# Columbus Day v Indigenous People's Day v Leif Erikson Day

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-day-v-indigenous-peoples-day-v-leif-erikson-day/952323 "2021-10-11T21:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-day-v-indigenous-peoples-day-v-leif-erikson-day/952323/362 "2021-11-10T15:13:25Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> I disagree with both parts of that. As I’m pretty sure I’ve already said.

I quoted #35 again because you pointed to it as me saying Columbus’s voyages were part of U.S. history. I didn’t quote it to imply you hadn’t responded to it.

> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> > [@Max\_S](#):
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> > my opinion is that other people in my own nation are _wrong_ to think there is more than one single national identity.
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> How can there be one single national identity if people who are part of the nation disagree about what it is?

Some people are wrong. I wrote that in the very sentence you quoted. This reminds me of a recent debate where @Exapno_Mapcase argued, because people disagree on the answers to any given religious question, religion can not exist.

> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> New Year’s Day isn’t part of US national identity. It’s an international holiday.

I think it’s both.

~Max

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