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To: C19fan

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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To: Alberta's Child

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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To: Alberta's Child

It’s just another day that the mail doesn’t come.


55 posted on 06/19/2020 5:48:35 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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