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Is today the bullshite made up federal holiday?
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:02 am
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:02 am
Asking for a hard-working American taxpayer.
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Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:02 am to liquid rabbit
The day the Repub's freed the slaves?
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:04 am to liquid rabbit
I’m a hard working American and have the day off.
Never understood why people get so butthurt when people get the day off.
Never understood why people get so butthurt when people get the day off.
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:05 am to liquid rabbit
Unfortunate for the OP, McDonald's doesn't give the day off
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:07 am to liquid rabbit
Meh let them have their day
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:11 am to liquid rabbit
It’s funny in SC, people are complaining about early voting for runoffs being truncated due to the holiday… 
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:14 am to liquid rabbit
Less traffic for my commute, I’ll take it.
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:14 am to liquid rabbit
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Is today the bullshite made up federal holiday?
Which one isn't?
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:14 am to liquid rabbit
Some of you are miserable I tell ya
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:16 am to liquid rabbit
I've known about Juneteenth for 20+ years
But it was always a TX thing
But it was always a TX thing
Posted on 6/19/26 at 7:17 am to liquid rabbit
My issue isn't really the day off, but the timing. Juneteenth has no national significance. It's a Texas holiday. There are 3 dates that would have been better based on the actual history of our country. .
First is January 1, 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. It’s already one of the most recognizable milestones in the end of slavery and would have naturally fit the idea of “Emancipation Day” without needing to create a brand new holiday on the calendar.
Second is December 6, 1865, when the 13th Amendment was ratified and slavery was officially abolished nationwide. That’s the clearest legal endpoint and the strongest argument for a national commemoration.
Third is April 9, 1865, the surrender at Appomattox Court House, which marks the effective end of the Civil War and the point where enforcement of emancipation became reality across the South.
All three of those dates have broader national significance than Juneteenth, and any of them would have made more sense as the foundation for a federal holiday—especially without adding another holiday clustered so close to Memorial Day and Independence Day.
First is January 1, 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. It’s already one of the most recognizable milestones in the end of slavery and would have naturally fit the idea of “Emancipation Day” without needing to create a brand new holiday on the calendar.
Second is December 6, 1865, when the 13th Amendment was ratified and slavery was officially abolished nationwide. That’s the clearest legal endpoint and the strongest argument for a national commemoration.
Third is April 9, 1865, the surrender at Appomattox Court House, which marks the effective end of the Civil War and the point where enforcement of emancipation became reality across the South.
All three of those dates have broader national significance than Juneteenth, and any of them would have made more sense as the foundation for a federal holiday—especially without adding another holiday clustered so close to Memorial Day and Independence Day.
This post was edited on 6/19/26 at 7:19 am
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:06 am to SlowFlowPro
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I've known about Juneteenth for 20+ years
But it was always a TX thing
Donaldsonville has been publicly celebrating going on 31 years
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:09 am to Lonnie Utah
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Second is December 6, 1865, when the 13th Amendment was ratified and slavery was officially abolished nationwide. That’s the clearest legal endpoint and the strongest argument for a national commemoration.
To me this is the real day for freedom of slavery
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:17 am to liquid rabbit
My boss was texting me this morning and I sent back "sorry Juneteenth today cant work." Cant be calling today a holiday and charging everyone holiday PTO and then start calling about non emergency shite.
Bout to start smoking some ribs. Juneteenth and father's day on the same weekend = old school dad mode for this dude. Gonna drink beer in the kiddie pool, cook outside, fish off of a bucket, and watch my wife catch hell with the kids while I do not a damned thing productive cause I been at work all week.
Eta: might even go meet the boys at the local saloon and blow a few days pay getting day drunk and shooting pool and come home 3 hours later than I said I would completely ungovernable. Hopefully I can persuade them to join me in playing 1980 dad this weekend.
Bout to start smoking some ribs. Juneteenth and father's day on the same weekend = old school dad mode for this dude. Gonna drink beer in the kiddie pool, cook outside, fish off of a bucket, and watch my wife catch hell with the kids while I do not a damned thing productive cause I been at work all week.
Eta: might even go meet the boys at the local saloon and blow a few days pay getting day drunk and shooting pool and come home 3 hours later than I said I would completely ungovernable. Hopefully I can persuade them to join me in playing 1980 dad this weekend.
This post was edited on 6/19/26 at 8:27 am
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:22 am to SlowFlowPro
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I've known about Juneteenth for 20+ years
But it was always a TX thing
I grew up in Texas and studied it in the 80s in Texas History classes in middle and high school.
It really has no national significance. But panderers gonna pander
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:24 am to liquid rabbit
I’m as lily white as one can be, but I took a personal day today. Does this make me guilty of cultural appropriation?
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:24 am to liquid rabbit
Yes, and everyday the news is filled with more and more stories like this..
LINK
So what the hell are we supposed to be celebrating?
LINK
So what the hell are we supposed to be celebrating?
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:25 am to liquid rabbit
They’re all made up.
I do think more federal holidays should be on a Friday instead of a Monday though.
I do think more federal holidays should be on a Friday instead of a Monday though.
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:28 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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meet the boys at the local saloon and blow a few days pay getting day drunk and shooting pool and come home 3 hours later than I said I would completely ungovernable
Goddamn nostalgia right there. I am in!
Posted on 6/19/26 at 8:35 am to RemyLeBeau
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To me this is the real day for freedom of slavery
I would tend to concur. However, being fiscally conservated (as well as just plain conservative), I would have picked Jan 1 to do this. No new federal holiday and it accomplished the same purpose.
Also it doesn't add a new holiday halfway between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
This post was edited on 6/19/26 at 8:36 am
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