Chris Who?

As I was getting ready for bed, it occurred to me that it was Columbus Day today. The first thought in my head was: who gives a shit?

We used to care about Christopher Columbus in grade school. As I grew older, school stopped caring about it, we didn't get the day off, we stopped talking about it.

Christopher Columbus, the FOREforefather of America, represents the imminent growth each child has in their upbringing: we first worshipped Columbus and his discovery of our land. Next, we discovered that he found the place by accident (just like some children were accidents themselves). We found out next that he was an exiled buffoon. Then, that he tortured the people who originally lived in the "treasure utopia".

We grow up worshipping our "fathers" before realizing they're not the best thing since sliced bread after all. Forefathers of America were nothing special. People made them a symbol, something to fall back on. To make sense of America with. We realize that our entire world is full of bullshit "fathers" who look out for us while really looking out for themselves, looking for a little returned interest out of everything they get their dirty hands into.

Columbus is the symbol for the Revelation of Bullshit for true Patriot Americans capable of critical, objective thought.

If you are above the age of 12 and you celebrated this day in its original intent, stay the fuck away from me.






Beirut -- "Elephant Gun"