I’m working today, as I always do on MLK Day. It’s not that I disrespect the holiday; it’s that I don’t think I’m morally entitled to the day off, just as I don’t take Veterans’ Day off.
Here are my thoughts on the holiday in 2018:
- It’s too bad that King was born in January. We don’t need another holiday now, and the cold weather makes marching far less pleasant.
- The holiday is really going to resonate this year. Expect more enthusiasm than usual and lots of hard anti-Trump rhetoric at the rallies.
- As a result, you can also expect some effort on the part of Reactionaries to eliminate the holiday altogether.