Making Christmas mean, vindictive and warlike

[Cocoa]

no secret that there's a movement to spread the idea that Christmas is "under attack," but I wonder whether ordinary people will think it's worth it to "save" it, if the holiday starts taking on a militaristic tone like we're seeing. Isn't it supposed to be the exact opposite?

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/kathleenparker/kp20041222.shtml

Let's just say the "Merry Christmas" backlash has officially begun. After years of politically correct "Happy Holidays," and the annual assault on all things Christian in the public square, many Americans are declining to turn the other cheek*.



http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200412220004

Falwell: "We are winning the Christmas war"

In his last televised Sunday sermon before Christmas, Moral Majority founder and Faith and Values Coalition national chairman Reverend Jerry Falwell announced, "we are winning the Christmas war" and thanked God for the "few conservatives" in the media.


*DU quiz: who coined the phrase "turn the other cheek" and for bonus points, what holiday celebrates his birth?

[Walt Starr]

1. Yeshua ben Yusef said it

and Christmas celebrates his alleged birth.

[Cocoa]

5. you win!

this probably would have stumped the folks at Townhall.com, but DU gets it right off the bat! :toast:

[Sanity Claws]

2. Winning the WAR?

They throw these militaristic phrases around -- militarism is not what Christianity is about. When Christians were persecuted by the Romans, they did not take up arms. They were martyred because war was not what they were about.
Falwell is showing his true colors.

[SmokingJacket]

3. So he's claimed victory in a war that wasn't even declared?

I'm SO SICK of this "siege on Christmas" nonsense.

Three more days, and it's over!!!

WHEW!!

[rkc3]

4. I prepared for the War On Christmas.

Just got my new bullet-proof Christmas Sweater. It's got snowmen who are sled-riding through Christmas trees and it can stop a .45 at 8 feet.

[Ian David]

7. Fight the seige on Chanukah!!!

Hey, who's with me?

[Cogito ergo doleo]

9. I'm with you!

This is a great idea. Let's respond to the Christmas Wedge with save Chanukah! It can't be a wedge if we don't get our knickers in a twist.

[TlalocW]

12. Just you wait for my

Boxing Day Blitzkrieg.

TlalocW

[Cocoa]

8. that's the spirit!

:-)

[Raster]

6. falwell and flunkies are in the religious business (yes, virginia, it most

...certainly is a business, and a HIGHLY profitable one at that). religion and christianity to falwell and friends mean bucks in those off-shore numbered accounts. christmas is a business enterprise. there is no vestigal remains of it's true meaning.

[countryjake]

10. Next time someone brings up "Merry Christmas" to me...

I'm gonna look confused & say, "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not a Catholic & I have never celebrated any mass of Christ! Never did understand all that Latin mumbo jumbo! When is it on, midnight of the 24, which station? I think there's something better on the Hallmark channel then!"

[comsymp]

11. Wonder when the boycott of Andy Williams starts?

Happy Holidays, Happy Holidays, While the merry bells keep ringing....Happy Holidays to you.....
It's the holiday season, and Santa Claus is comin round ,the Chiristmas snow is white on the ground, When old Santa gets into town, he'll be comin down the chimney down!( he'll be comin down the chimney down!)
It's the holiday season, and Santa Claus has got a toy for every good girl and good little boy, Santas a great big bundle of joy, when he's comin down the chimney down,( when he's comin down the chimney down,
He'll have a bigfat pack upon his back and lot's of goodies for you and for me , so leave a peppermint sick , for ole Saint Nick, hangin on the Christmas tree.
It's the holiday season. Soahoopdy doo. and dickory dock, and don't forget to hang up your sock,cause just exactly at 12'o'clock , he'll be comin down the chimney down, he'll be comin down the chimney down,
He'll have a big fat pack upon his back (yah!) and lot's of goodies for you and for me , so leave a peppermint sick , for ole saint Nick, hangin on the Christmas tree.
It's the holiday season. Soahoopdy do. and dickory dock, and don't forget to hang up your sock,cause just exactly ay 12'o'clock , he'll be comin down the chimney , comin down the chimney , comin down the chimney down......

Happy Holidays, Happy Holidays, While the merry bells keep ringing....Happy Holidays to you

[Cocoa]

13. RW storm troopers are descending on Branson, MO

as we speak...

[Ian David]

14. We should all just mark our storefronts now and get it over with

That is, after all, what they want.

We should just do it voluntarily as a protest.