Versus how many of you out there just support it because it's a free paid day off?
I think holidays don't mean anything anymore in this country, they have become either a) just commercialized events or b) free days off from work for most people.
Thoughts?
2007-01-15 08:38:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Let us get this out in the open.
MLk I feel was good man. I think he tried to get America to recognize a group in society that has contributed greatly to society and was obviously being slighted.
However, I do not feel that a holiday in his honor is fulfilling his dream. When his people are living beneath American standards, unemployment is not good for many, some of the boys and men walk with their pants hanging below their buttocks, his dram is not being realized.
They need to stop asking for reparations, which does not exist, and ask for things that will get adult men and women out of poverty, better schools, better health care.
The purpose of the day is to realize his dream. It is now become a place guilt on the white person day so that the "black elite" can get a bit more extortion money out of the government.
It is time to stop and get serious about race relations. White people cannot be the race scapegoat for all that has happened since the Europeans arrived on these shores. Nor can any of us deny that racial disparages still exist in some form or another.
It is time to really progress, LIBERALS. Not hate America.
God bless us all in America.
2007-01-15 08:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-20 06:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people in the "real world" work today as most other "federal holidays"
i think the day serves as trying to divide us more instead of bringing everyone together. it's really like the gov is throwing the black population a bone and saying here's your day oh and don't forget you have a whole month in february to celebrate your differences. i find the day dedicated to MLK as well as all the other monuments, etc. dedicated to him to be patronizing instead of true genuine dedication.
2007-01-15 08:51:27 · answer #3 · answered by curious_One 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well many people don't get the holiday off. The holiday is really only for government workers. I also now refer to MLK day as the holiday, because if people don't believe in MLK day, they might get offended, and God forbid we offend anyone.
2007-01-15 08:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by Arthur M 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't get a day off work. What is commercial about MLK day?
2007-01-15 08:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by Chicken Jones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have lost a sense of value to just about everything in this country holidays included. I miss the old days when you put a value on everything which made everything more meaningful.
2007-01-15 08:53:27 · answer #6 · answered by Brianne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have done quite a bit of thinking about MLK and his dream, today. The conclusion I have arrived at, is that MLK is spinning in his grave at PC.
2007-01-15 08:48:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i actually care if it wasn't for martin luther king jr we wouldnt have come such a long way in accepting people for them and not there skin color or ethnic backgrounds
and im at work so its not a day off for me but traffic was light so i made it to work 18 mins earlier meaning i can leave earlier too yay!!!
2007-01-15 08:45:33 · answer #8 · answered by jj? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i had school today, but the post-office is closed which annoyed me. i really dont care about holidays either, everything is all about greed anymore and the true heart of the holidays is lost
2007-01-15 08:43:18 · answer #9 · answered by SwordDancer 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The ability to honor someone and show respect for his attributes for the em-betterment of mankind,is a personal quality,and usually a reflection of ones upbringing
2007-01-15 08:46:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋