Matt Walsh Deserves Black Thanksgiving

Charting Course ^ | 11/15/2014 | Steve Berman

[relictele]

Oh dear. It sounds like Blogger B is insanely jealous of Blogger A’s much larger readership.

[raybbr]

"""According to [America's Research Group’s] research, if a customer enters a retailer's store for its Black Friday sales, there's a 70 percent chance they will return two or three more times during the Christmas season. If they don't walk into a particular store in those beginning days, there's a 30 percent chance they won't come at all that season. """

Kind of makes Walsh's point, doesn't it? It's about consumerism.

[woweeitsme]

Just started reading Walsh’s stuff and wish I had found him sooner.

[lifeofgrace]

Just started reading Walsh’s stuff and wish I had found him sooner.

I love reading Matt's stuff. One of the best bloggers on the planet. Just disagree with him on this particular point.

And it's fun to lampoon someone of his stature while I'm in my fuzzy slippers and Hershey kiss boxers.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Blogger B using Blogger A’s name as the first two words in his title is a rather large clue. Blogger B understands that no one is searching for articles bearing his own name.

Clever, Blogger B. Very clever.

[lifeofgrace]

Oh dear. It sounds like Blogger B is insanely jealous of Blogger A’s much larger readership.

Someone needs to inform the Reader of a device called "lampoon" which writers sometimes use to make a point.

[lifeofgrace]

Kind of makes Walsh's point, doesn't it? It's about consumerism.

I never denied it was consumerism. I point out that this kind of consumerism isn't about opening 6 hours earlier, it's about jobs that people need.

[NCLaw441]

Our family doesn’t go anywhere near shopping centers or malls on Black Friday, and we have always assumed that everything is closed on Thanksgiving Day.

However, considering that so many Americans no longer seem to have any regard for God or His blessings on this country and those who live here, it is probably right and proper for the stores to be open. In fact, I am close to suggesting that those who do not believe that we owe any thanks to God work through the holiday whatever your occupation. What are you celebrating?

[lifeofgrace]

In fact, I am close to suggesting that those who do not believe that we owe any thanks to God work through the holiday whatever your occupation. What are you celebrating?

I celebrate Thanksgiving, and I'm thankful that I don't have a job which requires me to work that day. Many people do have jobs which require them to work, and at least one person I know is thankful he has a job and appreciates the extra hours. My point regarding Matt is why should retail employees have special status when so many others (restaurant workers, hotel workers, airline workers, healthcare workers, emergency services workers, and deployed military) have to work?

[ExCTCitizen]

Also, if you don’t get the people in the store during this time of year, the store might not be there next year. Lots of stores close because of bad Christmas seasons in the last 10 years.

[ExCTCitizen]

It isn’t that... some people who got jobs HAVE to be working that day. My oldest son’s friend got to work at Wal-Mart that day. He is 16 but since his dad got laid off, he helps with his job. His mom works at Best Buy and she is working, too.yh

[ExCTCitizen]

It isn’t that... some people who got jobs HAVE to be working that day. My oldest son’s friend got to work at Wal-Mart that day. He is 16 but since his dad got laid off, he helps with his job. His mom works at Best Buy and she is working, too.yh

[Shimmer1]

This was needlessly snippy. I agree. I won’t shop on Thanksgiving, just to save a few bucks, there’s a line, and for me, that one is it.

[Shimmer1]

And why should they not?!

[relictele]

Writers may sometimes use it, but this writer hasn’t.

Or, more accurately, if he’s tried, he’s failed.

This is a juvenile nyah nyah nyah rejoinder offering nothing more than the status quo as a so-called rebuttal.

[happyhomemaker]

Sometimes I think the argument about shopping on Thanksgiving is an opportunity for a lot of people to show off their superior love of family. This guy made a good point about people pushing away from the table and heading to the TV to watch hours of football. Personally I don’t watch football but I do enjoy shopping. What is the difference between certain family members spending most of the day watching football together and some family members shopping together?

[mountainbunny]

So because some restaurants are open, everything should be?

Or we need to go out because of big sales?

Or because watching football at home with family is the same as scattering to the four winds to go shopping?

The author is an idiot. Give thanks. Stay home. Eat. Enjoy family. Above all, take this one day to show thanks to God and those you love. Is one day too much to ask for?

Just because things are on sale and stores will be open, that doesn't mean that you have to blindly drag yourself away from family and God to partake of the retail experience.

[happyhomemaker]

You just illustrated perfectly the example of “I am a superior lover of family and God” because I don’t shop on Thanksgiving LOL!

[lifeofgrace]

So because some restaurants are open, everything should be?

Good for you! You resorted to the ad hominem attack before you even made an argument on the facts. Please tell me exactly what should be open or closed on Thanksgiving, so we may follow your rules. Do we have to watch football because there's a game? Do we have to go out to eat because restaurants are open? Do we have to travel because airlines are flying? So do we have to shop because stores are open?

Stay home if you want, go out if you want. Be thankful either way, because some people have no choice but to work.