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TOS came out at a time when Columbus was still being held in high regard. :)
You talking about that guy who sailed around the world, but didn't make it very far, then told the people they were Indians and the people were like "¿Qué, bro?", and then claimed himself the founder of an inhabited land that he never even touched? Did something scandalous recently come out about him that made him fall from grace?
Quick search suggests that the people of Columbia are still pretty happy with the name.
Meanwhile the people of Ohio's capital aren't
I live in NYC and no one is actually pushing to get rid of Columbus Circle.
otoh, Trump has a Building right on Columbus Circle, so maybe we should ask Mamdani to rename it Obama Circle.
Meanwhile, Amerigo Vespucci, America's namesake:
That's the part of the story I can find funny. Columbus made four trips to the New World, set up colonies, and explored. He never set foot on the American mainland but he saw it with his own eyes, sailing up and down the Mexican coast looking for the Singapore Straight, which he obviously never found because it was busy being on the other side of the planet. He went to his deathbed believing he'd visited Asia. It wasn't until Mr. Vespucci made it all the way to Argentina before going "Dudes...there's no fucking way we're in the Philippines. There isn't a landmass thousands of miles long in the Philippines."
And he was right, which is why AMERICA! FUCK YEA!
And then he'd sign an executive order, in the middle of shitting his pants, demanding it be renamed after him
I've only driven through Columbus Ohio once via highway, so I don't have a complete picture of it, but all I remember about it is it had the worst highway layout of any I've experienced, and it had the ugliest, most souless corporate signage along the road that I've ever seen as well.
I also stopped to get some fast food, and immediately had a couple people loudly mock me for wearing a mask after I let them ahead of me while I was looking at the menu.
The place just left me with really bad vibes, honestly.
They don’t have much to be happy about in general.
Well yeah, their days keep being ruined by a group of assholes who meet in their city