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Trump's Juneteenth message: "Too many holidays in America ... The workers don't want it either!"

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What? Who wants to honor slaveholders? Putting down their rebellion is not "honoring them". George Floyd was just some guy whose minor run-in with the police ended in his murder. I'm not seeing what any of this has to do with Juneteenth.
You're the one who suggested it would be appropriate to honor the likes of George Floyd concomitantly with the likes of Gen. Sherman. I mean it's true they were both criminals, but a war criminal and a street criminal are different kinds of criminals.
 
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Juneteenth of Texan thing, Blacks in Texas didn't get the information until 2 years later. Funny how Juneteenth of Texas became a national holiday in the total states of the US, maybe because Texas was the last state to get the notice. And being the last state on the 19th of June it became the official date
That's irony for you.
 
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You're the one who suggested it would be appropriate to honor the likes of George Floyd concomitantly with the likes of Gen. Sherman. I mean it's true they were both criminals, but a war criminal and a street criminal are different kinds of criminals.
Sherman didn't die in battle, and no I didn't suggest that we honor George Floyd on Memorial Day. I only pointed out that if wanted to create a holiday to honor George Floyd's murder it would be at the same time as Memorial Day since he died on that weekend that commemoration would be at the same time as Memorial Day and not 3 weeks later at Juneteenth.
 
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No mandated annual leave? I know a lot of companies might give ten days, but all the same...that's just crazy. If your company closes between Xmas and New Year then that's half your holidays gone already. Who can work for a year with only one week off?

Getting even a week off would be pretty luxurious. Arguably most working Americans don't even get close to that, I know I don't. I work 5-6 days a week (depending on weekly schedule changes), I don't get vacation time or paid time off. Those sorts of benefits are for the sorts of people who make a lot more money than I do.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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