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Juneteenth Won't Be an Important Holiday
Highly Respected ^ | June 19th, 2024 | Scott Greer

Posted on 06/19/2024 9:35:47 AM PDT by River Hawk

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To: zipper
I had no idea either until I went online yesterday at Fidelity and Wells Fargo Bank and found notices like this at both places...


41 posted on 06/19/2024 10:13:43 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: econjack

“as much, or more”

Stop it...you’re killing me.


42 posted on 06/19/2024 10:14:40 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Leaning Right
“Juneteenth celebrates the day Republican troops freed the last of the Democrat-owned slaves.”

That is not quite right. Juneteenth celebrates the day that it was announced in Texas that slaves in the defeated Confederate States of America had been freed.

The United States clung to slavery until passage of the 13th amendment which occurred later.

It is interesting to note that according to official records Virginia ratified the 13th amendment before Ohio; Louisiana before Minnesota; Arkansas before Connecticut; and Georgia before New Jersey.

43 posted on 06/19/2024 10:16:35 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: dljordan
"When did father Abraham free the slaves in the North?"

Thank you.

44 posted on 06/19/2024 10:18:09 AM PDT by matthew fuller (Voting for Trump 34 times (if possible).)
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To: econjack

YOU’RE A RACIST.
I propose old white guy’s year. or decade.
Ha.


45 posted on 06/19/2024 10:18:16 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: sasquatch

Thank you and happy Juneteenth to you. I sure am celebrating!


46 posted on 06/19/2024 10:20:25 AM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: River Hawk
There are times when I believe the long term goal is to make the entire year a Federal Holiday!

The entire Federal government will be treated similarly to British Royalty. Full salary and benefits. Maybe required to participate in a parade once every few months.

47 posted on 06/19/2024 10:21:05 AM PDT by sjmjax
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To: nonliberal

We could celebrate Pinochet’s birthday on November 25th!


48 posted on 06/19/2024 10:21:53 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: River Hawk

“A poor excuse to pick a man’s pocket.”


49 posted on 06/19/2024 10:22:13 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: River Hawk

Hey it’s this or give them reparations we don’t have.


50 posted on 06/19/2024 10:22:33 AM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: FormerFRLurker

“I haven’t seen any evidence that violent crime spikes on either holiday . . .”

I don’t know if the links below provides evidence but community leaders are very concerned about this very issue.

https://signalakron.org/cancellation-akron-juneteenth-celebrations-impact/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mass-shooting-chicago-juneteenth-dead-injured-rcna89920

https://abcnews.go.com/US/juneteenth-celebrations-graduation-party-concert-marred-weekend-gun/story?id=78385461


51 posted on 06/19/2024 10:28:13 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: River Hawk
Rename it "Republican Day".

Celebrating the folks who bled to free them makes more sense than a holiday about a boat reaching a dock.

52 posted on 06/19/2024 10:32:29 AM PDT by katana
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To: River Hawk

Juneteenth needs to be combines with the MLK day, and with the Black History Month. Perhaps call it the Black Liberation Day.

BTW, don’t Hispanics deserve their own holiday? And perhaps the America Indians, the the ‘real’ Indians (from Asia), and a middle-east Muslim holiday? What about a “White European Holiday”, who have a lot more to do with what America became?

Why do blacks deserve more days than others to recognize their contributions to the country? Isn’t that being racist?


53 posted on 06/19/2024 10:32:32 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: FormerFRLurker
This so called holiday is pandering to a minority and furthers the divisions within this country. I do not celebrate MLK, June 19th or Kwanzaa, nor Cinco de Mayo. I believe as a nation, Memorial Day, July 4th, Veterans Day should be the only mandatory Federal holidays, My daughter was offered today off but comes out of her PTO. I suggest nationally people should get the 3 national holidays off and after that people get to choose from a plethora of religious, secular or historically holidays. The additional days are factored into PTO. Especially f’ing Fed employees, I was one and I had more paid holidays than my wife. Those are taxes dollars wasted as we approach $50 trillion in debt.
54 posted on 06/19/2024 10:33:54 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
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To: adorno

The end of slavery was a victory for all American citizens and should be recognized as such.


55 posted on 06/19/2024 10:45:04 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: River Hawk

Maybe everyone should self-identify as black. If a guy can self identify as a girl, a furry creature, or potted plant, what not as black?

Let’s start by talking about my reparations. I want my big payday.


56 posted on 06/19/2024 10:49:13 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: River Hawk

Liberal incentives have destroyed the black community.

New groups of people move to the United States, live in the black community because they’re poor - then move out and into America’s middle and upper classes. Proof that all the ‘favors’ democrats have given the black community aren’t working for the people who live there. Similar to what white liberal ‘elite’ ideas have done to California. Smart people - the middle class - are leaving California. It’s becoming the land of ‘the poor’ and of white liberal ‘elites’.

So dems give blacks another ‘holiday’ steeped in grievance and anger and maybe a new ‘MLK street and community center’... pander. The old ‘tried and true’ of buying off their voters.

In ten years the ‘newest citizens’ will be moving out of the black community and into the American dream - leaving demcorat blacks behind... and still many vote for democrats... it’s weird.


57 posted on 06/19/2024 10:56:32 AM PDT by GOPJ (WOKE DEI hires - an easy way to place hard core commies and sexual weirdos in top corporate spots.s)
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To: FormerFRLurker; River Hawk; Leaning Right
The writer, Scott Greer, is a grade-A jack wagon who should be shunned.

Columnist Cuts Ties With Daily Caller After Being Outed as Contributor to White Supremacist Blog.

Greer added that he hasn’t written for Radix Journal since 2015, and claimed that the Caller was unaware of his contributions to the white supremacist blog.


58 posted on 06/19/2024 10:56:34 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: River Hawk

Oh is THIS why my mail didn’t come today?


59 posted on 06/19/2024 11:03:08 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: discostu

Pamela Grier awoke my white boy loins


60 posted on 06/19/2024 11:11:08 AM PDT by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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