Sarcasm-Free Zone: Sarah Silverman ‘Agrees’ with Geraldo to Ban Columbus Day

Newsbusters
August 21, 2017

Never one to shy away from a controversial topic, comedian Sarah Silverman thought she would jump on the social justice warrior bandwagon, but instead of promoting the continued takedown of Confederate monuments, Silverman thought it would be a good idea to take away Columbus Day, which she describes as a “sham holiday.” These people never stop.

Silverman responded to Geraldo Rivera’s sarcastic tweet, asking if Robert E. Lee is to be erased from history, why not erase Columbus Day, whose arrival “ignited genocide of Native Americans.”

Apparently, Silverman missed the boat on this one. Pun intended. Rivera was being facetious in his tweet, basically saying if you take away everything from America’s past, it’s basically taking away part of history, which hard as they might, can never truly erase.

Silverman responded with her own tweet:

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This article was posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 at 8:16 am






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