In 1492 Columbus Caused America's Doom

Today we mark the 518th anniversary of Christopher Columbus reaching the Americas. . . well, we sort of mark it . . . government offices are closed, and there's the odd Columbus Day sale here and there. . .

In recent history, we've gone from honoring the event to protesting it to mildly scoffing and ignoring it.  All's the pity, since such a world-altering event deserves respect.

True, Columbus wasn't the first person to reach the western hemisphere (nor was he the first European), but it wasn't until after he arrived that the Old World did any serious exploring and settling in the New World.  True, that didn't bode well for the peoples already here, but that does not give those of us with European ancestry to demand Columbus be remembered as the bringer of genocide.  For one thing, Columbus himself didn't rape and pillage the natives (when crew members of the fourth voyage did those deeds, Columbus was too ill and weak to stop them).  Second, if those floodgates hadn't been opened, would the liberal revisionists live in a country where they were free to spit on the great achievers of history?  Probably not.

Thank you, Mr. Columbus, for setting in motion the events that would give us the United States of America!