This issue requires... -- Casual Fan 06/17/2021 3:24PM
So believe it or not I am against Juneteenth being a national holiday. -- graycalhoo 06/17/2021 09:53AM
I am not only in favor of Juneteenth being a national holiday -- 757 06/17/2021 12:02PM
So your big problem is with the date, not what it commemorates? It's easy -- 81_Hokie 06/17/2021 11:57AM
I would rather we focus on the real issues plaguing America and not some -- graycalhoo 06/17/2021 3:13PM
LOL. Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!! ** -- Hokieesith 06/17/2021 10:49AM
Plus,it will eliminate the celebratory bullets falling from the sky.Keep -- Wahoo Gus 06/17/2021 11:25AM
Are you against a holiday at all or that specific date? -- HoodatB 06/17/2021 10:45AM
What the holiday does it can bring awareness to the issues -- Zhoo 06/17/2021 10:36AM
I think it's so simple ..... -- HoodatB 06/17/2021 10:49AM
Awareness is the key. I didn’t know it was a thing until a few years ago -- WahooMatt05 06/17/2021 10:45AM
I wouldn’t dismiss it as it “does nothing” as its existence -- hooshouse 06/17/2021 10:32AM
Counterpoint - was Jesus really born on December 25? -- WahooMatt05 06/17/2021 10:27AM
Io Saturnalia! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/17/2021 11:16AM
That is a valid point. ** -- graycalhoo 06/17/2021 11:11AM
I would agree. -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:01AM
It's happened. June 19th as soon as POTUS signs the bill ** -- wahoo138 06/17/2021 11:22AM
Sounds good to me. ** -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:22AM
Man. That's where I stand. Well put. Put it behind us and let's -- Shenhoo 06/17/2021 11:10AM
Nope. Pilgrims did not land on the fourth Thursday of November, Christ was -- Lazarus 06/17/2021 10:57AM
Hey now! Everyone knows the first Thanksgiving was in Virginia! ** -- SixerHoo 06/17/2021 11:19AM
They landed on my birthday. Course I wasn't around yet. ** -- Lazarus 06/17/2021 11:26AM
I thought the point of my threadjack was it was in the backseat of my car? -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:21AM
To wit, I don't remember the first day I got laid. -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:02AM
You just remember getting arrested a few days later? ** -- WahooRQ 06/17/2021 1:29PM
I get jokes. ** -- HAZER 06/17/2021 2:42PM
I do recall that thinking she must have been very impressed by the brevity -- Shenhoo 06/17/2021 11:11AM
LOLOLOL ** -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:12AM
I admit I was not that impressed the first time. More something to have -- Lazarus 06/17/2021 11:06AM
Also...known as, later that night...ah, youth. ** -- Shenhoo 06/17/2021 11:11AM
Truth ** -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:12AM
Know what? We might have rescued this sordid thread!! ** -- Shenhoo 06/17/2021 11:13AM
I'm sure there is some eyerolling. -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:20AM
I recall all of them being short events until I got married. ** -- HAZER 06/17/2021 11:11AM
I do agree with your next to last paragraph. This seems purely symbolic -- 111Balz 06/17/2021 10:10AM
Infrastructure, healthcare, voting rights, and the environment..... -- Chuck Taylor 06/17/2021 10:41AM
C’mon man! Tearing down statues will cure all Negro ills! ** -- FrankGallagher 06/17/2021 4:07PM