Juneteenth

Copper

The traditional kneeling ceremony is the best part.

Jolly

I've known about it all my life.

Where y'all been?

89th

Hadn’t heard of it until now

Jolly

And that's part of the problem. We've got all these people making all these pronouncements about the black community, when in reality they really don't know sheep shit from wild honey...Unless you've grown up with them and known them all your life, some of your (collective you) understanding is incomplete.

Horace

Hm, it seems cooler than I thought. I thought it was a new invention. Now that I've googled it I feel bad about making fun of it.

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@Jolly said in Juneteenth:

And that's part of the problem. We've got all these people making all these pronouncements about the black community, when in reality they really don't know sheep shit from wild honey...Unless you've grown up with them and known them all your life, some of your (collective you) understanding is incomplete.

When I can not tell
Between Winnie and The poo
It is time to die

Axtremus

Trump reschedules Tulsa rally 'out of respect' for Juneteenth
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/politics/donald-trump-tulsa-rally-juneteenth/index.html

Jolly

@Axtremus said in Juneteenth:

Trump reschedules Tulsa rally 'out of respect' for Juneteenth
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/politics/donald-trump-tulsa-rally-juneteenth/index.html

And he didn't know, either.

Buncha damnyankees.

Axtremus

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/oklahoma-lawsuit-tries-to-block-trumps-rally-because-of-coronavirus-fears/2020/06/16/175bbf30-b01f-11ea-a567-6172530208bd_story.html

Judge denies Oklahoma residents’ bid to block Trump’s rally because of coronavirus fears

Copper

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Mik

I've known about it for at least 40 years.

Copper

@Axtremus said in Juneteenth:

Trump reschedules Tulsa rally 'out of respect' for Juneteenth

It's not a holiday, there is no holiday to respect.

Larry

Never heard of it. Neither had any of the black people I've asked about it.

89th

So, I can actually get behind a holiday that commemorates the freeing of the slaves. It's symbolically a major turning point in this country, and quite frankly, it's a good reminder to BLM today that slaves were freed 150 years ago.

Jolly

@Larry said in Juneteenth:

Never heard of it. Neither had any of the black people I've asked about it.

Big deal among the black folk down here...They've got the date wrong, though...

Loki

June 19th is also

Garlield the Cat day
National dry martini day
Take back the lunch break day
Ugliest dog day
Wear blue day
Work at home Father’s Day
World sauntering day

These are all symbols of white privilege. We need to eliminate.