Juneteenth
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 18:08 last edited by
I honestly don’t care. There are many floating holidays, this is just one less you get to choose. Seems to come at a good time of year however. Best to make it a Friday however for a long weekend or it’s a waste.
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Oh, it'll happen. Figured it was inevitable. Honestly...I can get behind it. It's good to remember the day our country got over slavery. No way we'd still be rioting about it 155 years later.
wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 18:17 last edited by@89th said in Juneteenth:
Oh, it'll happen. Figured it was inevitable. Honestly...I can get behind it. It's good to remember the day our country got over slavery. No way we'd still be rioting about it 155 years later.
Have the Irish rioted? How about Native Americans.. have you seen them rioting? Both groups were enslaved. They got over it. Tell me why black people are the only group to ever be enslaved who are still pissing and moaning about it nearly 2 centuries later. What holiday to we celebrate in rememrance of the day their slavery ended?
We're not having riots because blacks used to be slaves. We're having riots because for the last 2 or 3 generations the family unit has broken down in the black community thanks to white liberals buying them with government free shit, making it more advantageous for the father to leave the home than to marry the mother.
Want to help the black community? Stop all the free shit, create jobs, help them learn how to build family values like they used to have. I can remember a time when, had a black kid gone out in the street rioting and looting, his daddy would have found him, dragged his sorry ass back home, and kicked his ass up into his ears. This has been stolen from the black community, and the conservatives have been trying to tell them this would happen ever since we set them free.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 18:19 last edited by
It will go the way of Kwanza soon, anyway.
But that's ok. Let's keep the victimhood attitude going by pandering to their crippled psyche.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 20:30 last edited by jon-nyc 7 Feb 2020, 20:31
GOP Senator Ron Johnson wants to get rid of Columbus Day:
Posting this as a screenshot for those who have trouble reading tweets
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 20:32 last edited by
It's been a long time since I redd anything from Ron Johnson, and I don't remember any of it. But I remember liking him a lot.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 20:33 last edited by
Reaction to Johnson's proposal should be interesting, yeah?
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 20:38 last edited by
It's really cute that he thinks a government employee not working for a day would have a drastic effect on the economy.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 21:57 last edited by
Back when racism was OK the Italians had Columbus Day and the Irish had St. Patrick's Day holidays. It was a bone thrown to these races who were downtrodden, ridiculed, called offensive names and generally kept as low-wage blue collar workers.
These races are privileged now and don't need the bones any more.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 22:05 last edited by
I always thought Columbus Day was a bit too ethnic.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 22:05 last edited by
Do you think white people could bend over and spread their cheeks any harder?
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 23:14 last edited by Horace 7 Feb 2020, 23:15
Entire generations of white folk have been trained to believe that belittling themselves for their skin color is a demonstration of high human character, and not a single one of them thinks such demonstrations of character entail any personal sacrifice. And in fact, those responsible for propagating that messaging and educating those generations of white folk, do not sacrifice anything by it. On the contrary, they gain social status and financial status by it, to some extent.
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 02:37 last edited by
MLK is the only American to have his own federal holiday.
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 02:58 last edited by
Washington used to.
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 02:59 last edited by
Actually the federal holiday is still officially known as Washington’s Birthday.
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 03:18 last edited by
Wait, Washington as in the slave owner and tobacco farmer?
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 03:31 last edited by
No, no, no. The land surveyor and general.
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 16:02 last edited by Copper 7 Mar 2020, 16:18
@89th said in Juneteenth:
MLK is the only American to have his own federal holiday.
Since Jesus Christ is always everywhere could He not be considered American?
And a lot of Veterans were/are American.
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 16:08 last edited by Loki 7 Mar 2020, 16:20
June 19th is a shitty time of year to have a holiday. All the graduations just happened as has Father’s Day and Mother’s Day. People are just gearing up for Fourth of July.
When the holiday happens mid week it’s even worse.
It’s just stupid. At least make it a Monday or Friday.
No one wants to lose a floating holiday for a tues, wed, or Thursday during that time of year. Oh and what about if it’s a sat or Sunday. Is the Friday or Monday off?
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wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 16:19 last edited by
I'm sure they took the time to consider every angle.
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@89th said in Juneteenth:
MLK is the only American to have his own federal holiday.
Since Jesus Christ is always everywhere could He not be considered American?
And a lot of Veterans were/are American.
wrote on 3 Jul 2020, 16:33 last edited by LuFins Dad 7 Mar 2020, 16:47delete