Posted on 06/21/2020 8:15:20 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
What do you think about Juneteenth? Consider how suddenly it’s been foisted upon us.
I find it nothing but pandering and groveling. It’s not been a nationally-known day (my husband only just found out when I brought it up last week, and I only because few years back it was brought up on some documentary). I’m betting most blacks didn’t know about it...because it was local!
Nothing more than Cinco de Mayo, with exact same background and same intention...undermine this country.
I got Friday off from my job. My prediction- next year, when it’s on a Saturday and there’s no elections, Juneteenth will go the way of Kwanzaa.
I want nothing to do with it.
How many times did Obama mention it ?
It’s My FR Anniversary.
Trump wanting to hold his rally that day is mainly what’s turned it into the most revered holiday ever now.
I find it to be a great opportunity to celebrate the blessings of Liberty.
It has no business being a national holiday. State recognition in Texas makes sense.
Neither does Mardi Gras have any business being celebrated in the streets of Seattle.
But more Americans should be exposed to Patriots Day.
And that’s what corporate “floating holidays” were intended for. Someone doesn’t want to take Good Friday or Columbus Day, fine, other people who want to recognize them can.
Twice
I would trade MLK Day for a day commemorating the End of Slavery.
I went to some really crappy public schools and they never taught it. I don’t remember even hearing about it until a few days ago. I figured the dems we once again pretending to care about something and it was another excuse to keep rioting.
The end of slavery is something to celebrate, but I don’t favor giving government workers another paid holiday.
It celebrates the victory of the GOP over the slave-owning Dimocrats!
Of course I knew that there was a certain day in 1863 that Lincoln proclaimed that the slaves were free, even though the Confederacy still existed. But, I’d never heard of it referred to as “Juneteenth.”
That is, until it was an excuse to say how insensitive and racial it was for Trump to plan a rally on the anniversary of Lincoln’s proclamation. And, that, although it hadn’t been nationally celebrated for 155 years, it was of the utmost importance that it become a National Holiday.
So, the answer to the original question of “When did I know?” is just... a few days.
Exactly. It is a day of celebration, not of “introspection”.
Three words:
I
DON’T
CARE
Happy FR anniversary!
Well, Johnny Reb (written with all due respect), Juneteeth is a result of victors of the war of northern aggression - Republicans. Not a single Rat wanted it. Claim it as a victory of Republicans and ridicule southern Democrats, along with other Rat laws and policies meant to keep blacks on the plantation til today. At this point, it’s not beneath me to twist a little known Texas holiday into something more than it is.
Juneteenth isn’t a date tied to Lincoln. It is when someone from the Union delivered a proclamation in Galveston Texas that the slaves were free. This came after the end of the civil war.
That occurred on June 19th and subsequently that date was celebrated by the black community. It is the oldest and longest running tradition to celebrate the end of slavery.
Juneteenth isn’t in my dictionary. If it’s to stand for the end of slavery what about all the minions still walking around under the thumb of government, dnc, blm, antifa or still in mommy’s basement?
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