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It’s Time for All of America To Celebrate Juneteenth
Daily Beast ^ | June 19, 2020 | Barrett Holmes Pitner

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 Floyd’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: blm; juneteenth; no
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I would be open to this but as one can tell reading the article there is nothing but hate, and iconoclasm from this author and those like her.
1 posted on 06/19/2020 4:12:40 AM PDT by C19fan
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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.


2 posted on 06/19/2020 4:17:23 AM PDT by C19fan
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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.


3 posted on 06/19/2020 4:17:52 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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do we bring fried chicken and watermelon?


4 posted on 06/19/2020 4:18:04 AM PDT by Craftmore
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The beatings will continue until moral improves.


5 posted on 06/19/2020 4:18:08 AM PDT by Track9 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to ShiÂ’ite since 632 AD)
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Well let’s see there’s thirteenth...fourteenth...fifteenth...sixteenth...seventeenth....eighteenth....nineteenth...... oh let’s call it Juneteenth....that’yll mean something!..... /sarc


6 posted on 06/19/2020 4:18:40 AM PDT by high info voter
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Exactly. The Left has hijacked everything and every institution in Amerika.


7 posted on 06/19/2020 4:20:03 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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Some time ago,when the film Titanic was all that anyone was talking about,I saw a great,GREAT bumper sticker:

IT SANK...GET OVER IT

I'd say the same thing today about slavery/"racism"

IT'S GONE...GET OVER IT

8 posted on 06/19/2020 4:20:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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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.


9 posted on 06/19/2020 4:22:22 AM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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PitnerIdiot, no.


10 posted on 06/19/2020 4:23:12 AM PDT by cranked
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Nah. Has already become communism on the hoof.


11 posted on 06/19/2020 4:23:21 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) 2028!)
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Sorry, I’m done celebrating skin color. Let’s find another holiday, perhaps National Aardvark Day.


12 posted on 06/19/2020 4:24:36 AM PDT by chuckee
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Typical leftists telling all Americans what they should do.


13 posted on 06/19/2020 4:25:33 AM PDT by djpg
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Something else happened on June 19 some years earlier that had direct bearing on the future ending of slavery.

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.


14 posted on 06/19/2020 4:26:18 AM PDT by xp38
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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!


15 posted on 06/19/2020 4:26:43 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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So we should listen to some triple-named bitch who spouts lies in every sentence?

How about NO?


16 posted on 06/19/2020 4:26:52 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are seeing the birth of the Socialist Putsch)
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June used to be a beautiful month with graduations, weddings, Father’s Day, etc.

Now it’s all political crap. No fun, just harangues.


17 posted on 06/19/2020 4:27:39 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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Nancy Pelosi will be rearranging the portraits in the Capital The Deep State must be scrubbing the Democrat voting record on Al Gore’s internet. Happy Holiday. This will be another mistake. The Democrats can’t keep hiding their past.


18 posted on 06/19/2020 4:27:44 AM PDT by cnsmom
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Those “colonizers” created this country! If that offends you, GET THE HELL OUT!


19 posted on 06/19/2020 4:29:07 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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It’s Time for All of America To Celebrate Juneteenth

No, it's not.

20 posted on 06/19/2020 4:29:28 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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