"Leave Christmas ALOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!"

[ms_daisy_cutter]

I don't think anybody's surprised to hear that Bill Donohue is whining about all those uppity non-Christians out there who have the temerity to want to celebrate something around the Solstice that isn't Christmas, or those race traitor Christians who don't have a problem with that. I agree with Amanda Marcotte that the phrase "the neutering of xmas

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[52merk]

Some of us have seen through that "Minnesota Nice" act for years. This may open a few more eyes to what a small-minded, loathsome person Garrison Keillor really is.

[ms_daisy_cutter]

Y'know, when I was out in Minnesota, I met some genuinely nice people... but yeah, genuinely nice is to Minnesota Nice as nice guy is to Nice Guy™. Give me blunt people any day, not the "bless your heart" types. At least you know where you stand, even if they piss you off sometimes. And I can do without the mentality that vicious bigotry is fine so long as you use dulcet tones and no four-letter words to express it.

BTW, I either never saw or I forgot about this essay of his from nearly three years ago. The focus is on children, monogamy, and gay men rather than on Christmas, but it's basically the same shit sandwich of stereotypes and bad nostalgia. I'm not a Dan Savage fan, but his response (note the eloquent URL) was quite good, and a few of his commenters supplied additional details of how Keillor fails to live up to the standard he purported to set there.

[fizzyland]

Michelle Bachman proves that Minnesota has its share of wingnuts.

[ms_daisy_cutter]

Every state, even Mass., has its share of wingnuts. The Republican candidate for Ted Kennedy's seat is an anti-gay fundie (though I doubt he's going to win).

That said, Bachmann owes her seat in part to gerrymandering. If the lines were redrawn more honestly, she'd be out.

[kentrin]

What...what did I just read? And why did I do it? D:

[ms_daisy_cutter]

Same reason you're in sf_d, bb. Trainwreck Syndrome.

I've been kinda postarrheic over there lately, otherwise I'd consider sharing this with them. Though I'm not sure whether it's better suited to rage_free. If you want to run with it, go for it.

O/T, but this guy is definitely sf_d material. The essay is like Essence de Douchebag. He ought to take up cigar-smoking so he can be chomping on a giant stogie for his next thumbnail portrait.

[x_creepy_doll_x]

Jeez, Dad used to listen to that Wobegone crap (and he is liberal and Atheist.) I was always saying, "man, that is the most boring crap of all time. Turn off that damn radio and DO SOMETHING!" Something, anything that didn't involve that deadly bore droning on and on and ON.

[pitbullgirl65]

I have never had Jews show up on my porch without asking and start singing them either.

*Pictures a bunch of kids singing Hava Nigila*

[ms_daisy_cutter]

"The Dreidl Song" would be a better comparison.

"Hava Nagila" doesn't work without the hora dancing, anyway, and you don't want to try that on icy pavement.

[happiestsadist]

No lie, if a bunch of Jewish kids showed up at my house singing the Dreidl Song, I'd give them truly good chocolate.