...it is another useless federal holiday....only federal workers [sic] get that day off; probably banks and other entities, but for the rest of us, who gives a flying rat’s a** about this holiday...
Beside that, it promotes illiteracy.
They condensed Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s birthday into a single “President’s Day” which was absolutely appalling.
So now we have TWO minority holidays honoring so-so people and events and only ONE honoring our great forefathers.
Get rid of BOTH MLK and this idiotic pandering “Juneteenth.” It’s just another lame excuse for more shoot-em-ups.
Americans don’t take any holidays seriously. As for Juneteenth, it’s a good day to watch Blaxploitation movies.
Like July 4, Veterans’ and Memorial Days, current and future generations of government-educated kids will have no clue as to the origin or meaning. They could be Snow Day or Too Hot Day for all they know or care, thanks to public ed.
What makes it disgusting to me is that it falls on the day after my birthday.
I’d be more receptive to Juneteenth if it were more honestly described:
Juneteenth celebrates the day Republican troops freed the last of the Democrat-owned slaves.
June 19, 1953. Communist spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed. I celebrate Juneteenth for dead communists. Pinochet did nothing wrong.
It took me to 11am to realize why nobody was answering my emails and Teams messages this morning.
“Juneteenth enshrines the false idea that blacks are the protagonists of American history while whites are its villains.”
Man, that distills the entire thesis into a nutshell. Excellent writing.
I had never heard of it until two or three years ago.
Well, why not 'Pomatix day, when the Civil War ended and slavery officially ended, even if not automatically, universally rescinded?
I think that our brethren and sistern need to promote 13Menment Day, when the former slaves were constitutionally made citizens.
Juneteenth is a paltry start to recognize that black people were once enslaved by the entire country. Some see the
badges of servitude still being propagated by the evil, white devil slave-masters.
When did father Abraham free the slaves in the North?
Keep Juneteenth and get rid of martin luther false prophet day.
I disengage when fake composite words that can’t be decomposed into any logical meaning are used.
No better way to promote unity than to jam holidays that are exclusive for the 13%of the population that is responsible for the majority of violent crime and other societal problems down the throats of the other 87% of citizens .
It’s a complete waste of productivity just like the lazy slobs it was invented for