Oh noes, ‘War on Christmas’

It’s that time of year again. Don Kroah of Townhall.com has spewed the following:

While Wal-Mart has apparently seen the error of its ways (or at least of its bad business judgment) and done an about-face from last year’s ban on employees’ use of the words Merry Christmas in greeting customers, the war on public celebration of one of the nation’s holiest days continues unabated.

Oh, really? I don’t know which alternate universe this clown lives in, but in this one, the “holiday shopping season” is in full swing and everyone’s been playing Christmas music since November 1st. Is this about those Atheist Gestapo troops that are going around burning down churches and destroying manger scenes? Oh, wait a minute. We live in a predominately Christian country and nothing even remotely like that has ever happened. So, pray tell, what is this about?

Citing other equally-significant poll results, the ADF also noted that: 90 percent of Americans recognized Christmas as the birthday of Jesus Christ; 88 percent say its okay for people to wish others “Merry Christmas”; a majority of Americans are more likely to wish someone they just met “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays”; and 87% of Americans believe nativity scenes should be allowed on public property.

I find it very telling that despite this moron’s bleating to the contrary, the only people objecting to anything are asshole Christians who have a conniption fit every time someone says “Happy Holidays”. OH NOES!! You mean there are other holidays around this time of year?? And some people choose to acknowledge them?? Oh good heavens, whatever shall we do?

Incidentally, it’s also very telling that so many Christbots would rather ignore their completely uncontested right to display all the religious paraphernalia they want in front of their home or church in favor of whining about not being able to put a 50-foot “JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON” banner in front of city hall. See, these holiday displays really have very little to do with “expressing your religion”, but very much to do with marking your territory as a group. Christbots are threatened by the mere existence of people who think differently than they do, so they seek to metaphorically piss in front of city hall by getting a manger scene displayed there, and they piss and moan about being “persecuted” by “secular humanists” if anyone dares to have a problem with that idea.

The fact is, despite the majority status of Christianity in this country, we do not have an official state religion in the United States, and that means that Christians do not deserve special recognition of their holiday above everyone else’s. It’s just another Winter Solstice festival, and Jesus is not, and never has been, the reason for the season — axial tilt is the reason for the season. And that means no manger scene in front of city hall — no matter how much the “evil pagans” bug you, you do not have the right to say “we hereby claim this territory for the Christian religion and everyone else should get out” — which is exactly what your “we must put an explicitly Christian display in front of every public building” drive amounts to.

Refuse to cave in to the pressure of political correctness, whether in our own daily speech or in conversations with others. For example, when confronted with the usual “Happy Holidays” at this time of year, why not respond politely but directly with “Merry Christmas”?

Just for that, every time someone says “Merry Christmas” to me this holiday season, I’m going to respond politely but directly with “Happy Holidays”.

And when you’re in church on Christmas Eve, observing your religion, you should remember that there is no one interested in forcing you to do otherwise — you do have the right to observe your rebranded Winter Solstice festival, just like the rest of us have the right to observe ours.

Tags: Christianity, Christmas, Holidays