Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a Public Holiday
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Re: Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a Public Holiday
#2Great to hear. America has not been doing nearly enough to empower Blxck people and ensure their ethnic legacy.
Also important to keep in mind that white people are the largest ethnic group in the US, so any resulting hit to American productivity will mostly help to dismantle white supremacy.
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#3It bothers me when they're quick to make empty efforts like this yet when it comes to doing anything that actually matters an overwhelming majority of them (on both sides) will vote against it.
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#4Honestly very surprised this was unanimous. Maybe a lot of the people I would have thought would vote nay were conveniently absent for the vote?
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#5"Republican legislation to limit teaching a historically accurate picture of U.S. history in public institutions has advanced in some half a dozen states."
Mind-boggling propaganda.
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#6On one hand, that's nice that there's another public holiday, but on the other hand this feels like such an empty gesture, almost like the political equivalent of putting a filter on your selfie.
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#7What does making it a public holiday mean? I assume federal government offices will be shut on that day. What about state offices? Banks, other services? Private companies?
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#8It bothers me when they're quick to make empty efforts like this yet when it comes to doing anything that actually matters an overwhelming majority of them (on both sides) will vote against it.
That's a feature, not a bug. No one cares about Juneteenth just like no one cares about Kwanza, so there's no disagreement, so it sails through. When people care, there's disagreement and deadlock.
Change to things that actually matter is supposed to be slow and difficult in Government. Otherwise there would be constant change as either side managed to seize power, and our legal system would be completely unpredictable.
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#10Honestly very surprised this was unanimous. Maybe a lot of the people I would have thought would vote nay were conveniently absent for the vote?
It wasn't a roll call vote. It's a maneuver wherein the measure passes as long as no one present chooses to object.