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oligopsony:

space-wizards:

slatestarscratchpad:

tartapplesauce:

slatestarscratchpad:

ilzolende:

socialjusticemunchkin:

oligopsony:

Happy Loyalty Day!

…what. the. fuck

what defines us as one American people is our dedication to common ideals – rather than similarities of origin or creed

can someone explain to me the difference between “dedication to common ideals” and “similarities of creed”

(context: history of loyalty day here, other holidays that are today here and here and here)

I wonder what odds you could get betting with someone in the 1950s that one day the slaves fleeing on the Underground Railroad and the lunch-counter sit-ins in Greensboro would be cited as examples by a President proclaiming “Loyalty Day”.

This, plus your indoctrinating your schoolchildren to salute and pledge allegiance to the flag every morning, is what makes other nations go “the hell?”

Why do I get the feeling having a “Loyalty Day” on 1st May was something to declare “We aren’t Communists!” Oh, and I see by the Wikipedia article that yes, indeed, so it was.  Something that should have been along the lines of National Corn on the Cob Day and allowed to sink into decent obscurity after the 50s/60s still warrants a presidential address (because who wants to be the first president not to recognise National Loyalty Day, that’s like blowing your nose on the Constitution).

Every time I read anything written by an American declaring how conformist Japanese culture is, I go “Pot. meet kettle”

Maybe to avoid seeming overly concerned about Loyalty we should have a holiday for all six Moral Foundations?

May 1 can stay Loyalty Day. July 4 is basically already Liberty Day.  Presidents’ Day can become Authority Day. And Martin Luther King Day would make a good Fairness Day.

Not sure when Care Day and Sanctity Day should be.

Thanksgiving and Christmas, perhaps?

may 1 for loyalty (to fellow workers), sanctity (of the blood of the workers spilt in the struggle), authority (for

If we start playing this game, I say NO to dark moral foundations.

Sanctity is the enemy of Care. Loyalty is the enemy of Fairness. Authority is the enemy of Liberty.

These evil counterparts don’t deserve holidays.

This is why we privatize the holidays and let people celebrate whatever they want whenever they want.

I for one will be celebrating the Dawn of Saint Madoka, the celebration of transhumanist loophole exploitation, on the first of May.

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