• aelwero@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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…

    • vern1@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Technically Columbus Day is now Indigenous People’s Day since Biden changed it in 2021, so something much more worth celebrating IMO