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Columbus Day
Tuesday, May 15 at 10:57 AM

Mike Archer of Golden writes:

Isn’t it time for the Columbus Day protesters to get a life? The American Indians are beset with so many real problems — health, education, poverty, rampant alcoholism. Isn’t there a better way to spend their time and the great gobs of free publicity garnished on them by John Temple’s ultra-liberal, always-politically-correct Rocky Mountain News? Or would that require real work — and cooperation with others?
We’re supposed to care about a protest of societal mores in the 15th century? Should we also consider the South American Indians who carved up live young virgin girls as offerings to their false gods around the same time? Or should we Google ‘Indian Atrocities’ and see what their ancestors were up to as late as the 19th century?
The White Man came with a superior force and a superior culture and won the land. As Jimmy Carter said, “Life is unfair” but that’s the facts.

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