PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Lucifer on July 02, 2020, 06:07:57 AM
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Unfuckinbelievable. And these are supposedly republicans.
https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/07/01/republican-senators-propose-abolishing-columbus-day-replacing-it-with-juneteenth/
This is an odd story, not necessarily because of the proposal to make Juneteenth, which is traditionally a Texas holiday, a national holiday, but because these Republican Senators are proposing to do away with Columbus Day in the same amendment.
Their reasoning is not because Columbus is bad, but for supposed economic reasons.
One night after Tucker Carlson excoriated the GOP for being weak and pursing things that ultimately don’t matter, these GOP Senators were apparently dead set on proving his point.
I don’t personally have a problem with Juneteenth being celebrated as a federal holiday, though I do think it’s a little manufactured how quickly we went from most people not knowing what it is to corporations and news outlets virtue signaling non-stop about it. Regardless, it seems perfectly reasonable to me to have a holiday commemorating the freeing of slaves. Given that Emancipation Day was not actually the day of slavery ending, Juneteenth seems like a decent enough choice.
But Johnson and Lankford’s excuse for why Columbus Day must now go is so typical as to border on parody. They are actually worried about the economic impact of Americans having too many holidays.
Spoiled Senators are worried you may get too many days off from work as they barely lift a finger half the year as you pay their salaries. Makes sense, right? Even if these Senators didn’t realize the optics involved, it’s so tone deaf.
Of course, this could also just be a stealth way for them to support getting rid of Columbus Day as a sacrificial offering to the left. Democrats have no care about the historical context of Columbus, nor how important he was to the founding of Western civilization in the New World. All they care about is that he fought wars and brought disease with him. Every historical figure must be judged by modern standards and then erased from antiquity.
If the Senate wants to make Juneteenth a holiday, then they are free to do so. But getting rid of Columbus Day, something that has been engrained in American culture going back to the 18th century, seems like a really ridiculous move. Trust me, Americans are not being underworked, nor will the economy suffer over a single day (where most not in civil service will still work anyway). They can stand to get an extra holiday.
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Unreal. If we demonize and forget Columbus, then all who came before must be erased and forgotten. That is what they want.
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Unreal. If we demonize and forget Columbus, then all who came before must be erased and forgotten. That is what they want.
What's unreal are these pussy republicans running the white flag up the pole and ready to surrender to the mob.
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And now we can't even look at and remember Stonewall Jackson!
(https://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/stonewalljacksonrichmond_070220getty.jpg?itok=3oY2ztpp)
Officials in Richmond, Va. removed a statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson on Wednesday, the same day the mayor ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate monuments in the city.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s (D) decision came after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) last month also announced his intent to remove a state-owned statue of Robert E. Lee in the city.
“As the capital city of Virginia, we have needed to turn this page for decades. And today we will," Stoney said in a Wednesday address announcing the order.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/505575-stonewall-jackson-statue-removed-in-richmond
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/06/23/venezuelan_to_americans_statues_coming_down_is_where_revolutions_start.html?fbclid=IwAR2f-2PVo9a-qFq6rr775X4wDGYnyWtN4v9WPa6-mhuaFP0JtWw26HuLa34
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Well if we forget Columbus we need to forget Thanksgiving day too.
Christmas offends me too, maybe we can replace that too.
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Columbus day celebrations are centuries old and actually occur in other north and south American countries as well as in Italy and Spain. Ironically he had no intention of discovering anything other than establishing a trade route. Since the intent was benign and resulted in the discovery of the New World to the Europeans, it is absurd to vilify him and his discovery.
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Exactly. He was trying to get to Asia but the American continents got in the way.
Edit: Continents, not contents. Sheesh.
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George Santayana laughs from his grave...
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If we can just erase history, why don't we just erase slavery and pretend like it never happened?
(oooh, I'm gonna get in trouble for that).
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If we can just erase history, why don't we just erase slavery and pretend like it never happened?
(oooh, I'm gonna get in trouble for that).
well, some will certainly try to erase the role the DNC played.
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You all are welcome. Ron Johnson is my Senator.
I heard his explanation, in articles and on local talk radio this morning, but I don’t buy it.
He said that an extra federal holiday would cost the federal government $600 million. As a CPA, I have no idea how that could derived. Yes, it’s a lost day of productivity, but productivity is not really relevant for FedGov because federal workers don’t create value (products or services for money.). Since the government doesn’t hire replacement workers to make up that day of lost productivity, there are no added out of pocket costs for a paid holiday.
Anyway, he may believe that, but I think he’s sucking up to the mob and it’s mysterious and sudden disdain for Christopher Columbus. The problem is the mob will give him zero credit or quarter for siding with them.
I’ve never had a paid holiday for Columbus Day, Presidents Day, MLK Day, so I don’t have skin in the game and certainly don’t want to argue on behalf of federal or state employed or bankers. Fuck ‘em all. But I despise having a politician pissing on my leg and telling me it’s raining.
I say get rid of all federal paid holidays. Or get rid of Labor Day. Why the fuck are we celebrating socialist labor unions?
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Why go to work in June at all with Memorial Day, Juneteenth and Independence day as holidays. Obviously one of those will have to go, take your pick, Memorial Day or Independence Day?
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Why go to work in June at all with Memorial Day, Juneteenth and Independence day as holidays. Obviously one of those will have to go, take your pick, Memorial Day or Independence Day?
The Socialist Europeans take the entire month of August off and get paid. This is in addition to all the other paid time off they get through out the years and holidays. That's what the Democrats want. The United States of Europe.
Yes, where is this invented Columbus hate coming from?
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It's all cultural appropriation.
But because it's culture they hate, it's ok with them.