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bif

(25,882 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 05:02 PM Jun 19

I had to listen to a fellow worker bitch about Juneteenth

And how it wasn't a real holiday. I wanted to say to her, "Yeah, Blacks already have Martin Luther King Day. What more do they want?" But I just walked away from her and let her whine to someone else.

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Intractable

(1,142 posts)
1. Juneteenth -- today -- is the real July 4th.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 05:05 PM
Jun 19

It's the day all Americans became free. Well, sort of.

tulipsandroses

(7,638 posts)
3. Every time I hear someone say it's not a real holiday, I want to ask, exactly what is a real holiday?
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 05:08 PM
Jun 19

Every damn holiday celebrated was not a real holiday before it was a holiday. Is it written somewhere that "From this day forward there shall be no more days that can be named a holiday"?

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