Posted on 06/19/2020 4:12:39 AM PDT by C19fan
For far too long Juneteenth, marking the official end of slavery in America, has remained a niche holiday within the Black community. Now it must turn into a national holiday that all Americans should embrace.
Following George Floyds murder, Americans have stood up and declared that they can no longer tolerate the American status quo that devalues Black lives. Americans of all walks of life have supported defunding the police, and forcefully removed statues and monuments celebrating Confederates, slave owners and colonizers who terrorized indigenous people. Americans have occupied the streets chanting Black Lives Matter and shouting down white supremacy.
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I will be going to Costco to “celebrate” Juneteenth. I have no problem with celebrating this but of course the Leftists pushing this now have ulterior motives.
In most cases, establishing something as a national holiday is the first step in stripping it of all meaning. It becomes just one more day for people to get paid without working, and to go shopping to buy more unnecessary crap at the mall.
do we bring fried chicken and watermelon?
The beatings will continue until moral improves.
Well let’s see there’s thirteenth...fourteenth...fifteenth...sixteenth...seventeenth....eighteenth....nineteenth...... oh let’s call it Juneteenth....that’yll mean something!..... /sarc
Exactly. The Left has hijacked everything and every institution in Amerika.
IT SANK...GET OVER IT
I'd say the same thing today about slavery/"racism"
IT'S GONE...GET OVER IT
Back in the 70’s in Texas, white folks celebrated Juneteenth by having to work extra hours to cover for the people who skipped work that day.
PitnerIdiot, no.
Nah. Has already become communism on the hoof.
Sorry, I’m done celebrating skin color. Let’s find another holiday, perhaps National Aardvark Day.
Typical leftists telling all Americans what they should do.
From wiki
The 1856 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that met from June 17 to June 19 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first national convention in the history of the Republican Party, and was held to nominate the party's candidates for president and vice president in the 1856 election. The convention selected former Senator John C. Frémont of California for president and former Senator William L. Dayton of New Jersey for vice president. The convention also appointed the members of the newly-established Republican National Committee.
I thought the rule was that each race gets one holiday. They already have MLK day. If they want Juneteenth, they have to give up MLK Day. That’s the law!
So we should listen to some triple-named bitch who spouts lies in every sentence?
How about NO?
June used to be a beautiful month with graduations, weddings, Father’s Day, etc.
Now it’s all political crap. No fun, just harangues.
Nancy Pelosi will be rearranging the portraits in the Capital The Deep State must be scrubbing the Democrat voting record on Al Gores internet. Happy Holiday. This will be another mistake. The Democrats cant keep hiding their past.
Those colonizers created this country! If that offends you, GET THE HELL OUT!
No, it's not.
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