Columbus was a murderer and a rapist... Enjoy the parade!

Here we go again... Each and every year I am dumbfounded that people continue to celebrate Christopher Columbus. I am shocked that the schools still force feed our young ones a pack of lies as they color little pictures of happy pilgrims and the Santa Maria. Why have we made this man into a hero? Why do we observe this holiday?
Any educated person was well aware that the world was round centuries before Columbus set out on his voyage, yet people still give him credit for taking the "gamble".  Not much of a gamble considering Leif Ericson was already there about half a millennia before Columbus. Upon arriving in the "New" world Columbus quickly noticed that his new "friends" were adorned in gold. He said screw the new route to Asia, went back to the queen of Spain and returned with shiploads of armed men.
From that moment forward he did nothing but reign terror on an otherwise peaceful group of people. Upon returning with his army he demanded that the natives allow his men to take whatever they wanted including the native's women. When they denied this request, he had their ears and noses cuts off so they could be sent back as a symbol of why not to revolt. When they couldn't take anymore, the natives revolted and this gave Columbus a reason for war. He was doing so much damage at one point the queen had him returned in shackles. This man was a rapist, he was a murderer and if we are to praise him, there are a couple of other holidays that I propose...

• The Lee Harvey Oswald salute to Presidents Day
• The Jeffrey Dahmer Five K Walk for World Hunger Day
• The Casey Anthony Take Your Child to Work Day
• The Saddam Hussein Support of Human Rights Marathon
• The Charles Manson Let's End Paranoid Schizophrenia Together Parade

Listen, just because it is tradition doesn't mean it has to continue. Tell our children the truth, don't let them color little pictures of a murderer. If you're okay with that then allow them to make the Amanda Knox friendship bracelets in art class. Is it hot in here or am I crazy?