Tiberius Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Glory to freedom! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Don’t Let the Left Ruin Juneteenth’s True Meaning Kevin Roberts This Wednesday, America will celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the fourth time. Yet the holiday, born out of bipartisanship, is becoming more divisive each year. The Left has co-opted Juneteenth to push for radical racial policies such as reparations and exclude most Americans from its celebration. As a result, many conservatives now oppose the federal holiday. But in the eyes of this Texas historian, it’s a mistake to abandon a unifying national holiday to the manipulations of the Left. We should instead do what conservatives are best at: Get back to the roots. Until the past four years, Juneteenth was an uncontroversial celebration of American freedom and the end of slavery in Texas. The holiday commemorates the day Union Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, informing Texas of the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the state’s slaves, and marking the end of slavery under the Confederacy. The national acceptance of Juneteenth also began in a bipartisan fashion. President Donald Trump was the first president to call for its adoption as a federal holiday in 2020, although it took a year for Congress to act. When it did, the bill passed the Senate with unanimous consent and 415-14 in the House. With that kind of history, one would expect conservatives, even those wary of the pitfalls of identity politics like me, to embrace Juneteenth’s consistency with the principles enshrined in our founding documents. The holiday celebrates what President Abraham Lincoln called “a new birth of freedom” for America. It celebrates the completion of the work of July 4, 1776—the extension of liberty to all Americans. It also commemorates the untold numbers of young men who died in the war fighting for that freedom. If it’s good enough for Texas, why are some conservatives beginning to oppose the holiday? Unfortunately, the answer lies mostly on the left. The Left has worked hard to co-opt the holiday and use it as a tool to divide their countrymen and to replace the real Independence Day. It began on the first federal Juneteenth, when Democratic leaders tied the 156-year-old holiday to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Then, the Left named the national holiday “Juneteenth National Independence Day,” setting it up in opposition to July 4. What was once a broadly accepted state holiday celebrating a significant moment in Texas history became a pawn in the national game of identity politics and subject to the division of the 24-hour news cycle. The Guardian published a story calling Juneteenth “the real Independence Day”—a slap in the face to both our Founders and all Americans who celebrate July 4. Activists have called for Juneteenth to be used to explore “racial trauma” and enact reparations. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/18/dont-let-the-left-ruin-juneteenths-true-meaning/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 Damn, didn't take lone for B-man to politicize this topic! First post!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 happy, happy! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 5 minutes ago, LeviF said: happy, happy! Celebrating an execution? Oh, they were Jewish! I get it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biden is Mentally Fit Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 3 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Celebrating an execution? Oh, they were Jewish! I get it now Yesterday you wanted “traitors” mowed down and today you give us this bit of genius. Nicely done. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 3 minutes ago, JDHillFan said: Yesterday you wanted “traitors” mowed down and today you give us this bit of genius. Nicely done. Surprised you are not calling for pardons of the Rosenbergs, oh that's right, they were Jewish, i forgot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wacka Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 (edited) Been celebrating it in Buffalo since the late 70s. Edited June 19 by Wacka 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 1 hour ago, JDHillFan said: Yesterday you wanted “traitors” mowed down and today you give us this bit of genius. Nicely done. Tibs only says what his masters tell him to say. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 WHY IS THE LEFT SUCH A CESSPIT OF RACISM? Some Blacks on Social Media Don’t Want White People Celebrating Juneteenth. There are too many to list, but all show an unbridled prejudice and racial bigotry by black people toward white people. After what was supposed to be a racial reckoning, at a time when the ideas of diversity and inclusion have become an integral part of society, there is a significant amount of anti-white bigotry that exists in this country that regularly gets ignored. The kind of racist comments made above would cause significant controversy if they were made by white people talking about black people. The same should hold when it is black people talking about white people. Decades of radical indoctrination in schools and other cultural institutions in society have taught many black people to be resentful and hateful toward white people for something that happened over 150 years ago that affected no one living today. It’s indicative of just how radicalized many in the country have become. White people should not be made to feel guilty or be the victims of resentment over things people did decades and centuries ago. Such rhetoric does nothing to promote racial equality. It’s more than slavery, as the people supporting reparations like to point out. There’s an ongoing, 150-year, “systematic” racial bias, white privilege, unequal opportunity, Jim Crow, and racial oppression that needs to be dealt with. But you can’t assign guilt based solely on race. It turns the entire concept of “guilt” on its head. Reparations and bribes won’t solve it. An apology by white people would be ludicrous. History is “history” for a reason: It’s in the past. Trying to elicit feelings of guilt from people who weren’t alive at the time that blacks were enslaved and who never consciously participated in any kind of black oppression is wrong. https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/06/19/some-blacks-on-social-media-dont-want-white-people-celebrating-juneteenth-n4929992 Indeed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 By all accounts.....a cheap fake! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 4 hours ago, BillsFanNC said: By all accounts.....a cheap fake! A lot like some here talking out of both sides of his mouth to appease who ever or what ever cause he may have in front of him or is supporting at the time ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) So this thread is about the mass shootings taking place at the Juneteenth celebrations. Then this November 22, 1783 Historians speculate that the wartime situation likely contributed to New York becoming one of the last northern states to pass emancipation laws. On November 22, 1783, American troops led by General Washington and Governor Clinton entered New York City and ended the British occupation. Same reasoning new Yorkers should celebrate independence day on November 22nd????? Edited June 20 by Tommy Callahan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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