Kwanzaa Is A Leftist Plot ‘To Destroy’ America

[88m3]

By Aviva Shen on Jan 2, 2013 at 9:21 am
While outrage about the so-called war on Christmas has died down for another year, Wisconsin state Senator Glenn Grothman (R) has launched a new war on Kwanzaa, claiming it is a fake holiday invented by racist radicals who want to “divide America.”
In a press release entitled “Why Must We Still Hear About Kwanzaa,” Grothman ranted that Kwanzaa is a holiday celebrated by “left wing nuts” because “they don’t like America and seek to destroy it.” Grothman is comforted by his belief that “almost all black people ignore” Kwanzaa, but is deeply troubled by the fact that schools are teaching the holiday:
Irresponsible public school districts such as Green Bay and Madison (and who knows how many others…) try to tell a new generation that blacks have a separate holiday than Christians…But why do they do it? They don’t like America and seek to destroy it by pretending that its values as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, don’t apply to everyone. Mainstream Americans must be more outspoken on this issue. It’s time it’s slapped down once and for all…Be on the lookout if a K-12 or college teacher tries to tell your children or grandchildren it’s a real holiday.
Kwanzaa, which occurs from December 26 to January 1, was created in 1966 as a way for African Americans to connect to their heritage and culture. It has been widely accepted as a legitimate holiday. While Grothman believes the holiday divides America, Kwanzaa centers around the seven principles of unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. Its founder, Ron Karenga, whom Grothman calls a “violent nut,” explained, “People may celebrate either or all of the year-end holidays” as Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday focusing on sharing a “special cultural truth” with the world. Former President George W. Bush praised the holiday as “an opportunity to focus of family, community, and history.”

GOP State Senator: Kwanzaa Is A Leftist Plot 'To Destroy' America | ThinkProgress

 

[zerozero]

lol @ this comment

a completely volunteered remark. No one was asking about Kwanzaa and yet he decided to issue a press release to denounce the holiday.

 

[Rekkapryde]

lol @ this comment

 

[The Real]

This clown is a few decades too late. It's true that Kwanzaa was invented by Black Nationalists (though that doesn't mean it was part of a plot to destroy America,) but regardless, very few people celebrate it anymore. It's heyday was in the 80s and early 90s.

 

[88m3]

This clown is a few decades too late. It's true that Kwanzaa was invented by Black Nationalists (though that doesn't mean it was part of a plot to destroy America,) but regardless, very few people celebrate it anymore. It's heyday was in the 80s and early 90s.

So is it a leftist plot to destroy America or not? What you've written seems to imply you agree with Sen. Grothman.




@The Real thens goes on to lump it with Black Nationalists as if that were a bad thing he then goes on to state (though that doesn't mean it was part of a plot to destroy America)



Then goes on to belittle Kwanza and say very few people celebrate it anymore.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I celebrated kwanza with my family this year. I had never done it, but apparently my wife's family used to when she was a kid. I had a good time and I look forward to celebrating it next year

Oh and at this a$$hole

 

[The Real]

So is it a leftist plot to destroy America?




@The Real thens goes on to lump it with Black Nationalists (though that doesn't mean it was part of a plot to destroy America)





Then goes on to belittle Kwanza and say very few people celebrate it anymore.

I know you're trolling, but regardless... It's true that it was invented by Black Nationalists as a means to instill pride through an alternative tradition. It's also true that it was much more popular in the 80s and early 90s, when major stores would actually have Kwanzaa sales and deals, which is something we don't see these days because the number of people who celebrate it has declined sharply and remained low since.

I'm only saying that his argument would have made more sense strategically back when Kwanzaa was more popular, not that it is a true or honest argument. It's just not visible enough to be exploited for fearmongering anymore.

 

[Metta World Movement]

LOL @ anyone attacking Kwanzaa, like it's some holiday that's enjoying Christmas-level popularity and therefore could potentially be a threat in any way, shape or form

What's next? They gonna try demonize Festivus?

Don't nobody give a fukk about no Kwanzaa except for fanoins and legit militant blacks

 

[No_bammer_weed]

It's just not visible enough to be exploited for fearmongering anymore.

The right wing just got done turning the dozen or so new black panther members into a breathless crisis. All they have to say is black people [fill in the blank], and they'll have kak's redfaced and hyperventilating over anything.

 

[Robbie3000]

He said its a fake holiday as opposed to a "real" holiday like Christmas- with Yuletide, Christmas trees, Santa Claus etc.;all in celebration of the birth of a Jewish half man half god Zombie who was more likely born in the spring.

You can't make this shyt up.

 

[Fillerguy]

what you know about them 7 principles

The pro Black school I went to pumped Kwanzaa into us in the 1st grade. After I moved to Whiteville/Jewburg, I realized how uncomfortable Kwanzaa made White people, the ones who thought I wasn't making it up.

 

[acri1]

So one day this guy just decided he had nothing better to do than make a random press release about Kwanzaa?

This is almost as retarded as Akin and Mourdoch's rape comments. The new Democratic strategy should be to just bring up mostly non-controversial social issues and wait for the GOP guy to say something ridiculous.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

What is the definition of Leftist and America?

 

[88m3]

So one day this guy just decided he had nothing better to do than make a random press release about Kwanzaa?

This is almost as retarded as Akin and Mourdoch's rape comments. The new Democratic strategy should be to just bring up mostly non-controversial social issues and wait for the GOP guy to say something ridiculous.

Theres nothing scarier than the Black Man.



@The Real doesn't understand

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

so...I just learned this dude was getting amped up by the CIA via COINTELPRO?