On Monday, Mayor Murray signed a proclamation recognizing the city’s first Indigenous Peoples’ Day, ostensibly ending the weeks-long debate over the fate of Columbus Day by kicking that longtime holiday to the curb. Our readers responded. “Good for those who lost so much . . . ” —Janeyre • “Seattle, you are more embarrassingly PC than Bellingham, and that is saying something.” —PocketCommie •

“About damned time.” —Randi •

“If Columbus hadn’t made the trip, America as we know today probably wouldn’t have been created, so it’s worth celebrating.” —Dervid •

“Can’t ‘discover’ something that was already known.” —Kbro2 •

“Fools—all of you . . . ignorant fools.” —AntiSoros