Happy Misogynistic Chauvonistic Philandering Cretin Day

Yesterday was Columbus day. My best friend Monika sent me an e-mail iwth her thoughts on Columbus and I laughed so hard I've included them in this blog.

"Maybe I could do a lesson about what a misogonistic chavanistic philadering cretin Columbus was, and how all he really did was stumble into Cuba, and not find China like he thought he did. Really? China? didn't he know the Chinese have yellow skin not brown?"

My comment to that is we can add "racist bastard" to Columbus's attributes. All he saw in the indigineous people was that they weren't white and therefore lesser than himself, poor, uneducated, savages. Which isn't of course true. They had a beautiful and rich culture. They didn't have the same technology that the whites did but they were better adapted to living in the land, as proven by the number of pilgrims who tried to make a go of it and were never heard from again. The white settles only managed to survive the winters when they listened and learned from the indigenous people ... coincidence?

Anyway, Happy Columbus Day, or Happy Get Lost and Find Cuba when you think it's China day, or Happy Misogynistic Chauvonistic Philandering Cretin Day, or Happy make-the-most-of-what-you've-done,-even-if-it-wasn't-what-you-expected day!

(Somebody needed to post something)