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6. Because what better way to honor Italian Americans

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 01:14 PM

Oct 9

Then a statue to a Castilian who would have hated Sicilians.

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Back in 2020 Coldwater Oct 8 #1

if you want to honor Italian-Americans, why Columbus? DBoon Oct 8 #2

They weren't famous yet. BidenRocks Oct 9 #3

Times change. yardwork Oct 9 #10

Meanwhile, chump.. BidenRocks Oct 9 #14

Who? Polybius Oct 9 #5

You never heard of Enrico Fermi? yardwork Oct 9 #7

I'm sure I learned about him in school, but I forgot Polybius Oct 9 #20

Fermi has an element and a class of subatomic particles named after him muriel_volestrangler Oct 9 #16

Because what better way to honor Italian Americans ForgoTheConsequence Oct 9 #6

Anthony Fauci. yardwork Oct 9 #9

It would have to be someone that the left and right BOTH love Polybius Oct 9 #21

An African-American supports a know slave trader. nt Javaman Oct 9 #4

A blatantly political effort to win over Italian-American voters. yardwork Oct 9 #8

I will probably get roasted for this jgmiller Oct 9 #12

Columbus was pretty awful - the king and queen of Spain thought he went too far muriel_volestrangler Oct 9 #13

Yes, and the confederates were traitors fujiyamasan Oct 9 #18

Just put up a statue of BidenRocks Oct 9 #15

(Irrelevant aside) Ignorant me never knew... GJGCA Oct 9 #19