Vilageidiotx

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Muhammad Ali was a racist.

@Volenvradica

Nelson Mandela and Gandhi were both racist.

Hey Canadians

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Nikolai Tesla day?
Robert Goddard day?

While I'm short on names on the account of not wanting to think very hard when I should be winding down to go to sleep, we could presumably find another scientific or exploratory name to replace Columbus given last I checked that was the purpose of Colombus Day; some sort of celebration of expanding horizons in exploration, science, and the fact the Americas exist as a Westernized identity.

@Dinh AaronMk

Amerigo Vespucci.

The debate isn't a very big one because nobody really does anything on Columbus day. Like, its a bank holiday so that is nice, and it is an excuse to have sales in early October, but there isn't really much attached to it for normal folk. Italian-Americans see it as their day though, so they are the demographic who takes offense at having Columbus Day replaced. Whereas it is Native Americans, the people who Columbus tortured, that find it offensive that he is celebrated at all. The way it is always proposed is "We should renamed Columbus Day 'Native American Day'" or something like that. And that makes the Italians mad, so nothing goes anywhere.

Amerigo Vespucci is Italian, and he lent his name to the continent and by proxy the country, so I think he fulfills that role. Then we could make a second bank holiday that celebrates Native Americans. Italians get theirs, Native Americans get theirs, and the rest of us get double the bank holidays which is nice for those of us who get paid days off for those.

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Hey Canadians

I have heard stuff like that from other parts of the Commonwealth, and I admit it's something my Americaness makes impossible for me to wrap my head around. Like, the thing you are most proud of is another country's tourist attraction? And why would take pride in the fact you used to not even be a country? It's a little depressing. I mean, come on Canada, you can do stuff for yourself now. Put poutine on the Canadian dollar! That's yours. You made it. Take a little pride in yourselves. You won't be in the history books 1000 years down the line with an attitude like that.

As for the holiday thing, I don't know what you guys would want to change in Canada, but for the US I am totally on board with renaming Columbus Day. That guy was a fuck. My general rule with whether this works historically is "Did the people back then also think this person was a fuck", just to make sure we aren't judging historical people with modern views. Since Columbus was thrown in prison for being a cruel fuck by the 16th century Spanish of all goddamn people, I think we can safely damn him and give the holiday to somebody else.

Hey Canadians

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I gotta say, Canada's education system pays no attention to America's... War of Independence? Could someone explain this to me?

And what does your national anthem, "America, Fuck Yah", have to do with Baltimore?

@Jotunn Draugr

and then Francis Scott Key watches the battle, writes a poem about it, the poem gets paired up with a drinking song, and that is how the National Anthem was born.

perhaps trying to abolish the monarchy.

@The Nexerus

What does the Monarchy even do for Canada, aside from creating that "Loser country that won't move out of Mom's basement" effect? I mean, surely you could be part of the Commonwealth without having to say that some British celebrity is your de jure Head of State.

Hey Canadians

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I remember there was a petition to change the national anthem to "Party in the USA", it'd either go terrifically horrible or horribly terrific.

@ClocktowerEchos

might as well. what we have now is a reminder of that time we got ourselves in a really poorly thought out war and had to be saved by Baltimore of all fucking places.

Given enough time, all systems fail.

tldr:

anarchy

@Clirkus

Sounds good to me.

Come on guys, lets do some anarchy!

Hey Canadians

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Oh yes, but it's a very manly chant. They're trying to make us all sing it in a higher voice.

@Jotunn Draugr

that sounds hot tho

Semi-seriously, I think,I'd be disappointed in everyone involved. Like if you are socialist you shouldn't be wasting your political capital on a song you annoy elementary school music students with, and it shows a lack of a real platform if conservatives could run on an anthem ticket.

If I were president of the US and someone put a put a bill on my table proposing we make "Hollaback girl" the national anthem, I'd sign it just to get it out of the way so we can get back to growed up stuff.

Hey Canadians

Isn't the Canadian national anthem just "O Canada" chanted continuously?

Given enough time, all systems fail.

I propose that my not having a conditionless state salary of 1 million is hampering my ability to contribute to science