Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
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@copper said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
But the name is stupid
Sorry, but it is stupidThis is for you and LuFin.
I don't agree that it's stupid. That assumes that the only acceptable language usage can be rooted in white English/English-American.
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@catseye3 said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
@copper said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
But the name is stupid
Sorry, but it is stupidThis is for you and LuFin.
I don't agree that it's stupid. That assumes that the only acceptable language usage can be rooted in white English/English-American.
There is no such thing as white English, that would be stupid too
There is American English, and that is the only acceptable language usage.
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You invented the phrase 'fanny pack', and you think this is stupid?
You say 'I could care less', and you think this is dumb?
Don't get me started on 'write me' and 'Reach out'.
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@doctor-phibes said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
You invented the phrase 'fanny pack', and you think this is stupid?
You say 'I could care less', and you think this is dumb?
Don't get me started on 'write me' and 'Reach out'.
Write me?
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@copper said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
There is American English, and that is the only acceptable language usage.
No, it isn't. There's black American.
When's the last time you described a good thing as 'dope'? Or referred to a friend as your homie? Or something super cool as 'all that'? Got somebody in your life who's a baby mama? A baby daddy?
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@mik said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
Well, I used to describe dope as a good thing. Does that count?
Doan be botherin me wif yo jive shit. I be readin up on AeroGarden an I'm 'bout to spend me some bank on this dope salad kit, got its own light an' ever'thang. AND it's $60 off!
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@catseye3 said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
It's a fine idea to commemorate the end to slavery
FWIW it's not actually a commemoration of the end of slavery. That was abolished about two and half years before Juneteenth.
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@jon-nyc said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
Ending of slavery seems to me to be one of the the most important chapters in our history and is clearly deserving of a national holiday, probably more so than the most of the events or people we currently recognize that way. One can quibble on details but I’m not too concerned about it.
We still have Columbus Day for crying out loud.
I find it funny that some Italians actually take that shit seriously. As if the day were about them or something.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
We still have Columbus Day for crying out loud.
I find it funny that some Italians actually take that shit seriously. As if the day were about them or something.
I’ve always thought Columbus Day was a bit too ethnic.
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NO. Sorry, this ain’t about English, this is basic math. What the flying fuck is Juneteenth? The 13th? 14th? 15th?
I’ve heard of the 12 Days of Christmas, should we make it the 7 Days of Juneteenth?
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@89th said in Senate approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday:
I’m just looking forward to the next federal holiday: Febtober
THE DAY IS MINE, TREBEK.
That’s Fedtober to you…
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Cory Booker was on TV today. He has been touting a plan similar to what I have many times said here I could support. Every American child at birth has an account started for them and occasionally contributed to (annually?) based on family income. At 18 he figures those that have the full amount would have about $50K to spend on some approved thing - education, starting a business, buying property. That sort of thing.
This makes much more sense to me in terms of addressing wealth inequality. Kids that otherwise would not grow up knowing they have a shot at the American dream and creating generational wealth. They would also grow up seeing for themselves how money grows and wealth is created.
Your thoughts? It's not race based and makes much more sense than handing out a chunk of change to adults today who will be broke again in 6 months.
Based on approximately 24% of 330 million Americans being under 18 I'd estimate somewhere around $30B annually.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
