And as a Texas state holiday I thought it was neat.
THIS holiday has nothing to do with it.
Sounds like it used to be a nice day for a picnic in Texas.
Now, at least everywhere else, it's a day commandeered for farcical pandering to the inmates of the DiᵐckRats plantation by political zealots. In their vain attempt to appropriate the culture of a holiday they have no personal connection to, they only end up associating it with the nationwide mayhem and destruction they sponsored in 2020.
The DiᵐckRats soil everything they touch.