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Happy Kwaanza!

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  • MikM Away
    MikM Away
    Mik
    wrote on last edited by
    #26

    I don't know a single black person who celebrates Kwanzaa. My suspicion is they view it with skepticism as it intends to cast them in a role they never asked for.

    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      #27

      Wait ... what about Juneteenth?

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      • MikM Away
        MikM Away
        Mik
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        #28

        Juneteenth has been a thing for much longer than Kwanzaa. It's been celebrated in Texas for many years.

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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          #29

          I'd never heard of Juneteenth until a couple of years ago.

          As far as I'm concerned, all American holidays are made up.

          Plus, I've heard that Jerry Seinfeld's a bad tipper.

          I was only joking

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            What about Juneteenth? While ai personally believe that Emancipation Day should be the celebration date in the same way we celebrate the 4th of July instead of September 28th, but I’ve got no qualms celebrating the practical end of slavery as opposed to the pronounced end. And it is definitely a historical event that should be celebrated.

            The Brad

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              LuFins Dad
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              #31

              And MLK should absolutely be celebrated. I choose to do so by skiing.

              The Brad

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              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                What about Juneteenth? While ai personally believe that Emancipation Day should be the celebration date in the same way we celebrate the 4th of July instead of September 28th, but I’ve got no qualms celebrating the practical end of slavery as opposed to the pronounced end. And it is definitely a historical event that should be celebrated.

                Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                Doctor Phibes
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                @LuFins-Dad said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                What about Juneteenth? While ai personally believe that Emancipation Day should be the celebration date in the same way we celebrate the 4th of July instead of September 28th, but I’ve got no qualms celebrating the practical end of slavery as opposed to the pronounced end. And it is definitely a historical event that should be celebrated.

                I don't have a problem with people celebrating any made-up day they like. Celebrating is generally good. Obviously, there's always going to be some miserable so-and-so complaining about it, but why worry? We'll all be dead soon. If anybody lies on his death-bed complaining about how there are too many holidays, then he's a fucking idiot.

                I was only joking

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                • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                  @LuFins-Dad said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                  What about Juneteenth? While ai personally believe that Emancipation Day should be the celebration date in the same way we celebrate the 4th of July instead of September 28th, but I’ve got no qualms celebrating the practical end of slavery as opposed to the pronounced end. And it is definitely a historical event that should be celebrated.

                  I don't have a problem with people celebrating any made-up day they like. Celebrating is generally good. Obviously, there's always going to be some miserable so-and-so complaining about it, but why worry? We'll all be dead soon. If anybody lies on his death-bed complaining about how there are too many holidays, then he's a fucking idiot.

                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                  Aqua Letifer
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                  #33

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                  @LuFins-Dad said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                  What about Juneteenth? While ai personally believe that Emancipation Day should be the celebration date in the same way we celebrate the 4th of July instead of September 28th, but I’ve got no qualms celebrating the practical end of slavery as opposed to the pronounced end. And it is definitely a historical event that should be celebrated.

                  I don't have a problem with people celebrating any made-up day they like. Celebrating is generally good. Obviously, there's always going to be some miserable so-and-so complaining about it, but why worry? We'll all be dead soon. If anybody lies on his death-bed complaining about how there are too many holidays, then he's a fucking idiot.

                  Why is celebrating good if anything you celebrate is just a made-up construct?

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                    @LuFins-Dad said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                    What about Juneteenth? While ai personally believe that Emancipation Day should be the celebration date in the same way we celebrate the 4th of July instead of September 28th, but I’ve got no qualms celebrating the practical end of slavery as opposed to the pronounced end. And it is definitely a historical event that should be celebrated.

                    I don't have a problem with people celebrating any made-up day they like. Celebrating is generally good. Obviously, there's always going to be some miserable so-and-so complaining about it, but why worry? We'll all be dead soon. If anybody lies on his death-bed complaining about how there are too many holidays, then he's a fucking idiot.

                    Why is celebrating good if anything you celebrate is just a made-up construct?

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                    #34

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                    Why is celebrating good if anything you celebrate is just a made-up construct?

                    Ax, can you take this one?

                    I was only joking

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                      Horace
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                      #35

                      You can’t spell celebrate without celibate, and also a misspelling.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                        @LuFins-Dad said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                        What about Juneteenth? While ai personally believe that Emancipation Day should be the celebration date in the same way we celebrate the 4th of July instead of September 28th, but I’ve got no qualms celebrating the practical end of slavery as opposed to the pronounced end. And it is definitely a historical event that should be celebrated.

                        I don't have a problem with people celebrating any made-up day they like. Celebrating is generally good. Obviously, there's always going to be some miserable so-and-so complaining about it, but why worry? We'll all be dead soon. If anybody lies on his death-bed complaining about how there are too many holidays, then he's a fucking idiot.

                        Why is celebrating good if anything you celebrate is just a made-up construct?

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                        #36

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                        Why is celebrating good if anything you celebrate is just a made-up construct?

                        Celebration is overrated.
                        Just go back to your brooding.
                        And you can brood over a made-up construct if you want.

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                        • HoraceH Horace

                          You can’t spell celebrate without celibate, and also a misspelling.

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                          @Horace said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                          You can’t spell celebrate without celibate, and also a misspelling.

                          Celebration is an anagram of "Erect Albino".

                          There are no coincidences.

                          I was only joking

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                          • AxtremusA Axtremus

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                            Why is celebrating good if anything you celebrate is just a made-up construct?

                            Celebration is overrated.
                            Just go back to your brooding.
                            And you can brood over a made-up construct if you want.

                            Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                            Aqua Letifer
                            wrote on last edited by Aqua Letifer
                            #38

                            @Axtremus said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Happy Kwaanza!:

                            Why is celebrating good if anything you celebrate is just a made-up construct?

                            Celebration is overrated.
                            Just go back to your brooding.
                            And you can brood over a made-up construct if you want.

                            Alright.

                            Please love yourself.

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