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'Merica Day? Is that the day when people dress up like a redneck wearing red white and blue while drinking Budweiser and shooting holes in a pick up truck that is sitting on cinder blocks?
Nobody gets upset with Saint Patrick's Day being celebrated in the US... so why the problem with Cinco de Mayo?
Here is the difference. St. Patrick's Day isn't about another country's politics or history. St. Patrick is a saint in the Catholic religion. Yes, we celebrate those of Irish ancestry on that one day but we have a whole month dedicated to Hispanics as an ethnic group. I just don't understand celebrating another country's history, battles or politics in "our" country. It has nothing to do with us.
I never understood why Cinco De Mayo is celebrated in this country. The holiday is about a war that Mexico won. What does that have to do with our politics or our history?
It was first celebrated among Mexican-Americans in the 1860s in the Gold County of California when news arrived of the victory over the French outside Puebla. It became a tradition amongst the Mexican population of the Southwest over the years. Yes, eventually it got commercialized by beer and tequilla companies. So did St. Paddy's day though--which has gone from a religious celebration to a day of Irish heritage to a day of drinking green beer and Irish car bombs.
So what does St. Paddy's day have to do with the US other than the fact that a lot of Irish migrated here(just as a lot of Mexicans have migrated here).
It was first celebrated among Mexican-Americans in the 1860s in the Gold County of California when news arrived of the victory over the French outside Puebla. It became a tradition amongst the Mexican population of the Southwest over the years. Yes, eventually it got commercialized by beer and tequilla companies. So did St. Paddy's day though--which has gone from a religious celebration to a day of Irish heritage to a day of drinking green beer and Irish car bombs.
So what does St. Paddy's day have to do with the US other than the fact that a lot of Irish migrated here(just as a lot of Mexicans have migrated here).
Again, St. Patrick's day isn't celebrating a political event of Ireland. Cinco de Mayo is about celebrating a historical, political event of Mexico. It has nothing to do with our country.
Here is the difference. St. Patrick's Day isn't about another country's politics or history. St. Patrick is a saint in the Catholic religion. Yes, we celebrate those of Irish ancestry on that one day but we have a whole month dedicated to Hispanics as an ethnic group. I just don't understand celebrating another country's history, battles or politics in "our" country. It has nothing to do with us.
They cancelled Independence Day, Flag Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Presidents Day as well as Thanksgiving?
Holy Cow, alert the media.
The only thing they object to, if you'd read the article you posted, was the work 'Merica.
From the link you posted, but didn't read:
Students had originally proposed “’Merica Day” as a spirit day theme, but the name was rejected by building administrators who felt “’Merica” is slang “often used in a negative stereotypical way to describe life in the United States” and “disrespectful to our country,” Principal Mark Eversole wrote in an email sent to parents Tuesday morning.
The students changed it to America, all is well. relax the knickers.
Nice attempt a fake outrage, anyway.
One would think, given the perfectly plausible explanation offered by the principal, that the OP would be glad it was cancelled.
Oh, well.
'Merica Day? Is that the day when people dress up like a redneck wearing red white and blue while drinking Budweiser and shooting holes in a pick up truck that is sitting on cinder blocks?
I suspect that is exactly what the principal thought it was going to be.
Seems okay to have a cinco De Mayo but its not okay to celebrate America.
Crocodile tears....
Mircea
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