Peggy Hall ([info]misty_moonlight) wrote,
@ 2005-12-03 18:11:00
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A war on Christmas?
Don Surber wrote, No Virginia, there is no war on Christmas. about John Gibson's book.

Apparently several Fun-dies are calling for boycotts of stores that call it "Holiday shopping" or "Holiday decorations" or "Holiday trees" instead of "Christmas shopping, decorations, and trees."

Here we go again, do your religion my way, or else... Burn in Hell!! And go broke, and be boycotted, and die a miserable death at your "Holiday" time - heathen.

Do they not know that the concept of a tree at Christmas was a Pagan tradition? Do they not know that there is no distinct birthdate for Christ, and do they not know that this season was a Pagan thing. The Sun God is born on the Winter solstice (December 21st). Celebrating the birth of the Christian God at that time was merely a sensible thing to do at the time.

There are other religions that celebrate a gift giving season at this time of the year as well. Do we all have to call it Christmas?

I know.. let's wage a war!

P.S. Look at what I just found on Dean's World. Apparently Fox news was selling "Holiday ornaments" and they were boycotted by the Fun-dies, and have now changed their wording to Christmas ornaments.

Boy, I wish I had enough pull to call for a boycott of them until they change it back!

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[info]gwytherinn
2005-12-04 08:44 am UTC (link)
My grandparents felt that the fact that we did not have that book in stock at the bookstore I work for was the litmus test as to whether we are the evil liberal store trying to suppress conservative ideas. Well, ok, the owners ARE liberal, and there is perhaps one conservative person on staff, if you could call her that. But that doesn't mean we don't stock it because of that. We only have so much room. (Though I have to admit my bosses probably took one look at the book and laughed.) Conservatives are always looking for slights against them. I've had some nasty run ins with them. One tried to get me fired, after she trashed the current events section to make it more representative of conservative views. (I had made sure it was neutral - apparently neutral = liberal, because it's not all conservative.) After she trashed it, I admittedly made the display all liberal. Bad me, spark to the powder keg. So when she dealt with my boss, every single conservative book we had was "just because we made money off of it." Well YEAH WE WOULDN"T SELL LIBERAL BOOKS IF WE DIDN"T MAKE MONEY OFF OF THEM EITHER. HELLO????? Luckily my boss told her off and I didn't get in any trouble.

I'm in a family of fundies. Who knew there were people in New York who believed you should teach Genesis in schools? Sometimes I wonder if I should tell them that there are many people out there who actually believe their own creation stories are true. Maybe we should teach them too?

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[info]misty_moonlight
2005-12-04 09:48 pm UTC (link)
OMG, what a nutjob in your store! The stupidity of people never ceases to surprise me.

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[info]treaclelilly
2005-12-04 04:38 pm UTC (link)
I made note of something similar to this on my blog along time ago. Remember that story about the Walmart temp worker who got fired because he explained to some uppity yuppity complained to Walmart about using "Holiday" instead of "Christmas" for their greetings? And the guy had the audacity to be honest with her about the orgins of Christmas? Which go the Catholic League on Walmart's case?

Conservatives have ALWAYS had it in for the media, whether it be bookstores, public broadcasting, etc. It never ends...

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[info]misty_moonlight
2005-12-04 09:46 pm UTC (link)
Agreed. Pushy bastages, they are.

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[info]treaclelilly
2005-12-05 01:00 am UTC (link)
Damn...I hate typos...

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[info]misty_moonlight
2005-12-05 09:29 pm UTC (link)
This is the whole thing that I loath about christians.. I mean, if you want to believe it, then go ahead! I'm not trying to change your mind. But, why do they insist that I do it the way they do, and why do they do it in such an oppressive manor?

If they're so certain that they have the correct set of myths, then why are they so offended so easily?

The concept of christmas is.. the mass of the christ.. well, mass is a catholic thing.. you'd think the protestants would have as much of a problem with it.

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