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“Holidays” I Can Do Without

22nd April 2018

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The subject comes to mind because today is Earth Day, a quasi-religious day of observance for (mostly) irreligious types who claim to revere science but wouldn’t know it if it bit them in the hindquarters. It leads the list of irrelevant and concocted “holidays” that are mainly occasions for silliness (sometimes serious silliness, as on Earth Day), filling air time, selling greeting cards, and pandering to political correctness.

Others of its kind include Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Kwanzaa, Rosa Parks Day, Harriet Tubman Day, Malcolm X Day,Juneteenth, African New Year, Groundhog Day, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, International Women’s Day, April Fools’ Day, Arbor Day, May Day, Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, Children’s Day, Helen Keller Day, Father’s Day, Women’s Equality Day, Grandparent’s Day, German-American Day, and Leif Erikson Day.

I have nothing against Washington’s Birthday, which honors a man who should be honored. But I object strenuously to its popular name, Presidents’ Day, which submerges Washington in a presidential pool that includes the anti-patriotic likes of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. Presidents’ day belongs with the list in the preceding paragraph; it has become an occasion for selling automobiles, appliances, and furniture.

Concur.

I would go farther and bar Congress and the President from establish bogus National ‘Days”, “Weeks”, and “Months”, starting with Black History Month and such rot. This sort of political posturing and virtue-signalling fills mind-share that would more profitably be devoted to actual substantive reforms.

Who needs National Pig Day? Certainly not the pigs.

2 Responses to ““Holidays” I Can Do Without”

  1. RealRick Says:

    While I’m fully supportive of banning these ridiculous “holidays”, I must protest that a couple of them are valuable enough to keep. Specifically, St. Patty’s Day and Cinco de Mayo. These are holidays that are pretty much just about drinking, much like the sports of softball and ice fishing. (I don’t think they even celebrate St. Patty’s in Ireland, but then again, the Irish would be limited by having a single day for drinking. Yes, that was offensive to the PC police, but no actual Irish will protest because the Irish are not p****ies.) Holidays that involve tacos or shots of Jameson should be welcomed with open arms. Groundhog day, on the other hand, is embarrassingly stupid. Keep holidays with food or drink; kill off the holidays involving Hallmark cards or varmints.

  2. Tim of Angle Says:

    I’m all for holidays that have some basis in history. Groundhog day is a secularization of Candelmas, a traditional English holiday of religious origins. And, of course, the holiday we know as Thanksgiving was originally held on Martinmas, the traditional English harvest festival. But we need no government sanction to keep such days green in our memories.