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I feel I’ve been gaslit* into believing Juneteenth is a real holiday

I understand it’s an important historical event but it seems like it was just made up and everyone went along with it because they want a day off. I had never even heard of it before a few years ago. Big yikes, I know. I’m working on addressing my ignorance.

Anyone else blown away at how fast Juneteenth became a “thing”?

Fixed the word retcon

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Juneteenth is a real event which was celebrated by some people before 2020 predominately in majority African American communities or schools. This much is true.

The only reason it’s a federal holiday however is because a fetanyl addict was unjustly killed when detained by police for using counterfeit money in a convenience store at the end of May. The resulting social outrage led to mass protests as well as violent riots during June. In an effort to quell social discontent without having to solve any of the core problems our benevolent elected overlords graced us with a new federal holiday.

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