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Originally Posted by Rusty van Reddick
That said, horror stories and urban legends aside, all this complaining about the disappearance of “Merry Christmas” is complete crap. COMPLETE CRAP. EVERYBODY still says it, NOBODY is offended by it, and if Canadian Tire (or whoever) wants to be more inclusive by using “Happy Holidays” in an ad, really, is this hurting anyone?
No. There is no crisis. There is no anti-religious defamation. There is nothing going on here. AT ALL.
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But there obviously
is something going on here. It's not a "crisis" to anyone outside of the fevered minds of Fox News and the Christian right, but they are right that the formerly axiomatic use of Christian expressions and symbols has been eroded somewhat by late twentieth century political correctness.
I don't know how you can argue against that, because that's simply a fact.
It's a territorial contest. But what's interesting, and instructive, is that the "PC forces," if you can call them that, seem to be retreating on the issue by acknowledging that we are a legacy Christian culture. The secular usurper understands that just as using the fourth day of the week doesn't (necessarily) invoke the god of thunder, so saying "Merry Christmas" doesn't signify that a person is an eager participant in a bronze age death cult who practice cannibalistic rituals.
Though Thursday for me is indeed a holy day. That means that I don't work, I don't drive a car, I don't fucking ride in a car, I don't handle money, I don't turn on the oven, and I sure as shit don't fucking roll!