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This is the AZ GOP, this is who they are: (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
OP
Funny, I always thought labor day was created to avoid having a worker's day....
TheRealNorth
Sep 2021
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Maraya1969
(22,474 posts)1. That woman is nuts. They are mostly all nuts.
TheRealNorth
(9,478 posts)2. Funny, I always thought labor day was created to avoid having a worker's day....
That was the same as the international worker's day (ie. May 1st - May Day) because the Commies celebrated May Day.
former9thward
(31,974 posts)3. Absolutely correct.
Grover Cleveland, who signed the federal holiday into law, wanted a September date so that it would not be associated with Mayday. Ironically, given the OP, Labor Day is actually the anti-communist day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day
Celerity
(43,302 posts)4. she is batshit insane