Comments | sonneillon_v: *FROTH RAGE EXPLETIVES*

sonneillon_v

FROTH RAGE EXPLETIVES

Oct 28, 2011 22:32

AHJKFHJLKLKHJSLKHFKHJL! THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS, ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? OH MY FUCKING GOD. ARE WE NOT OVER THIS? FUCK!

*crawls under a damn rock and pulls it in after*

rant

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kittenmommy October 29 2011, 03:17:25 UTC

senior living centers banning elderly residents from singing Christmas carols

Uh... freedom of speech?

public schools which sought to ban students from wearing the Christmas colors of red and green

Seriously??

Otherwise, no. This Christian is not on board with what this group wants to do. And as for holiday greetings, whatever someone wishes me ("Merry Christmas", "Happy Holidays", "Happy Chanukah", etc.), I wish the same to them right back.

sonneillon_v October 29 2011, 03:21:01 UTC

I have never heard of those incidents, but I'd bet you there's a certain amount of framing going on here, like with the infamous "Man arrested for reading Bible at DMV" story. They promoted the hell out of that, got everybody worked up, while meanwhile the rest of us were pointing out that if you read the original article, he was preaching out loud at the captive audience in the DMV line and causing disruptions, which is why he was removed, and arrested (very briefly) when he resisted being removed.

So when I see "banning students from wearing the Christmas colors red and green" I immediately give side-eye.

kittenmommy October 29 2011, 03:23:45 UTC

Yeah, I get that. And I bet you're right, there's framing happening here.

I know you wouldn't be on board with banning people from singing Christmas songs or kids from wearing red and green.

sonneillon_v October 29 2011, 03:27:02 UTC

Absolutely not, not if they're doing it on their own. I have no difficulties with secular christmas songs in school either. I just feel that when teachers and school officials lead students in the singing of Christian religious songs, every student who is not a Christian is excluded by default. So "Jingle Bells", Whee! "The First Noel", save it for home. Or at least pay lip service to singing the songs of other religions. There are yule songs out there with Pagan roots, Jewish Channukah songs. Make it a nice joyful mix and I'll keep my mouth shut.

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