It’s no longer regional since it’s also a federal holiday.
I am perplexed as to why they would come up with and be proud of this word. It sounds like something an uneducated person might say. When were you born?? On Juneteenth. Huh??
Juneteenth
by minimus 38 Replies latest jw friends
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punkofnice
Here in the UK, so far we've escaped the latest Faux Marxist bollox....and long may it last.
Virtue signalling, insincere nonsense and you can keep it. What about other slaves from other ethinicities? Exactly! It's all insincere!
The only emancipation from slaveship is me escaping the jobo cult.
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LoveUniHateExams
I think celebrating the emancipation of slaves is a good thing for Americans to do.
It certainly beats all the crappy SJW talk of reparations and sh1t like that. #NoReparations
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silentbuddha
Virtue signalling, insincere nonsense and you can keep it. What about other slaves from other ethinicities? Exactly! It's all insincere!
I would think a national holiday for the end of slavery in the U.S.A. would only concern the people they enslaved. It was overwhelming passed by Congress regardless of political affiliation. I think the distaste for a group of people is causing the anger.
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LoveUniHateExams
If people celebrated Juneteenth then I hope they had a good one.
Pity IKEA didn't. Its Atlanta branch came under fire for putting fried chicken and watermelon on its menu. No, I ain't joking, lol.
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minimus
As a white male I love fried chicken and watermelon. I hope that doesn’t mean anything negative
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punkofnice
min - As a white male I love fried chicken and watermelon. I hope that doesn’t mean anything negative
I don't like watermelon that much.
What I can tell you, is the perpetually offended will look for any excuse to shout out an 'ism'.
It's getting ridiculous now. It seems to be turning into a bit of an industry for the bed wetting, twitter slobs that live in their mother's back bedroom. I sense very little sincerity with these virtue signallers.
Politicians are using it thinking it will increase popularity. Corporations are using hoping to make profit. Both are not reading the populous very well.
Obviously, there is more nuance than that, but you get my drift, methinks.
.......anyway. What was Juneteenth again?
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minimus
Punk, always clear and to the point!👍
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FedUpJW
As a white male I love fried chicken and watermelon. I hope that doesn’t mean anything negative
So do I. And there we go, engaging in "cultural" appropriation again.