Posted on 11/29/2021 6:14:39 AM PST by blam
UK Civil servants have axed the word ‘Christmas’ from a proposed government campaign, for fear the term will offend minorities.
British civil servants have apparently embraced their inner Scrooge, vetoing the use of the word ‘Christmas’ from being used in a coronavirus testing drive aimed at students, arguing that the use of the term runs the risk of offending minorities within the country.
The campaign, which reportedly would have revolved around ministers using the slogan “Don’t take COVID home for Christmas,” is part of a larger government effort to limit the spread of the Chinese coronavirus after two cases of the Omicron variant were discovered on-shore.
‘We have been advised by Cabinet Office that we should not use the word Christmas – as the Government campaign needs to be inclusive and some religions don’t celebrate Christmas,” an email seen by The Mail on Sunday read. “The other option was ‘festive season’ which keeps the emotional motivation.”
“We have gone with ‘Don’t take COVID-19 home for the holidays’ – as it links to school and university Christmas holidays,” the email continued. “The alliteration with ‘home’ and ‘holidays’ scans well and is memorable.”
Despite the politically correct alliteration, this suggestion was also shot down in a follow-up email sent by a different British bureaucrat.
“We don’t refer to Christmas as the holidays (that’s an Americanism),” the email read. “Please can we say, ‘Don’t take Covid-19 home’.”
Return of Mandatory Masks: Boris Johnson Announces ‘Tighter Rules’ in Response to Omicron Varianthttps://t.co/96VgFOnOZS
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) November 27, 2021
Conservative MP Saqib Bhatti lambasted the decision to remove the mention of Christmas from the campaign.
“As a Muslim, I find it ridiculous we can’t enjoy this special time of year. I look forward to showing my new son his first Christmas tree.
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UK is a misnomer....... a better term is DH. Diversity hell
Grandma better remember her burka if she leaves to walk home in the snow, because it won’t be a reindeer that takes offense.
The regime in DC is as bad or worse than the UK. The only thing holding them back are the state governments.
The essence of the problem: they take great pains to not “offend minorities”, while not caring if they offend ME.
Change it to “ChristIsYourOnlyHomeMas”
So, the invaders of GB are already forcing changes to British Culture.
How soon will Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol be banned.
Well yeah, The root of Christmas is Christ... You can't have Christ if you live in a Islamic country... Sure sucks being British nowadays, yes???
But, then again, it's going to be the same way here in the "Good old U.S.A." by the time OBinden and Obama gets through with us... :(
The world went broke and then went up in smoke.
IOW mussies.
NJKV
Rom 9:33 -
As it is written:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,
And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
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The UK is lost.
The conquer of Britain is complete!
Thank you LORD GOD that I don’t live in the UK. They are as bad, if not worse, than Crazifornia.
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