Given their history of slavery and conquest, we should end Indigenous Peoples Day

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Thanks to a left-wing, “woke” political intervention, the second Monday in October has been designated by some as Indigenous Peoples Day. It used to be solely known as Columbus Day, named for the Italian explorer who notified the civilized world of the Western Hemisphere. But because left-wingers hate everything about Western civilization — and people of European descent — the Left has successfully rebranded the holiday.

Yet, given the propensity for slavery, murder, and conquest in Native American history, I am calling for an end to any holiday commemorating such barbarism. After all, years of leftist indoctrination have taught us that any civilization that attacked, enslaved, and conquered people who were not of European descent — as indigenous tribes did for centuries — is not worth honoring or celebrating. As enlightened sophisticates of the 21st century, commemorating such societies is inappropriate.

Given their desire to revise history, people might be surprised to learn that history did not begin in 1492. Long before Columbus set foot in the Western Hemisphere, indigenous people roamed those lands, conquering other indigenous people and thirsting for their land and resources. Students of the Howard Zinn school of thought have valiantly tried to hide these facts, but nevertheless, they're true.

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