large group of individuals, Douglas worked alone. The sole person of color that worked tirelessly to emancipate the slaves.
Overall I'm not in favor of having ANY national holiday named after a single individual. Americans do not recognize royalty or the titles thereof beyond matters of diplomatic protocol. We do not raise individuals to demigod like status either. Rename the holiday "Civil Rights Day," or something of the sort.
Ishmael
