Of the 12 federal holidays, Columbus Day is one of only three celebrating a person. Among that trinity, which includes the celebrations of the births of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., it remains peculiar. Unlike the first president of the nation and the twentieth-century century civil
  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    point of the article aside… can we take a moment to appreciate just how creepy that painting is?

    • @[email protected]English
      3•1 year ago

      Jesus:

      I will found this nation on the idea of freedom and equality. Also, women can’t vote and black people will only count as 3/5 of a person each, but that’s only for figuring representation in Congress. Obviously, they can’t vote at any fractional level. We just won’t count them as full persons for the purpose of figuring out state populations.