[J m HofMarN]

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Loyalty_Day

So, apparently some fascist decided that having an international labor day was just way too much of a commie thing, so they renamed May 1st as Loyalty Day. Now, as a commie myself, I have to wonder just how it would be best to celebrate this wonderful holiday.

[civilian_number_two]

WTF? You guys already have Presidents Day, and the 4th of July. So a day celebrating the workers of the country is ... what? disloyal somehow? I imagine were the President to ask that a random worker prostrate himself before a statue of Lincoln and thank the President for the privelege of minimum wage, that would be "loyal?"

Your nation is fucked. With a capital F.

[J m HofMarN]

Actually the US has our own labor day. It's generally spent in traffic trying to get to the beach or having a cook out. Perhaps those things are symbolic, and running over hot sand represents the difficulties facing the world's workers, and the cookout represents... you know.... stuff. In any event, I think it's great that we changed the date of a holiday and then coopted the name of the holiday into an excuse to be a tourist and consume red meat, and then changed the day of the original holiday into a proto fascist celebration that even most Americans aren't dumb enough to notice, much less celebrate.

[Gobbler]

Labor day just plain sucks. Idiots gather in the big cities and set stuff on fire, wrecking havoc and then getting arrested after injuring so-and-so many police officers and civilians.

And those who demonstrate in a peaceful manner only have stuff like "Against Capitalism." or "Against Greed." on their banners, with absolutely no realistic alternative at all. Seriously. You'd think that if their pop-commie business was so awesome, then they'd be able to actually convey a good sense of their ideas for a better change, but no. Against Capitalism. Against Poverty. So which is it? So far it doesn't seem like communism and poverty are mutually exclusive at all.

This post has been edited by Gobbler: 03 May 2009 - 04:40 PM

[J m HofMarN]

Yes, but at least they have the luxury of a day designated for that. And I dont think it is always a violent event, just right now with the economy being wrecked and the blame being placed on wealthy bankers, of course people are angry. But, yeah, I think its important that the left have an opportunity to voice their opinions, and renaming the day that represents that opportunity and trying to convert it forcibly into a right wing fascist salute, that just isnt decent.

[Gobbler]

In Germany, those May-Riots are a sad tradition. Always takes place. Left-wing extremists spout nonsense and vent along the line of their A.C.A.B. non-sense. Right-wing extremists and neo-nazis gather just because that's what they do, provoke violence with even more bullshit.

[J m HofMarN]

Sad tradition? Feck, you've obviously never felt the joy of hurling something at a line of fascist counterdemonstrators. We really need to have May Day in the US again, and you aughta give it a go!