Columbus Day Tweets: Twitter Weighs In, Many Prefer ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’

Columbus Day is upon us once again, and with the day come a slew of tweets condemning the man behind the holiday.

COLUMBUS DAY TWEETS

Christopher Columbus is taught in schools as the man who discovered America, with the fact that he enslaved and killed many indigenous peoples left out. Twitter has not forgotten this important part of history, and many took to the social media site today to call out the holiday.

“In honor of #ColumbusDay, take this tweet, put your own name on it, then erase mine,” jokes one user. “You’ve got to hand it to Christopher Columbus, because he would have definitely taken it away & then murdered you,” said another.

In honor of #ColumbusDay, take this tweet, put your own name on it, then erase mine.

— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) October 12, 2015

You’ve got to hand it to Christopher Columbus, because he would have definitely taken it anyway & then murdered you

— Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) October 13, 2014

And the jokes kept coming.

Oh sure, make fun of Columbus. Like you’ve never gone to the grocery store for spices, gotten lost, then murdered several million people.

— Kevin Farzad (@KevinFarzad) October 13, 2014

*sees someone drop their wallet*
ME: This is mine. I discovered it

THEM: what no

ME *stabs them* Columbus Day rules

COP: dang he’s right

— Nickronomicon (@OneTrickTofani) October 12, 2015

Happy “This Dude Came Over And Pointed Out What Was Already Here” Day#ColumbusDay

— Eugene Lee Yang (@EugeneLeeYang) October 12, 2015

the only thing Christopher Columbus ever discovered was Daniel Radcliffe.

— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) October 13, 2014

In honor of #ColumbusDay I have discovered my neighbors house. Also slaughtered him and his family. I was trying to get to the grocery store

— the walking zed (@NathanZed) October 12, 2015

While Twitter joked about the history of Columbus, many cities across the country renamed the day Indigenous Peoples Day. Albuquerque, Portland, St. Paul, Bexar County, Traverse City, and Olympia were among major cities to make the change in a push to oust the offensive holiday. The campaign to abolish Columbus Day began in 1990 when South Dakota renamed the day Native American Day. Berkeley, California, followed suit two years later with Indigenous Peoples Day.

Take That, #ColumbusDay! Celebrate NY Indigenous Peoples Day Mon. & Pow Wow This Weekend – https://t.co/gr3zyIKbY6 pic.twitter.com/Ia87c70lUu

— Vincent Schilling (@VinceSchilling) October 6, 2015

“Wishing everyone a very happy Indigenous Peoples Day today!” wrote Common on Twitter. “#ColumbusDay deez nuts,” said Jesse Williams, with a photo of another tweet that reads, “I assume that a Columbus Day sale means I can just walk into a store and take whatever I want.” Johnny Taylor, Jr. adds, “Don’t act like you’ve never knocked on the wrong door, killed everyone inside, and then decided you lived there. #columbusday.”