Will St. Patrick's Day parades be allowed this year, since it looks like all ethnic/identity celebrations

[Ocelot II]

are to be suppressed or outlawed?

If not, why not?

Raise your hand if you know the answer.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. My Chicago suburb had ours last weekend.

I don't know about others.

[jalan48]

2. St Patrick's day is all about drinking.

[lastlib]

5. ...and white (Xtian) people......

It'll go on.

I'm more worried about Juneteenth...............

[Ocelot II]

7. Will Trump un-holiday Juneteenth?

It's still listed as a federal holiday, but for how much longer?

[Hugin]

30. I think some Retrumplican in the House already proposed a competing holiday.

It’s in there with a Trump face on Mt Rushmore and on money. I think the date was June Fourteenth. I don’t know off-hand the significance of the date.

[whathehell]

11. You do know that there are Irish Jews, right?

Mainly in Ireland, two were elected to high office there, one serving as Lord Mayor, of Dublin and another of Belfast in the North of Ireland.

[lastlib]

14. Sure, but saints are a Catholic thing, right?

IDK how many Jewish people have been sanctified.

So it's most likely a Xtian observance.

[whathehell]

17. Immaterial, since it's more of a cultural 'observance'

than a religious one and everyone is welcome to celebrate.
As to saints, they're not just 'a Catholic thing', they are acknowledged by certain Protestant denominations as well.

[Demovictory9]

21. Armenian / greek / italian / Japanese festivals..later thisvyear

Will GOP call them "devisive"


We have lots of those in California

[whathehell]

22. Why ask me?

I'm not part of the GOP.

[H2O Man]

29. Or, knowing them, they

just might call them a book or a bike. But we know that they are not books nor bikes.

[lastlib]

23. Has a Xtian "pope" ever "made" anybody a saint?

asking for a friend.......

I know protestants and catholics have people they call saints, and both observe the day--heck, even some of us agnostics have been known to observe it, even if only for the alcohol consumption. I just maintain that the origin of it is rooted in the Catholic faith.

g'night!

[whathehell]

27. Lol..Not sure what all the "quotes" are for

or what your present, particular interest in saints, popes, or the "Xtian" religion is, but I will suggest you do your own research...Bye now.

[H2O Man]

28. This is exactly why

people should study Irish history and culture. As every Irish person knows, a "saint" is just a dead sinner after their life has been revised and edited.

[whathehell]

9. Nope, not for everyone..

Many of us see it as an occasion to celebrate an Irish heritage we love and value.

[Ocelot II]

15. Many other ethnic/identity groups also enjoy celebrating their heritage

but under Trump that's not allowed, at least not in federal agencies or where federal funding is involved - depending one what that heritage is. The Mayor of D.C. was told to remove all traces of Black Lives Matter signs or lose federal funding, so I guess that heritage doesn't get to be celebrated.

[whathehell]

19. Yes, we all.know Trump's attack on DEI is racist..

but unless St Patrick's day is supported by "federal funding", I don't think it can be addressed in terms of government.

[jalan48]

16. I think we had a more traditional Irish family, drinking and fighting on St Paddy's Day.

[H2O Man]

25. No it's not.

Self-respecting Irish do not engage in the foolishness.

[applegrove]

3. (Raises her hand)

[ChazII]

4. It's my birthday and I will be celebrating.

Just me, myself and I.

[elleng]

6. Dunno; hope Irish Coffee will be UP!

[Prairie Gates]

8. Kiss me, I'm Irish tee-shirts: Very divisive!

[littlemissmartypants]

32. You'd think that the pot of gold...

Would be an attraction...if only it wasn't at the end of a rainbow...

[FakeNoose]

10. Most cities have St. Patrick's Day parades on Saturday, March 15th to avoid weekday traffic

... however NYC has theirs always on March 17th no matter what day that happens to be.

In Pittsburgh, our St. Patrick's Day Parade will go forward next Saturday, no matter what weather is predicted. One year we had a blizzard and the parade went on anyway.

🍀

[Ocelot II]

12. But it celebrates an ethnicity and I thought that was no longer allowed because it's DEI and woke.

(in case that was necessary)

[Mossfern]

13. I thought that on St. Patrick's day

everyone is Irish.

[SocialDemocrat61]

18. Parades celebrating a white male christian?

Sure there won’t be a problem.

[Demovictory9]

20. Calif held African American parades in feb

[LeftInTX]

24. We're still planning our huge fiesta in April and Pride Parade is still on for June, our rainbow sidewalk got a facelift

[OAITW r.2.0]

26. I'm Irish and there is nothing to celebrate anymore.

I guess no-one can have cultural identity with the Trump regime. What a sterile world that will be.

[Bread and Circuses]

31. Good Point...if it's really about ending identity politics. It must be ended