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I know it's late, but I wanted to write about it earlier, and someone just made me think of it.

I dislike MLK day.

There are many reasons for this dislike. None of them have to do with race, of course.

Most importantly, I don't think we should have holidays named after individuals. It invites people to just attack the individual, whether it's Lincoln's racism or Columbus' brutality or King's ties to communism. Why not have a Civil Rights Day, where we can celebrate all the various expressions of civil rights, and recognize the struggles of the past to get to where we are, and discuss the distance we've yet to go?

Wouldn't that be more interesting, more productive, and less likely to cause tension?

Also, I don't like that the government takes the day off. I want my mail.

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  • We had to threaten Arizona to celebrate MLK Day... We'd lose the entire South East if it was Civil Rights Day.

  • Also, I don't like that the government takes the day off. I want my mail.

    Been reading Ronald Reagan in His Own Hand, and he had a radio speech about that, when MLK day was being set up on a state by state basis. He recommended a particular state, Michigan I think, consider instead spending the money that would be consumed by giving an additional paid vacation for relatively wealthy state employees to a disadvantaged youth program or some such, according to a plan proposed by the one dissenter in the st

  • I would rather celebrate success or a focal point rather than mediocracy (sp?) or generic things.

    One instance I am thinking of in particular is 9/11 memorial. There were those who wanted to make a memorial that brought light to all atrocities or some such goobly-gook like that. But, because of all the other "stuff" the events of 9/11 would be watered down, the lives that were lost would be mixed with those of the other atrocities in history. A memorial or celebration when watered down to something other
    • I would rather celebrate success or a focal point rather than mediocracy (sp?) or generic things.

      I was not talking about mediocrity or generic things. I am talking about the Civil Rights Act, women's suffrage, and so on. Not generic things, but specific things.

      But, because of all the other "stuff" the events of 9/11 would be watered down, the lives that were lost would be mixed with those of the other atrocities in history.

      That's different: it's a memorial on the spot of the event itself. I'd oppose a 9/
      • So we should have a vacation for every person who did something great in our history?

        Yes. I also think we should have a vacation for every person that commited heinous atrocities. You know, in order to reflect what happened and make sure it never happens again.

        But then again, I like vacation days.

        Otherwise, I agree with the whole Why celebrate a day for an individual thought.

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