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Lots of work to do at ND and elsewhere.... by Marine Domer

Let’s remove any symbol of America anywhere. Hell, the very name America is offensive in suggesting Amerigo Vespucci “discovered” the “New World.” And it wasn’t just Columbus who devastated the native populations. And we were the first country to use a nuclear weapon.

Then again, we should also remove any murals/symbols/names of buildings, etc., celebrating any Native American tribe that committed atrocities against other tribes to build and expand their cultures. That would, of course, be most of them.

We should immediately work on removing anything that celebrates Chinese culture. Lord knows how much of their success was built around war and destruction of other cultures, to say nothing of their policies that have promoted abortion, hostility to religion, etc.

Bottom line, removing a mural celebrating the killing of natives is one thing. Removing references to Columbus because some people were hurt by his accomplishments opens up a big can of worms.