“I know what’s best for black people.”
– So many non-black conservatives
What makes this way spicier is that he’s black. He’s running for office while trying to abolish the holiday that celebrates his freedom in the country he’s running for office in.
What would possess you to think south Asian and black are mutually exclusive?
Are you seriously suggesting Vivek would have had civil rights in Georgia in 1846?
Are you seriously suggesting modern Iowans care what country your brown skin came from?
How useful is Veterans Day or Labor Day? They’re all useless. We don’t have them for their usefulness.
I’m all for adding more holidays. A voting holiday is an easy win. No need to replace or remove holidays.
If you’re suggesting cancelling Juneteenth because it “overlaps” (“” because I don’t really agree with that) MLK day, wouldn’t you cancel MLK day instead? Emancipation was a little more a step forward than the civil rights movement…
Of course, if you consult the experts on cancelling shit, they’d most likely say that Columbus day might be a better fit in the chopping block, and IF we need to “make room on the calendar” (also bullshit) in order to make voting a legit day off (is it not? If someone who works for me asks for time off to vote, I’m going to ask them if they need a fucking ride to the polls… Come on people…), I kinda gotta go with Columbus being the least relevant current federal holiday…
Just my opinion, mind, but cancelling the new shit because “muh traditions” is fucking dumb… Be better…
Columbus day shouldn’t exist because he really didn’t discover America in the first goddamn place
“But it’s for Italians.”
Okay, Columbus wasn’t from Italy and Italy didn’t even exist yet when he was alive…
Technically Columbus Day is now Indigenous People’s Day since Biden changed it in 2021, so something much more worth celebrating IMO
Lol, so they already cancelled it? Meh…
It’s funny though… I live smack in the middle of a reservation, and I’ve never heard of this indigenous people day. I kinda don’t think any of the tribe here gives a shit… They have their own government, and at least in our area, thats the only one they give a fuck about :)
Hypocrisy: the most Republicanist thing ever.