WEBVTT - Columbus Day Under Assault

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<v Speaker 1>Bonnie and Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Welcome to the e I

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<v Speaker 1>B Network. Great to have you, sir. Hello, ma'am, ma'am,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, that's okay, chum. Today is Columbus Day, and

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<v Speaker 1>I would like you to talk about Christopher Columbus. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I have a stack of Christopher Columbus stuff here. Great. Great,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not what you're gonna want to hear. Maybe. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he was a great courageous visionary. I think he's

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<v Speaker 1>a great role model for today's youth. He was an entrepreneur.

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<v Speaker 1>He if he didn't come here, if he didn't bump

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<v Speaker 1>into America, who knows how the world would be different,

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<v Speaker 1>but it would definitely be different. I know we wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have cigars, that's right, we wouldn't have all this great food.

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<v Speaker 1>We wouldn't have freedom because he really laid the foundation

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<v Speaker 1>for that here. And I'm so frustrated when I hear

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<v Speaker 1>that he all the only the bad things about him

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<v Speaker 1>and all the guard which that's being taught in the

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<v Speaker 1>schools about him. Um. And so I'd like to ask

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<v Speaker 1>everybody to put their flag out today and maybe make

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<v Speaker 1>a good, good dinner for their family and celebrate Columbus Day.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, you bet, I'm glad. I'm glad you called.

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<v Speaker 1>From the Rasmussen Reports web page, twenty four percent of

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<v Speaker 1>Americans believe we should not honor Columbus with a national holiday.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the result of government and multicultural education winning

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<v Speaker 1>from Let's say, where's this? From the Washington Post Voice

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<v Speaker 1>Rendsburger November one, went back to the archives, So this

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<v Speaker 1>is uh what seventeen man, oh man, that's seventeen years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>The chief rival position, called the Columbian theory, argues that

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<v Speaker 1>there was no syphilis in Europe till Columbus took it there.

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<v Speaker 1>Advocates of this view agree that what had been called

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<v Speaker 1>been called leprosy was a mixture of true leprosy with

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<v Speaker 1>other sexually transmitted diseases, but that none of them was syphilis.

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<v Speaker 1>More likely, they argue, the other disease was gonna rhea,

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<v Speaker 1>which my health teacher in junior high pronounced gungaria. Question,

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<v Speaker 1>did Columbus give the world syphilis? And they've been debating this,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this is part of the multicultural curriculum. Now

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<v Speaker 1>that that Columbus introduced racism, sexism, bigotry, homophobia, environmental destruction,

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<v Speaker 1>syphilis and horses, which brought their own problems, and so

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<v Speaker 1>they had actually been debating this did Columbus give the

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<v Speaker 1>world syphilis? In the year fifteen dred. Not long after

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<v Speaker 1>Christopher Columbus and his crews began returning from their voyages

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<v Speaker 1>to the New World, in epidemic epidemic of syphilis erupted

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<v Speaker 1>in Europe. Shortly thereafter, more epidemics flared and swept across

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<v Speaker 1>the continent, raging with much the same impact as AIDS

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<v Speaker 1>does today. And remember this when this story is from

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<v Speaker 1>so the theory there is that Columbus caught syphilis from

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<v Speaker 1>the Indians or whoever it was he interacted with down there,

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<v Speaker 1>and he and his crew uh took it back to

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<v Speaker 1>Europe with him. UH. And there are countless stories in

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<v Speaker 1>the stack today about what teachers are teaching kids about Columbus,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's basically the the multicultural curriculum, that he was racist,

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<v Speaker 1>a sexist, and bigoted and homophobic and brought all of

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<v Speaker 1>those things to this country, uh, this the New World,

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<v Speaker 1>on his uh, on his voyage. This is this is

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<v Speaker 1>why I say, you know a lot of your kids

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<v Speaker 1>are in school listening to the traditions and institutions that

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<v Speaker 1>make this country great get trashed each and every day,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's now gotten to the point that think we

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<v Speaker 1>should not honor or have a Christopher Columbus Day.