kwanzaa Options

[*kryogenix*]

Do you view Kwanzaa as a real holiday, or a joke?

[NoSex]

Kyrogenix, you're fighting a string of logical fallacies.

The statistic proves that the majority of African Americans do not think it is a holiday worth celebrating. When the group that is supposed to be celebrating the holiday refuses to celebrate it, you kinda have to question its validity.

That's an argument from popularity. You are trying to discount the holiday by saying that it's not popular. So what? Popularity has nothing to do with the validity of any given proposition. The truth is not democratic.

If they have validity across all cultures, why call it the principles of "BLACKNESS?" If I believed in those principles, would that make me more black than someone who didn't believe in them?

You're fighting a straw man argument now. You are misrepresenting the use of calling the principles "of blackness." People have already explained the significance of those words. Why are you ignoring that fact?

What do his degrees and other credentials mean? It doesn't change the fact that he tortured two people and was convicted of felony charges. The fact that he associates with the Million Man March (and Louis Farrakhan) doesn't improve my opinion of him.

Argument from insult. You are attacking the man's character instead of investigating the holiday. Just because someone may be an "evil" man does not mean he can not be right. When debating, we oppose the argument not the arguer. It holds no value to attack a man's character when trying to discount his convictions. In this case, if you are trying to prove that Kwanzaa is somehow "invalid," you should focus on what exactly Kwanzaa is and what it teaches. Not, who teaches it, who practices it, or who doesn't teach or practice it.