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It's not often that you'll find a high school student whose best friend works for the government complaining about a national holiday, but the common sense part of my brain is screaming louder than the slacker in me can ignore.
How many veterans have died in foreign conflicts since (and including) World War 1? Millions; correct? We have two holidays in honor of the sacrifices these fine men and women have made in the past century, but here's the kicker: Schools are open on both days!
Conversely, there is no school on "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day."
If you haven't already caught on to the fallacy, let me draw it out for you:
- Millions of sacrificed lives? No day off.
- A civil rights protester-- basically a hippy, albeit a beloved one? School dismissed.
which translates into this in the minds of public school students:
- I can go into the army, die for my country, and not matter; OR
- I can complain incessantly about the "status quo" and be remembered forever.
What utter bullshit!
Yes, it's a shame the guy died, but millions of people die each year. Millions of people have died prematurely in defense of our nation, and millions of people were involved in the Civil Rights Movement-- not just one.
If you want to honor the man, good for you; but don't try and force me to feel remorseful for the death of one man I was not responsible for (because all white people treated black people like garbage and wanted him assassinated, right you imbeciles?) while you gently brush off the chronic wanton slaughter of millions of men and women with bright futures in favor of appearing "politically correct."
Here's my proposal:
- Give us Veteran's Day and Remembrance Day off from school.
- Revoke "MLK Day's" status as a national holiday.
Just fulfilling one of those two propositions is enough to shut me up on this issue, but you and I both know they will never happen.
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