I've come up with a new idea for a post series.
I'm going to call it "WTF?!"
Every time I encounter something in the news, in life, in the political landscape, that screams the inanity of what our world has become, I'll post it as a WTF.
Today's WTF is...
Cinco de Mayo.
Have you noticed how every other bar, eatery, shopping mall and chamber of commerce in the US is having a big Cinco de Mayo Celebration?
You know...Cinco de Mayo. The obscure Mexican holiday that we Anglos have adopted as the day to raise a glass to Mexican American culture.
And yet...
These days, we treat Mexicans like the worst plague to darken our land since Yellow Fever.
Can you say...
WTF?!
1 comment:
The real problem here is that there are so so many situations that would warrant inclusion in such a series. How do you choose?
I like in this post that you are one of the four or five people in the USA who know that the fifth of May celebrates a relatively obscure Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla. Most North Americans seem to think it is sort of Mexico's Fourth of July, a celebration of national independence. That actual day comes on September 16, which was kind of like our Boston Tea Party, a first cry of rebellion against colonial rulers.
For most North Americans I guess Cinco de Mayo is just another excuse to drink beer. At least maybe it's Corona, Tecate, or Negra Modelo on that day.
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