I believe a person I know took the skeleton Santa down, at least the first time. This friend was exercised that children might be frightened by the specter. It was not a wise thing to do, unfortuntely, but the friend’s heart was in the right place.
As might be supposed, the person who put the skeleton up originally and re-erected it later is one of those chronically discontented, giggling, snarky atheists with a seven-year-old level of intellectual and emotional maturity. He seems to think there’s something brave and naughty about what he did.
What my friend did was not particularly smart, however. Now the moron atheist has fresh ammunition for his cause, because the friend has made Christians look intolerant. Now the atheist has legal protection for his stupidity and there are to be additional police patrols to protect this thing. Of all the idiocy—!
Leesburg is a beautiful and historic eighteenth-century town filled with enchanting period houses and shops. Tourism is its biggest income producer. Obviously tourists don’t want to see things like this, so it costs the town money if they come to see a lovely Williamsburg style Christmas village and have to see atheists’ ugly and juvenile issues.
I believe a person I know took the skeleton Santa down, at least the first time... The [atheist who put it up] seems to think there's something brave and naughty about what he did.
Want to impress me with brave and naughty? Replace the skeleton with a black mannequin. We will be able to count the seconds on one hand that such a display would be allowed by the city to stay up.
Some demographics are perfectly fine to offend and intimidate.
No, your friend wasn’t smart. Smart would have been catching him alone and kicking the crap out of him.