Christopher Columbus was an asshole.
We were raised to think he was this incredible guy who founded the country we live in, but every single bit of that couldn't be further from the truth.
Citizens and cities across the nation are renouncing the total douche bag who has been put on a pedestal with a national holiday for far too long. Instead, they are celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Columbus didn't discover anything. The land he decided to claim as his own had already belonged to people for centuries. But who cares, right? Wrong. He committed numerous atrocities and it's about time we made fun of him online.
1. Starting the day off right
Good morning to everyone except Christopher Columbus https://t.co/jRTDLO5PJQ— Affinity Magazine (@Affinity Magazine) 1539005340.0
Let's go get this bread.
2. It's Spooky SZN
[using ouija board] if there are any spirits here.... please tell christopher columbus that he can suck my big ass— viking (@viking) 1539021348.0
What better way to get in the Halloween spirit?
3. Time to celebrate properly
in honor of Columbus Day I’m robbing everyone blind today— duck (@duck) 1539022140.0
It would be an injustice to the holiday if you didn't.
4. Channel your childhood
happy columbus day! https://t.co/LwAgdYh02X— William Vercetti (@William Vercetti) 1539022623.0
We been knew.
5. Follow your Aunt on Insta
Columbus discovered America the same way your Aunt discovered Instagram— Randi Lawson (@Randi Lawson) 1539028088.0
We tried really hard to hide it from her.
6. We went there
Still don't know how Christopher Columbus has a national holiday. He raped, sold children into sexual slavery, murd… https://t.co/NIoOhWu5pr— Martellus Bennett (@Martellus Bennett) 1539017641.0
*sips tea*
7. Have a house party
It’s not a proper Columbus Day party unless you throw it at a strangers’ house and kill their entire family— Erin tough guy/fool Ryan (@Erin tough guy/fool Ryan) 1539017509.0
Then claim the house as your own.
8. Not all of these are jokes
'Murder, kidnapping, slavery, ethnic cleaning.' — Here's why Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated https://t.co/jigbqyqiAn— NowThis (@NowThis) 1539015907.0
Educate yourselves.
9. Friendly reminder
Happy annual reminder that Christopher Columbus didn’t discover America Day!— Mohamed Salih (@Mohamed Salih) 1539015590.0
The only thing Columbus "discovered" was that he was lost.
10. Bob haircut and everything
christopher columbus had lord farquaad energy— James (@James) 1539015559.0
You know it's true.
11. Facebook friends
Columbus “discovered” America the same way our parents “discovered” Facebook: a long-inhabited place was utterly ruined upon their arrival— Nat Baimel (@Nat Baimel) 1539007283.0
And now they have our post notifications on.
12. It be like that
We wouldn't complain.
13. Friendly reminder
every day indigenous peoples day— Kehlani (@Kehlani) 1539019350.0
Indigenous Peoples' Day isn't limited to just one day. Just remember that.
Say goodbye to that idiot who terrorized the Caribbean thinking it was India the entire time. We're taking away his statues, his holidays, his name from our mouths.