The War on Western Civilization
Columbus Day 2023
GEORGE NOGA
OCT 8, 2023
My Columbus Day posts have become reader favorites. This post maintains the tradition while adding new material and perspectives. Also, since I began posting on Substack, readership has doubled and this material is new to many subscribers.
This post is the antidote to the progressives’ war on western civilization for which Christopher Columbus has become an unwitting lightning rod. Liberal Svengalis use Columbus to force feed our children and grandchildren far left shibboleths and claptrap and to despise America and indeed all of western civilization. They weaponize history with their mantra that America (and therefore you) is evil and genocidal and all indigenous peoples are peace loving and noble. They derive sadistic pleasure from assailing our holidays to riddle us with guilt and shame.
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In much of the USA, Columbus Day already has been cancelled. At least 25 states, nearly all deep blue, now call it Indigenous Peoples Day, Aboriginals Day or Native Americans Day. In Colorado it is Mother Cabrini Day. Canada abolished it nationwide, renaming it First Nations Peoples Day.
Treatment of Indigenous People
What happened following Columbus’s discovery was the same that occurred throughout human history whenever any technologically advanced society encountered an aboriginal people. Through a twenty-first century prism, this is seen as evil. But it is manifestly unfair to single out Columbus or western civilization for condemnation of a human behavior that has been unchanged since men lived in trees.
What was the west supposed to do; leave America alone and keep it secret? The Chinese or Arabs eventually would have discovered America. Is there any progressive out there who truly believes this would have been better for the indigenous people? What would have happened if a technologically advanced Native American society, the Aztecs for example, discovered paleolithic Europe? What would happen today if we discovered a resource-rich planet inhabited by primitive people?
Aboriginals as Peace Loving and Noble
How could a tiny number of Europeans conquer vast territories and subjugate large populations? Columbus allied with the Arawaks against the Caribs, who were vicious cannibals. Cortez, with only 500 conquistadors, conquered the Aztecs with the help of 50,000 natives terrorized by the Aztecs’ brutal human sacrifices and enslavement. For sheer brutality, it is hard to beat the Aztecs. It is much the same with Pizarro, who had but 180 men when he landed in Peru. Yes, Europeans committed many lese majeste acts, but it is progressive bilge to focus only on those while ignoring or excusing savagery by the natives.
Columbus is Wildly Popular in Latin America
Although the latte-left labels Columbus an oppressor, he remains revered throughout Latin America, which celebrates the day Columbus landed as Dia de la Raza, or day of the race. While Columbus statues are being defaced and torn down in the USA, new ones are being erected in the rest of the hemisphere. In 2016 Puerto Rico erected a new Columbus statue that is taller than the Statue of Liberty. Those most directly affected by Columbus honor him.
“Without Columbus, Latinos as a people would not exist. By honoring the courage of Columbus, Latin Americans celebrate their own place in a world he made possible.”
Without Columbus and the Spanish colonization of Latin America, Latinos as a people would not exist. The rich Latino culture incorporates skin tones and characteristics of Spanish, Africans and indigenous Americans. By honoring the courage and bravado of Columbus, Latin Americans celebrate their own place in a world he made possible. Without Columbus there would be no Latinos!
Christopher Columbus is not the issue; he never was. The circus surrounding Columbus Day is part of a campaign by progressives to indoctrinate your children to despise America – and all of western civilization. Happy Columbus Day 2023!
© 2023 George Noga
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