Freepers go to the Mall

[KurtNYC]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cchristmas13dec13,0,4364867.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

This is basically another piece of the same Christmas-as-a-weapon story that has been evolving for a week. A tiny 35 person "protest" gets ink. Not sure what to make of this part:

Inside Broward Mall on Sunday, a menorah stood next to the customer service area. General Manager Karl Woodard said it's against mall policy to display religious symbols such as Nativity scenes. But the menorah doesn't violate the policy because "it's a celebration of a battle," not a religious event, he said. "But I'm not Jewish, so I really don't know a lot about it," he added.

The poor guy really ought to have a better answer than that but I think it is a shame that Christmas has become a political football thanks to as usual:
Organizers handed out copies of a column by conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly that claimed Christmas is "under siege by the growing forces of secularism in America."

[Jo March]

1. Christmas is under attack? Really? Hmmm.. in the local stores

it's been Christmas since October.

[Kingshakabobo]

5. Christmas is kicking some serious ass. n/t

[Jo March]

6. LOL! That cracks me up! Too funny. :) nt

[JHB]

8. You bet it's under attack! Nearly got a concussion!

The perp was caught on a security cam:

[Jo March]

9. Stop! I am laughing too hard! nt

[shoelace414]

2. LIE LIE LIE LIE

<Bangs head on wall>

(the lie is the xmas under siege remark)

[underpants]

3. FOX hypes stories to claim "Christmas Under Siege"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200412100006

[wtmusic]

4. DOWN WITH JOY! THROW SANTA IN PRISON!!!

HANG BLOTCHY-SKINNED RIGHT WING POSEUR-PUNDITS BY THEIR THUMBS! AND BILL O'REILLY, TOO! :D

[LiberalinNC]

7. Isn't shopping for christmas a little commerical?

I mean, the meaning of Christmas, as I was brought up was about the birth of Jesus, not shopping for presents. So I guess O'Reilly and his asshole followers want it "commericalized".

[zbdent]

10. What I thought would be funny

is to get someone who knows Arabic and can "translate" into the written language.

Have him or her translate "Peace be with you" into the written language and then spraypaint it onto church properties.

Watch the fundies freak . . .

[JHB]

11. Salaam?

Pretty sure that's the word.

[ZombieNixon]

15. Salaam Aleikum.

Tho' in Arabic it would be written (I think) as "S-L-A-M A-L-Y-K-W-M." I'm not sure though, being Indian, not Arab.

[w4rma]

12. Or "Merry Christmas"

(since fundies seem to freak out at any mention of the word "peace"... unless it's peace through oppression or peace by blowing someone's head off or peace by the electric chair.)

[Beam Me Up]

13. Someone please show me WHERE in the Bible it says

Christians are SUPPOSED to "celebrate" Jesus' birth-- or even for that matter makes abundantly clear WHEN that birth WAS?

Our country has gone INSANE. The only reason "Christ" is in "Christmas" is because the ancient Romans didn't want to give up their Solstice holiday when Constantine switched the state religion from Paganism to Christianity.

TELL THE FREEPERS TO GET A F'N CLUE!

[TWiley]

14. That is ridiculous

I wonder how many were out there "protesting" in support of the war?
Probably most or all of them.

This sounds like the "attack on marriage" bullshit neatly repackaged