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The Michael Derry Show is on the air. Yesterday we celebrated Columbus Day. Yesterday we celebrated Columbus Day, which represents not the founding of America, of course.

That's not where Columbus arrived, not the United States of America.

Anyway.

But the modernization of civilization in the Western world,

the European influence that would lead to a culture in a country that would be the hallmark of things like self-governance, equality, the concept of natural rights put

into effect.

Those changed the world in such a manner as to be mind-blowing.

It's, you can't imagine the world without the U.S. in it because the influence is so profound.

It was important to President Trump that we recognized that day, and he has demonstrated

an understanding of why it is important to celebrate our history,

celebrate who and what we are,

and not to allow groups among us to tell us we should be ashamed of our history,

should deny that history.

You know, when in Syria, when ISIS was rolling through, they made sure to shatter the great

Christian artifacts.

It was important to them to do that.

The idea is to destroy history and deny history.

It's the ultimate authoritarian move. It's a very Ray Bradbury. Uh, The idea is to destroy history and deny history.

It's the ultimate authoritarian move.

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