Trump Dump: Former Baseball Player Mark Teixeira “Educates” Us About Columbus Day

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5 responses to “Trump Dump: Former Baseball Player Mark Teixeira “Educates” Us About Columbus Day”

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   October 14, 2025

   Benny S

   Sort of reminds me of a family member who routinely states: “I’m so appreciative to God for blessing me with being born to the parents I have.”

   How does one logically critique such a weird claim (e.g.: “Are you suggesting that God could have given you to different parents when you were born?”) without appearing as the family’s shit stirrer / Debbie Downer?

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   October 15, 2025

   Jeff Bishop

   LOL

   American history is WONDERFUL for Pro Baseball players “blessed by God” and Rolling in the dough.
   For the other 99.5% of us ………………….. well………..not so much.

   Uhhh Mark – You may want to consider such groups as – Indigenous Americans.
   You know red and brown people. Black Americans brought in slave ships, and pretty much anyone in the working class………regardless of color.

   BTW Chrissie Columbus and his ilk, are potential front runners for the greatest human on human murder body count in world history, it is somewhat debatable but they are a lead horse.

   But you go right on ahead loving your illusions.

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   October 15, 2025

   Barbara Jackson

   This is another case of the victor gets to write history. This is the purpose of Columbus Day to show every Native American that they are less than the immigrants. Sounds like what the Roman Empire or William the Conqueror would do.

   Those who do not wish to have a Native American day are obviously belittling anyone but themselves.

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   October 15, 2025

   ObstacleChick

   Mark was blessed to be born to parents who passed along some great athletic genes, and they gave little Mark a ton of opportunities to train and grow to be an expert in his sport. He used those advantages, worked hard, and played at the highest level of baseball. However, there are thousands of people who also have good genes, work hard, and never make it to the Big Show. Everyone has a ceiling. Most people don’t have the privilege to even find their ceiling, and most of those who do find it will never, no matter what, be good enough to play at the highest level.

   Columbus was not a good person. It’s well documented what he thought of the native people in the islands he sailed to. I wouldn’t be proud of Making Columbus Great Again.

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   October 15, 2025

   Troy

   It’s interesting how after 50 years or so, a louse like the Admiral or say Francis Scott Key, becomes heroic, just from the loss of generational memory. The holiday wasn’t even a thing until 1971, and of course the KOC lobbied for it, just as they did to put “In God We Trust” on the money. I have a birthday coming up, and it often occurs to me, that the day isn’t just mine, but my mother’s as well. As such observing the other side of history’s coin, the natives people who were also changed by the event, should not merely permissible, it should be mandatory. There’s your history “Tex”.

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