Welcome to the culture war over Christmas. What has the Left and secular extremists hopping mad is the sight of conservatives fighting back. Americans don't want a Christmas-free culture. Oh the war will resume next year but by then hopefully the Secular Jihad will begin a head-long retreat.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
To: goldstategop
And how exactly do the words "Merry Christmas," commercialize the holiday?It doesn't, and neither do the words "Happy Holidays".
2 posted on
12/27/2005 7:57:54 PM PST by
BigSkyFreeper
("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
To: goldstategop
"But the nation is far more homogenous than diversity-mavens would have us believe. America is 85% Christian. (96% of us celebrate Christmas.) They don't say "Have a Happy Holiday" in Israel at Hanukah, though a third of the nation isn't Jewish. They don't say "Seasons Greetings" in Egypt, when Ramadan rolls around."
Only in America are people so stupid to let it get to this point ... .
3 posted on
12/27/2005 8:01:38 PM PST by
nmh
(Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
To: goldstategop
All the proof you needed this season was the attempt by secularists at the Ridgeway Elementary School in Wisconsin to change the lyrics of
Silent Night. This was ultimate in stupidity and vapidity ("Cold in the night, no one in sight, winter winds whirl and bite, how I wish I were happy and warm, safe with my family out of the storm.") and should cause alarm in hearts of all Americans.
To: goldstategop
8 posted on
12/27/2005 8:37:45 PM PST by
jveritas
(The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
To: goldstategop
Excellent read. I knew he would get around to a column like this sooner or later.
10 posted on
12/27/2005 9:04:45 PM PST by
AZ_Cowboy
("Merry Christmas!")
To: goldstategop
"Writing on the Washington-insider website salon.com"
C'mon, Don. Salon.com is a salon.com-insider website. Even the Beltway folks don't bother with it, it's a joke! You must be the only non-salon.com-reader they've got!
11 posted on
12/27/2005 9:10:31 PM PST by
LibertarianInExile
(Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if ya don't throw in your buck-o-5, who will?)
To: goldstategop
Great article. States in bold, well-reasoned points what the War on Christmas is all about.
My only gripe is that Feder should have emphasized this:
The problem isn't that store employee say "Happy Holidays" its that they are FORBIDDEN to say "Merry Christmas".
It isn't that school call it "Winter Break" its that schools have BEEN SUED BY THE ACLU to force them to call it Winter Break.
Its all about tolerance and respect for people's religious and cultural traditions.
19 posted on
12/28/2005 5:39:44 AM PST by
rcocean
(Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
To: goldstategop
To put it in World War II-terms, Christian conservatives are the RAF that must be swept from the skies by the left's Luftwaffe for elitists to achieve total dominance of the culture. That is a good quote.
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