Seems strange that the dems are such hypocrites?
Illinois city cancels July 4 parade over COVID-19 concerns but allows Juneteenth and Pride celebrations
The city of Evanston, located just north of Chicago, joined communities across the U.S. in celebrating their first in-person Juneteenth parade Saturday, but some have been left wondering why celebrations for the nation’s Independence Day have been canceled.www.yahoo.com
Oh I know, that's why it's not really a big deal to me.Wrong dates? Let's talk about Christmas.
And why July 2 is more relevant than July 4.Wrong dates? Let's talk about Christmas.
Macy Gray's blood is 40% bong water at this point. WTF cares what she says; she doesn't represent anyone but a small minority.How many times does it have to be explained that we are NOT a democracy?
Singer Macy Gray writes op-ed calling for the U.S. flag to be replaced: 'It is tattered, dated, divisive and incorrect'
The Grammy winner suggested a redesign with 52 colors in a range of skin tones and off-white stripes.
www.abbevilleinstitute.org
Fatal Lake Merritt shooting tied to San Francisco gangs, Oakland police say
Police officials say the deadly weekend shooting at Lake Merritt that killed a man and wounded seven others was not random, and is tied to San Francisco gangs.abc7news.com
No doubt. They are loading a shooting victim in the ambulance and you feel you need to celebrate and twerk?
Fatal Lake Merritt shooting tied to San Francisco gangs, Oakland police say
Police officials say the deadly weekend shooting at Lake Merritt that killed a man and wounded seven others was not random, and is tied to San Francisco gangs.
After June 19, 1865?
So what date would you prefer to mark the end of legalized slavery in the U.S.?Sure. Here are just three examples. It is worth noting these examples are "union" slave states. If you do some homework, you will find more.
Delaware:
History of Delaware - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
"Two months before the end of the Civil War, on February 8, 1865, Delaware voted to reject the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution and so voted to continue slavery beyond the Civil War. The gesture proved futile when other states ratified the amendment, which took effect in December 1865 and thereby ended slavery in Delaware."
Kentucky:
History of slavery in Kentucky - Wikipedia
"The Kentucky legislature considered a conditional ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, to deny freedmen and other blacks constitutional rights and require them to leave the state within ten years of freedom. Instead, it rejected the Amendment.[12] Even after the conclusion of the Civil War and fall of the Confederacy, slaveholders in Kentucky continued to believe that slavery would continue to exist, and continued to hold and trade enslaved people through most of 1865. Slavery legally ended in the US on December 18, 1865, when the 13th Amendment became part of the Constitution."
New Jersey:
History of slavery in New Jersey - Wikipedia
"It was not until 1846 that New Jersey abolished slavery, but it qualified it by redefining former slaves as apprentices who were "apprenticed for life" to their masters.[27][30] Slavery did not truly end in the state until it was ended nationally in 1865 after the American Civil War and passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution."
Certainly, we view the end of the slavery as worthy of celebration today. My point is that "Juneteenth" was not the end of slavery.
Designating "Juneteenth" a holiday for celebrating the end of slavery is simply propaganda intended to further advance the "righteous cause" myth as noted in the article linked in post 167 above.
If there is to be a holiday celebrating the end of slavery, the date of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment would be much more appropriate.
"Juneteenth"? Not even close.
Anti-America division and rhetoric disguised as "joyful" is a load of hooey I don`t buy. You celebrate the smearing of America all you like there chief.
There no argument. The Founders work hard to ensure that we did NOT have a democracy. We are a constitutional republic. The Constitution supposedly protects our rights from an overbearing, despotic government as well as a mob majority.
Whatever the date chosen, how about do it in such a way that it does NOT cause even further division and how about NOT smear and tear down America in the process. I will NOT celebrate ANYTHING that tears down this great country.
People do dumb stuff in celebrations all the time, but the end of legalized slavery is well worth celebrating.
What I`m seeing isn`t just "some people", it`s a concerted effort by blm, the media, and all the other America haters, to lift up this idiotic named "holiday", and at the same time, tear down this country. Certainly the end of the scourge of slavery is important and meaningful, but DO NOT attack the United States and tear it down to celebrate. That`s not how you win people over.
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862...it went into effect on Jan 1 1863 in the Union. Union forces came to Galveston TX on June 19 1865 and enforced it.
