tfw you had a chill day off on Columbus Day but the next day

by **Kenny** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:06 am

The Dirty Turtle wrote:hi please remove me from this thread

by **big zorb** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:22 am

honestly those are 10/10 troll posts

by **big zorb** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:22 am

just sendin people to jail and loling about outrage culture on columbus day here at my extremely progressive law office

by **ecto** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:30 am

it is pretty funny when you think about it!

by **Rainbow Battle Kid** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:33 am

my boss was chill about this btw, just gotta use some of my PTO.

i didn't mean to be like "endorsing" the holiday by using that name, it's just what i thought was the official reason was for having the day off

by **ecto** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:34 am

this is no longer your thread rbk

by **Rainbow Battle Kid** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:49 am

by **clouds** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:59 am

I think if columbus was really all that forward thinking we wouldn't be named after vespucci

by **blab** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:23 am

i’m reminded that being poor is actually good

by **blab** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:24 am

the left has its shit together. here’s a local examp

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2019/10/08/dallas-city-council-approves-recognition-indigenous-peoples-day/

by **blab** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:26 am

idk i just woke up i’ll be back

by **clouds** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:50 am

i understand coworkers effort's to troll but i don't get the punchline. like i get the intent, but how was he the original social justice warrior? that sounds like a joke premise joe rogan would attempt and then abandon in the isolation tank after realizing it doesn't make sense and he just thinks the term sjw is funny on its own.

by **Merciel** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:55 am

I don't want to copy-paste the whole entire block of text but here is a section of the argument, which I present not because I'm actually trying to argue the point (I don't know nearly enough to argue the actual merits of the case) but to demonstrate what this whole thing turned into:

Columbus's civil rights advocacy was not limited to the tribes of the Americas; throughout his maritime career, he also rescued Jews from the Spanish Inquisition by employing them as crew members on various expeditions. His tireless and life-long civil rights activism also inspired the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, to successfully petition King Ferdinand to fund a religious order to perpetually advocate for the tribal peoples of the Americas, resulting in de las Casas being appointed by the Church and the Crown of Spain as "Protector of the Indians."

This was then refuted by an even longer wall of text, after which the entire exchange got shut down (along with our email system).

tfw you had a chill day off on Columbus Day but the next day

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