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Man kicked off American Airlines plane after rage over 'Merry Christmas' greeting
syracuse.com ^

Posted on 12/26/2014 8:42:29 AM PST by BenLurkin

When a gate agent greeting everyone the same way told him "Merry Christmas", he responded "You shouldn't say that because not everyone celebrates Christmas."

"Well, what should I say then?" the agent reportedly replied.

"Don't say, 'Merry Christmas!'" the man retorted, now shouting, before walking past her onto the plane.

After a flight attendant greeted the unidentified man with the same Yuletide cheer, he snapped and began lecturing the staff about why they shouldn't say "Merry Christmas." The crew unsuccessfully tried calming him down before he was escorted off the plane.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; americanairlines; merrychristmas
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To: BenLurkin

Screw this bum. Its high time we stopped bending over for these hate filled POS’s dictating good behavior.


61 posted on 12/26/2014 10:27:39 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: smoothsailing

CUTE!

Merry Christmas!


62 posted on 12/26/2014 10:33:36 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Delta 21

So glad things turned out okay. I can’t imagine a worse Christmas than having to talk with cops and lawyers. I’m glad you were there to defend the clerk - no telling what that joker would have done if she had been all alone.


63 posted on 12/26/2014 10:39:40 AM PST by punknpuss
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To: mylife

Jewish ...practicing

That started it all going....then the school admistrators fret about kids...maybe one out of 500 students

Feeling left out


64 posted on 12/26/2014 10:40:33 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: Kackikat

Gays like Christmas

Momma

Decorating

Dressing up


65 posted on 12/26/2014 10:42:15 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: wardaddy

You gave a great hint “Beverly Hills” and they still didn’t it.


66 posted on 12/26/2014 11:18:51 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: wardaddy
Jewish ...practicing

Something tells me this person was more leftist than Jewish. Most Jews, such as I, have nothing against Christmas. I routinely wish people a "Merry Christmas" when out shopping during the holiday season. The kind of behavior you describe is typical of a progressive control freak, not of a normal Jew.

67 posted on 12/26/2014 11:32:47 AM PST by Blennos
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To: BenLurkin

I contacted American Airlines to thank them for the crew’s Merry Christmas greeting and asked them not to stop the practice.


68 posted on 12/26/2014 11:55:44 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: Delta 21

Wow...I thought I had a rough Christmas day when a Nerf dart hit me in the neck / S


69 posted on 12/26/2014 12:05:06 PM PST by Popman
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To: JimRed

If he’s a leftist(probable) he didn’t drink too much, he was ‘overserved’.


70 posted on 12/26/2014 12:09:27 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: Pride in the USA
The leftists are insane

Truly, they are.


Don't say Merry Christmas!!!

71 posted on 12/26/2014 12:23:01 PM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: wardaddy

Didn’t some on the board fight back and get it changed to Christmas again?


72 posted on 12/26/2014 1:22:13 PM PST by Fledermaus (RINO FReepers are delusional and come January 2015 will take it up the *** again when the GOPe caves)
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To: BenLurkin

Should have been kicked out- at cruising altitude.


73 posted on 12/26/2014 1:24:34 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Blennos

Lol

Its the age old argument

Why are so many Jews social liberals?

Why are so many Southern Baptists social conservatives

It just is...


74 posted on 12/26/2014 1:26:57 PM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: wardaddy

If I am in Israel, I am not offended that I can’t get a cab after dark on Friday.

If I am in Turkey, I am not offended by the call to prayer from the minarets.

But I am sorely tried by these phony people who allege that a proper, seasonal greeting is upsetting to them.

I have taken to answering “Happy Holidays”, especially after Chanukah is over, bu saying, “Oh really? What holiday are you referring to?”


75 posted on 12/26/2014 1:32:00 PM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Dr. Ursus

I know

It was the same precise demographic that came here and attacked our dear Chip too as racist...started a drive to tear him down...about 20 years ago now

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midtneyewitnesses.com%2Fstill-standing%2Ffranklin%2Ffranklin-monument&rct=j&q=franklin%20tn%20statue%20chip&ei=qNOdVOzwA5KTyASxnICoAw&usg=AFQjCNFhAxqKVLvAFF3qVuWJztGuU2Xh9g&bvm=bv.82001339,d.aWw

Just older...from same place even

She lost....she left.

Some people have no manners

We get a lot of Hollywood type folks moving into Franklin area

They look at us like zoo exhibits...lol


76 posted on 12/26/2014 1:34:30 PM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: Delta 21

We’ve all heard the expression “I’d kill for a cigarette”

Never knew anyone who meant it literally before.


77 posted on 12/26/2014 2:18:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Jim Noble

I worked in Ramat Gan off and on for a bit...80s

47th street Manhattan too

Sure never was offended to be the proverbial goy in the woodpile come sundown Friday

Non Christians in los Estados Unidos...could do the same


78 posted on 12/26/2014 3:15:27 PM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: JohnBovenmyer
True, but that wasn't the question. The question was who actually says it. It's written frequently, but spoken? I'm in my late 60’s and have never heard anyone say it.
79 posted on 12/26/2014 4:07:04 PM PST by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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To: ASA Vet

I think I have heard “XMAS” a few times, but agree the full word is much more often spoken. I have had people tell me their church was against writing “Xmas” but I believe as a written abbreviation it is historically and religiously appropriate.


80 posted on 12/26/2014 5:20:55 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change)
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