I've previously mentioned my skepticism about patriotism. Looking into the origins and uses of the word, I'm not the only one who has my doubts about its goodness.
However, there is a generally-ignored holiday called Patriots' Day which I've mentioned in the past, and it happens to be today-- "4-19" every year. As far as semi-political holidays go, it's not so awful.
Ammo.com has a little write-up about it you might enjoy. It's history, so you probably ought to familiarize yourself just a little so you don't accidentally end up celebrating the wholly statist, government-worshiping "Patriots' Day" (Blowback Day/Consequences Day) on September 11th of every year.
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Writing to promote liberty is my job.
YOU get to decide if I get paid.
I hope I add something you find valuable enough to support.
As well as a shot being heard around the world in 1775, April 19th has seen:
ReplyDeleteWaco massacre 1993
OK City Bombing 1995
Boston lockdown 2013
And here we are, with a less stringent but far more widepread lockdown in 2020. You'd think there might have been a little hindsight to enable folk to avoid it.
You'd think...
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