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1/12/2011 7:21:27 PM

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1/12/2011 7:21:37 PM

HIDE YO KIDS

1/12/2011 7:22:51 PM

If i dont get veterans day off, then MLK day should be a school day

1/12/2011 7:23:24 PM

its only given off every other year anyways, not that big of a deal

1/12/2011 7:24:34 PM

[Edited on January 12, 2011 at 7:29 PM. Reason : x]

1/12/2011 7:26:47 PM

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1/12/2011 7:28:24 PM

i mean i get it, but i don't get it

1/12/2011 7:38:35 PM

Lolwut?

1/12/2011 8:12:48 PM

so these "church goers" would rather there kids be off for MLK day than Good Friday.

1/12/2011 8:20:30 PM

Seems kind of odd. I bet MLK would want these kids to be educated.

1/12/2011 8:21:23 PM

^^youre obviously white-raised


no black family wants their kids home all the time. None.

my mom used to kick us out the house saturday mornin, we would walk to school just to look at the building

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 5:24 PM. Reason : d]

1/13/2011 5:23:42 PM

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"You must be 18 years or older -- or have your parent or guardian's permission if you are between 13 and 18 years old -- to submit information. "

somebody fill this out as a 13 year old with your parent or guardian's permission

1/13/2011 5:26:37 PM

^^all through elementary school there were only 3 white kids in my class and my elementary school was named Booker T. Washington. I also have a fat ass. So I know all about being black.

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 5:27 PM. Reason : words]

1/13/2011 5:26:41 PM

tmi really

1/13/2011 5:29:42 PM

1/13/2011 5:29:59 PM

bmel, my wife taught art there for a year

1/13/2011 7:58:15 PM

why is MLK more important than the presidents of this country?

1/13/2011 7:59:00 PM

why is MLK more important than the presidents of this country?

(or Veterans. a lot of people don't get that day off either)

1/13/2011 8:01:29 PM

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"Will you keep your child out of CMS on Monday, Jan. 17, to honor MLK day as the NAACP is urging? No Yes Considering it No way"

No or No way? hmmmm

can I choose FUCK NAW instead?

1/13/2011 8:02:38 PM

Milk day, eh?

1/14/2011 1:23:49 AM

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"why is MLK more important than the presidents of this country?"

MLK led a great social movement that led to genuine civil rights regardless of race and inspired similar liberation movements for women and queers

A typical President isn't that influential in history and some of them (especially Dubya and the few preceding and one following Lincoln) were downright diabolical.

1/14/2011 1:42:50 AM

^So, what, all the accomplishments of every President combined into one day of acknowledgment is somehow inferior to civil rights movements?



Veterans Day should be off.

1/14/2011 1:54:53 AM

^I thought that Presidents' Day was only established so that school-children wouldn't have the birthdays of both Washington and Lincoln off; that is, it was only meant to commemorate those two Presidents.

1/14/2011 1:59:14 AM

I don't think people are upset that the kids might have to go to school on MLK Day.

They are more likely upset that very few people care about MLK Day in general.

This whole school day business is just an opportunity to draw attention to our utter lack reverence for MLK Day. And nobody gives a gosh darn about Presidents, Veterans, Memorial, Labor, etc...either.

Holidays that matter: whatever you celebrate in December, Spring Break, Halloween, Independence, Thanksgiving, Cinco de Mayo, and St. Patrick's Day.

1/14/2011 2:02:03 AM

^^That was the formal reasoning behind it's original creation, yeah true, but today it's colloquially referred to as Presidents Day to honor multiple presidents (instead of just the two). Even if it was just the two, I still think the argument stands. I just would be very hesitant to say MLK Day is more important than Presidents Day. They both acknowledge very critical parts of US History.


[Edited on January 14, 2011 at 2:04 AM. Reason : f]

1/14/2011 2:03:46 AM

It's certainly more important to a lot of black people. And rightfully so.

1/14/2011 2:07:32 AM

^Because only blacks would value human liberties over stuffy old white guys right?

1/14/2011 2:09:35 AM

No, I didn't say anything about stuffy old white guys. So I don't know what you're talking about.

You're trying to make some big deal about how there is an argument that Presidents Days is equal to MLK Day. And you would be "very hesitant" to say MLK Day is more important. My point is that to a lot of folks (I won't estimate how many), there ain't no hesitating about it. It is clear that MLK Day is more important to them. It is obvious.

1/14/2011 2:19:21 AM

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"Milk day, eh?"

California actually has one of those. Not that I expect anyone gets off school for that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk_Day

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"Milk Day, is a California holiday held on May 22 in memory of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist assassinated in 1978.[1] The holiday was established by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009"

1/14/2011 3:00:46 AM

I want to be black...

1/14/2011 3:12:15 AM

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"No, I didn't say anything about stuffy old white guys. So I don't know what you're talking about."

The two Presidents for which Presidents' Day was created were "stuffy old white guys"

1/14/2011 5:44:27 AM

so mlk is more important than our presidents, as a whole?

1/14/2011 7:56:53 AM

yeah, that's what black kids need-more reasons to not gain an education.

The NAACP is supposed to be all about the advancement of "colored people", and yet they want to keep them out of school (granted for one day, but still); this seems counter-intuitive of their stated goals/charter.

But wait, since the majority of Congress was white when the bill was passed, and the President was white (Reagan) when the bill was signed, this is just another way of the white man keepin the black man down - by making a holiday to keep them from school.

The NAACP is fucking useless

1/14/2011 8:15:36 AM

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"I bet MLK would want these kids to be educated."

1/14/2011 8:30:31 AM

I don't think MLK would want these kids being told they were different and needed to be separated on his holiday.

That's right in line with the NAACP though

1/14/2011 8:32:30 AM

All the white kids are gonna be like "No black kids at school Monday? Sweet! Let's go!"

/low brow remark

1/14/2011 8:35:04 AM

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"my mom used to kick us out the house saturday mornin, we would walk to school just to look at the building"

lol, i almost spewed my coffee.

1/14/2011 8:40:16 AM

LOL the survey asks you to upload a photo of yourself (optional, of course, but funny).

1/14/2011 8:45:56 AM

There's more to "education" than what you learn in school.

If you celebrated MLK by visiting local civil rights landmarks or your parents taught you about civil rights then I wouldn't see any big deal with taking your kids out of school.


granted most of these kids will probably watch TV or play video games

1/14/2011 8:58:02 AM

I thought they built in several optional (non holiday) teacher workdays throughout the year to use as potential make-up days. I guess they've had that many snow days?

Sure beats what they did when I was a kid. They just tacked on an extra week at the end of the school year.

[Edited on January 14, 2011 at 10:23 AM. Reason : -]

1/14/2011 10:23:15 AM

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"If you celebrated MLK by visiting local civil rights landmarks or your parents taught you about civil rights then I wouldn't see any big deal with taking your kids out of school."

except a large number of the parents probably don't even know two shits about the Civil Rights Movement, except for what the Rev and Jesse have told their people.

1/14/2011 10:59:11 AM

It's probably just gonna be 3/5ths of a day off

1/14/2011 11:02:08 AM

Charlotte schools could have prevented this with a simple memo that said. "optional snow make up day on mlk day. Only white kids are encouraged to come."

1/14/2011 11:04:55 AM

only supplanter could figure out how ot make this thread about gay rights

1/14/2011 11:11:05 AM

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"except a large number of the parents probably don't even know two shits about the Civil Rights Movement, except for what the Rev and Jesse have told their people. "

You are wrong in the assumption that black people as a whole care or hold those nutjobs to any regard

i think most you ask would not know anything about them other than the public mockeries they make of themselves, or will outright roll their eyes

and im sure a lot of parents would know about the CR movement you retards


they lived during it, dont be fuckin stupid that is a complete insult. They may not hodl a grudge and bring it up all the time but be rest assured they lived through it.

sorry but that comment was one of the most ignorant ive read as a whole

[Edited on January 14, 2011 at 11:14 AM. Reason : d]

1/14/2011 11:12:19 AM

did you just say that black people as a whole think Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are nutjobs and don't listen to what they preach?

1/14/2011 11:15:27 AM

yes i am.

the percentage is much larger than those that would blindly follow them.

the older crowd still call them relevant but middle agers dont hold them that highly in regard

but I mean, you tell me how it is because...you know better.

i personally consider them divisive and the opposite of the orginal need and goal of the NAACP, theyre trolls

[Edited on January 14, 2011 at 11:21 AM. Reason : d]

1/14/2011 11:19:30 AM

you need to stop smokin weed

it is clearly hurting your brain

1/14/2011 11:23:54 AM

except i dont take any drugs?


good one.

tell me what you know then

1/14/2011 11:25:19 AM