Juneteenth is now a federal holiday !!!

[UnionStrong]

Someone mentioned this the other day but it's likely just a matter of time until there's an official gay holiday. Probably on the anniversary of the Stonewall riot. Or maybe Harvey Milk's birthday.

Guaranteed

 

[vantexan]

Yeah, when the war ended. The proclamation was signed on January 1 1863. The war had 2 more years left. No one freed anyone in the south.

I'm assuming it took over 2 months for the news to get to Texas from Virginia.

 

[PT 4 Life]

so what’s the problem exactly with having this holiday

 

[rod]

It costs the taxpayers too much money in paid Government offices time off for what it's worth.

 

[Gotta Go]

Today is the day we honor all the white Republican folk for the sacrifices they made to free the blacks from their democrat slave masters.

 

[BrownFlush]

Doesn't make sense to make it a national holiday, though.
They need to pick a day that represents emancipation, and use that.

They did.
It was right after MLK was gunned down.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Why should Juneteenth be a national holiday?

Why do you care

Because I'm a citizen of this nation.
Any other brilliant questions?

 

[Fred's Myth]

It costs the taxpayers too much money in paid Government offices time off for what it's worth.

But after careful consideration, the less the government is in office, the better off we are, right?

 

[PT 4 Life]

Anyone

Because I'm a citizen of this nation.
Any other brilliant questions?

Again your day your life. How did this holiday affect you?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

How did this holiday affect you?

My tax dollars have been wasted.

 

[Lineandinitial]

Anyone


Again your day your life. How did this holiday affect you?

Innocent bystanders could get caught in a Juneteenf shoot out crossfire.
For only being 17% of the US population, they sure have a lot of shootouts. I guess I'm racist because I know how to count and notice irregularities, at least in my culture of civilized people.

 

[UnionStrong]

Innocent bystanders could get caught in a Juneteenf shoot out crossfire.
For only being 17% of the US population, they sure have a lot of shootouts. I guess I'm racist because I know how to count and notice irregularities, at least in my culture of civilized people.

You’re being generous at 17%, more like 13%. Murder and robbery kings though

 

[rod]

But after careful consideration, the less the government is in office, the better off we are, right?

We need LESS government --not more government time off.

 

[newolddude]

Conservatives: we have too many holidays to celebrate Juneteenth!

Mississippi Closed State Offices For Confederate Holiday, But Not Juneteenth

State offices remained open in Mississippi during the Juneteenth federal holiday, even though they were closed for Confederate Memorial Day.

www.mississippifreepress.org

But let's make damn sure we still have a state holiday to celebrate treason

 

[Fred's Myth]

Conservatives: we have too many holidays to celebrate Juneteenth!

Mississippi Closed State Offices For Confederate Holiday, But Not Juneteenth

State offices remained open in Mississippi during the Juneteenth federal holiday, even though they were closed for Confederate Memorial Day.

www.mississippifreepress.org

But let's make damn sure we still have a state holiday to celebrate treason

States rights.

That’s what the Civil War was over. You trying to reopen that wound?

 

[newolddude]

States rights.

That’s what the Civil War was over. You trying to reopen that wound?

Seems like the side that lost still has the wound open.

 

[vantexan]

Seems like the side that lost still has the wound open.

Anyone who describes today's South as losers hasn't been there apparently. It's full of people from the North as well as millions come down every winter.

 

[bottomups]

States rights.

That’s what the Civil War was over. You trying to reopen that wound?

States right for one person to own and enslave another? Some sick policy. Good thing they got their asses whacked.

 

[UnionStrong]

States right for one person to own and enslave another? Some sick policy. Good thing they got their asses whacked.

Yeah, it worked out well. Blacks are still on the plantation of the democrats, living in poverty on hand outs from massa. Some things never change.

 

[bottomups]

Yeah, it worked out well. Blacks are still on the plantation of the democrats, living in poverty on hand outs from massa. Some things never change.

You think the blacks are the only ones living in poverty? Check out the white trash in West Virginia and Arkansas along with many other southern states.