I can see a confusion on calendar info, since MLK day is tied to a Monday, not a date, so I will give them a pass that they didn’t intend anything on that level.
What I can’t see is giving them a pass on even mentioning this ass who was a noted military leader of the rebellion against our country. No matter how you slice it, noting his birthday feels like a way of honoring him.
Stonewall has become symbol of Fake News and how evil it can be. He has captivated the attention of the world, and I know he will use it for the good - maybe even to bring people together. It started off unpleasant, but can end in a dream!
Edit: “Tweet” above was sort of fake, this was made by me from this one about MAGA kids.
Noting his birthday without context feels like honoring him, but he should not be forgotten.
Anniversaries of a person’s birth are as meaningless as natal astrological horoscopes. But if the LoC is going to use them as its trigger to mention historical figures, it needs to explain why they’re noted, so it doesn’t appear to be glorification. Jackson attacked the USA, caused many deaths directly, and caused vast damage to our nation’s economy, social order, and populace. The same thing is going on today, except that it hasn’t broken out into war (any bigger than Charlottesville) yet. We need reminders that this was treasonous destruction, not some heroic Lost Cause for freedom.
(Though I still am not sure we are actually contributing to anyone’s education by reminding them which of the “great men” of history were born that day of the year. Its basically a kind of astrology, except with 365 days rather than twelve parts of a year.)
I agree with @ghost that this was definitely not a Spankee-led operation.
However, the 21st and Monday thing happen on a fairly regular basis (every 5-6 years? depending on leap years…) so you could reasonably expect that someone would have figured this out. But perhaps the tweeting bit is new enough that they didn’t figure out how to block it in certain years.
That is a GREAT IDEA. terrific, really. It wouldn’t detract from celebrating his life because people would literally have the day OFF to vote AND they could still go to celebrations/parades etc.
This is a really good idea and I would bet even MLk Jr. himself would agree. Making it easier for disenfranchised peoples to vote (but in the process, making it easier for EVERYONE) AND having time off to celebrate a Civil Rights legend/icon is, well…you know, two birds one stone…something something…
Factually correct. Unfortunately, it was, in the librul world view that we all wallow in, it was morally suspect.
As AOC so cogently noted: “There’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.”
That’s our world today. Everyone looking for that “morally right” comment, and factual statements are simply not at that level.