[Citizen Zed]

International co-opt-your-cause day.

[agere_contra]

The holiday spread to the rest of the world

The hell it did.

What's more: Mayday has been a holiday since before Christ. Where does this guy get off trying to co-opt ancient traditions for his sad little cause?

[GraceG]

Happy Inter-trash-it-all Commie Day!

[right way right]

In Seattle media it is the day we watch kids who live in their Moms basement emerge from playing xbox and wander the streets aimlessly followed by reporters hoping that the narcissistic little wimps will break a window or something like that.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"May Day’s origins date back to May 1, 1886."

Absolutely false. The Spring holy day, known as "May Day" since the medieval period, has been marked since before the dawn of Christianity.

[Usagi_yo]

“William White is a graduate of Washington State Community College. William is an avid gamer at heart and loves keeping up with the game industry. He started his professional writing career in 2010 when he took up a job writing video game reviews for Game Industry News. Since then, he has obtained his own weekly column focusing on indie games and developers. William lives happily in the southern Ohio area with his wife.”

Author probably thinks the May Poll is a vote.

[Billthedrill]

Beltane is actually much older than that. It’s the day when cattle are moved to summer pasture and ceremonial bonfires are lit. Like Baltimore.

[Terry L Smith]

It seems that there are a lot of folks that have forgotten the brighter side of May Day, before the pre-Marxist/Communist crowd stole it.

May Day, for as long as there has been a history in Europe, has always been a time of celebrations, weddings, and town-communal activities.

Look at these, and NO, there is NO Socialist dribble there.

http://www.lyndonirwin.com/maypole.htm

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/the-scene/May-Day-Find-Your-Celebration-of-Spring-301945331.html

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa042601a.htm

http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/saints/may_day_customs.htm

And with that, I’ll shut up.