Hey, Democrats: Months Already Have Names
On x.com lately, contributors have been asking whether Pride Month should be changed to Veterans’ Month, going from honoring those with dubious sexual tastes to those who have fought for our nation.
Here’s my response—how about neither? Is neither good for you? The month in question already has a name. It’s called June. I didn’t name it and I really don’t want to re-name it.
The whole such-and-such month idea was thought of to boost votes for Democrats by honoring groups they thought of as “theirs.” Black History Month started it off, then came Hispanics, women, homosexuals, and most improbably, Asians and Pacific Islanders, as if having ancestors from a rock surrounded by huge amounts of salt water made you different.
The whole idea behind America is that we’re NOT different. You do remember that “created equal” thing, don’t you?
Today is June 18. Tomorrow will be Juneteenth, something that used to be restricted to Texans who knew the background of the day. On that day in 1865, the postwar general in charge of Galveston issued an order certifying that the Civil War was over and all slaves in the area were now free.
That was it. Just a few sentences that applied to an island off the coast of Texas—but in the post-George Floyd frenzy, Congress decided to make it a national holiday. So something that affected a few people 160 years ago now means the postmaster in Nome, Alaska gets a day off.
It would have made more sense—though not much sense—for Congress to honor the Emancipation Proclamation, but that came with a built-in problem, since it took effect on January first and there was already a holiday on that date, with MLK Day just two weeks later
The reality was, the members of Congress were cowards. Their vote said, “Please don’t burn down my house, black people—here’s a nice holiday for you.” That they passed it and black Americans were okay with it didn’t say much good about our country in the 21st Century.
I will put up with MLK Day, even though it’s right after New Year’s and the only federal holiday that honors a single person (Washington’s Birthday is now Presidents’ Day and Columbus Day has been thoroughly discredited), but Juneteenth takes it too far, using a flimsy excuse to honor a specific segment of our society for voting Democratic.
There should be no holidays meant for specific groups. There should be no months named after specific voting blocs. It goes against the entire American ideal.
Besides, it’s not like federal employees have been working too hard and need an extra day off.
We make friends by finding things we have in common, not by finding ways we are different. Celebrating diversity is divisive.