Columbus was diefied for the sake of italian-american pride. Change Columbus day to “Italian-American day” and I bet they stop caring about him in less than 10 years.

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago (8 children)

there has to be another italian guy to deify in place of columbus

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why not two?

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

two

Knew immediately who you were talking about before I clicked the link lol

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Columbo obviously columbo

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

thats already a god

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

"Just one more thing." That's when you knew he got 'em.

[–] TheRogueKitten@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

The good Colombo.

[–] TheLastHero@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Giuseppe Garibaldi, easy, and he is actually Italian unlike Columbus (Genoese is not Italian)

[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

luigi-dance

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sacco and Vanzetti are right there

[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Garibaldi would be a good choice too

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

St Sebastian. He’s not American but…

Italian
Actually represents the evils of persecution
cute twink

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

cute twink

i'm sold

[–] jack@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Chef Boyardee

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago

they should. there's a puerto rican day, there's a dominican day, why not italian too?

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Columbus Day was given to Italian Americans after 11 were lynched in a New Orleans Riot

Several of the victims were repeatedly shot and several others were hanged, their bodies grossly put on display in the aftermath. Eleven men were lynched while the rest of the people in the prison managed to hide or escape. None of the men who were lynched were found guilty of being involved in Hennessy’s murder.

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The violent lynching strained international relations between the U.S. and Italian governments, with Italy removing their U.S. ambassador from Washington, D.C. To appease the Italian government and to gain the vote of Italian Americans, U.S. president Benjamin Harrison proclaimed the first nationally-recognized Columbus Day celebration to be a one-time celebration on Oct. 21, 1892.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a pretty good movie about that

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Is it The Godfather