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I'm having a quesedilla burger and cold budweiser( Corona sucks). Cinquo De mayo is a non holiday but any excuse for a quesedilla burger.
Mexican flags, puerto rican flags, confederate flags, why bother? Fly a real flag, the Stars and Stripes.
I've never celebrated Ciinco de Mayo. Growing up in south Louisiana in the 70s and 80s, I never even heard of this holiday. Once I did hear of it, I was always working when it was going on. Never found it worthy of asking for a day off to get hammered, heart burn, and stink up the workplace the next day with the after effects of refried beans.
The real meaning of Cinco de Mayo is not well known in the United States. It's an excuse to have tacos and margaritas. Ruckman gets it right in his post.
Tell me again why a victory of the Mexican army in the 1800's should even constitute a holiday fit for celebration in the United States?
For the same reason we celebrate a man who escaped slavery and introduced Christianity to Ireland. Because like the Irish, Mexican-Americans are a festive people that make up a large portion of the U.S. population.
GardenStater... and the meaning is totally lost on even most MExican-Americans. IN the southwest, and all over the nation, it is indeed just an excuse to get drunk, and eat Mexican food.
Didn't people on here insist that SB1070 wasn't based on racism or bigotry? I think making fun of another's culture, or putting down traditions in an environment of anti-illegal immigrant sentiments would probably qualify as such.
To be fair, Cinco de Mayo is more of a Mexican-American holiday. The day isn't all that celebrated in Mexico.
very true. some friends of mine from mexico city were amazed at what a big deal it is for some in this country.
which brings us back to the topic: you can't boycott something that you've never bothered noticing before in the first place.
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