Quote from: K-Dog on May 01, 2025, 08:10 PMMay Day celebrations began in the 19th century as labor movements commemorated the Haymarket Riot of 1886, when police killed several workers protesting for an eight-hour work day. In later years, May Day celebrations were used as an occasion to protest against wars and promote peace.

Current cultural propaganda describes May Day as a day celebrating the arrival of SPRING.  It was quickly pointed out in our local news today that only a 'minority', 20% they said --- Think that May Day is a day devoted to protest.  AFTER citing the 20%, the announcer took a quick pivot and said, 'What do you think'.

After cleverly making you think as intended.

I don't get it. How did they make me think as intended? May Day started as a protest of something. Okay. Someone tells me May Day celebrates spring (never heard what May Day was for, so I'm agnostic). Okay.  Someone tells me 20% think it is for protest, and asks me what I think.

I respond that A) I don't give enough of a shit to pick a side and B) if forced to pick a side, I venture it sounds as though May Day got co-opted for something other than it started out as.

And I care about this...why?

Is that really what I was supposed to think about?

If I have a vested interest in the original idea of May Day I understand giving a shit, and if I have no clue I don't care, and if it is just an excuse to party that at least makes American sense, particularly among the young, but folks don't often reach for deeper meanings, and some talking head doesn't clever think about anything unless they've got some cool take on astrophysics, observation of neat contradictions in the quantum world, etc etc.

Columbus Day celebrates the genocide of native Americans. Labor Day was about murdering folks during a strike and riots causing millions in damage. Ok. Nowadays folks are just happy to get a extra day off.