This would make me want to boycott Wal-mart, if I wasn't already boycotting Wal-mart on general principle. So maybe instead I should go to Wal-mart and tell their employees "Happy Hanukkah"?
Hey, American Family Association! It's ok to be inclusive! It's called being NICE. But I'm pretty sure you're from the wing of Christianity that thinks I'm going to hell, so maybe I'm not worth being nice to.
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At work the other day, I was writing up a dry erase calendar for December and in the little box for the 25th I wrote Xmas and someone chided me for "taking the Christ out of Christmas." I'm almost 100% sure it was meant as a joke but after last year's wallow in stupidity (the whole O'Rly-fueled war on christmas) I had to take a deep-breath and stop myself from going off on an inappropriate rant. I instead told him I found his lack of knowledge of church history and Greek to be deeply disturbing.
is there a word or phrase for the majority pretending to be victims of the minority?
because the entirely-fabricated "war on christmas" make me think that there should be a term for that.
Yeah, I don't get why being inclusive constituted that sham war on Christmas. I mean, Christmas is a holiday, is it not? Thus, "Happy Holidays" includes Christmas.
Pinky, I don't think there's a word for that, but there should be.
i am still skeptical that right-wing christians are the majority. however, they are certainly the loudest special interest group.
the article says that the american family association and the catholic league told people to boycott walmart last christmas. a real journalist would probably look at walmart's sales last year to see if this order actually resulted in any reduction in profits.
the best way to defeat reactionary rhetoric is to marginalize it.
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