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Subject: Re: Let's go Brandon!
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:15:04 -0400
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On Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:54:07 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

>On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 07:04:57 -0400, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> While Biden did officially acknowledge March 31 to be TDoV, he also did so in 2021 when Easter fell on April 4 that year.
>>> 
>>> The day was set by a Michigan-based advocate to raise awareness of the plight of transgender people and to celebrate their achievements.
>>> 
>>> The first TDoV was celebrated in 2009 when Easter occurred on April 12. Since then, the two dates coincided only twice: in 2013 and in 2024.
>>> 
>>> Biden did not invent TDoV, nor set the date to deliberately clash with Easter, which is on a different date every year.
>>
>>What do you disagree with in that?
>
>No one has suggested Biden invented TDoV nor the date - the comment
>was based on which event he CHOSE to promote. Nobody would have raised
>eyebrows had Biden promoted the White House Easter Egg hunt which has
>gone on for years and is at least tangentially related to Easter.
>
>Promoting TDoV the way he did is equivalent to promoting "National
>Fireworks Day" as the main event going on on July 4th - though TDoV
>isn't JUST what you suggest ('to celebrate their achievements') but to
>promote their status at the event of THE major religious date of the
>year. 

He promoted the day on the day that was chosen by members of that
group as their day of recognition over a decade ago. To suggest that
Biden (a long term Christian) chose to recognize TDoV as some sort of
slap at Christianity is... I just don't see how anyone can even
suggest it.