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University Prof Wants You to Say This Instead of 'Merry Christmas' to Stomp Out ...
The Blaze ^
| December 23, 2015
| Jason Howerton
Posted on 12/23/2015 10:22:27 AM PST by Zakeet
Complete Headline: University Prof Wants You to Say This Instead of 'Merry Christmas' to Stomp Out 'Cultural Insensitivity'
Instead of saying "merry Christmas" this year, a University of Central Florida political science professor wants you to try out a new phrase: "Happy federal holiday."
The professor, Terri Susan Fine, argued in an editorial published in UCF Today that "we show cultural insensitivity both by equating one major holiday with a minor holiday and failing to recognize that diversity includes those who celebrate neither holiday."
When you say "merry Christmas" or "happy Chanukah," you're not being "inclusive" enough, according to Fine.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christians; discrimination; education; pc
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To: Zakeet
This might be a highly nuanced form of sarcasm, but these days it is hard to know.
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posted on
12/23/2015 10:43:12 AM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Purdue77
A few suggestions for alternatives:
- Blessed incarnation.
- Welcome the King! - of the Universe!
- The Lord has come! And he is coming again!
- Joyful God-with-us day!
- Happy savior's birthday!
- God rest ye merry gentlemen.
- Glory to the newborn King!
- Hallelujah - the Lord God omnipotent reigneth!
- God bless us - every one!
- Christ has come -May He have mercy on your soul!
- Prepare the way for the King of kings!
- The light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
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posted on
12/23/2015 10:44:35 AM PST
by
DaveyB
(Live free or die!)
To: Zakeet
Except that would be insulting to Christians. So this Libtard moron should simply sew her mouth shut to avoid possibly saying anything else that might offend anyone ever again
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posted on
12/23/2015 10:45:42 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
To: Zakeet
Yet they still use the word “Holiday”? Why not Happy federal day off?
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posted on
12/23/2015 10:46:30 AM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
To: Zakeet
Here's the link to a UNIQUE Christmas Video for this day and age.
A TRUE Christian Financial Broker-Dealer headquartered in Kokomo, IN did this.
cfd Christmas Video - 2015
To: MNJohnnie; All
I’m holding out for “ Kick The $hit Out Of A Hard Core Leftist Day”
I may have to wait a while.
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posted on
12/23/2015 10:47:58 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Zakeet
I think that “happy federal holiday” is utterly offensive, so the professor will need to come up with something else if she wants to be “inclusive.”
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posted on
12/23/2015 10:58:49 AM PST
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: Zakeet
To: Cowboy Bob
Where do universities find these people?They train them starting when they're about 18 years old.
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:01:33 AM PST
by
Maceman
To: DiogenesLamp
"Nobody pays attention to "common era" crap. It is more or less universally still "A.D."
I wish you were right, but "CE" is now the official term in academia and the media and government. I would not be surprised if textbook publishers would refuse to use the term "AD" even if it was used in the original manuscript.
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:03:59 AM PST
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: Maceman
"They train them starting when they're about 18 years old."
It's more like six years-old, and the "early education" movement wants to bring it down to about two. They want parents to have as little influence over their children as possible.
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:06:03 AM PST
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: Zakeet
407-823-2081
I just left her a nice Merry Christmas voicemail.
Feel free.
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:07:26 AM PST
by
wac3rd
(Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
To: Steve_Seattle
I wish you were right, but "CE" is now the official term in academia and the media and government. They are deliberately astro-turfing it. There is no hue and cry that we need to toss "A.D." They are trying to force it on the population.
I would not be surprised if textbook publishers would refuse to use the term "AD" even if it was used in the original manuscript.
School boards should simply inform the publishers that if there is no "AD" in it, there is no sale.
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:12:45 AM PST
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: Lisbon1940
Jews use different dates. So do Iranians, but that is beside the point. There are other languages spoken in the US, but the defacto standard is English.
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:14:23 AM PST
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: Zakeet
merry politically correct holiday
55
posted on
12/23/2015 11:15:27 AM PST
by
mjp
((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
To: Zakeet
What ever happened to the idea of celebrating cultural diversity? It seems it has been traded in for trying to make everybody the same, where is the spice of life in that?
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:17:28 AM PST
by
EBH
( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. ~~ Obama)
To: Zakeet
She needs hundreds of Christmas greetings. Like this - From: Hillarys Fatass Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:30 AM Subject: MERRY CHRISTMAS! To: Terri.Fine@ucf.edu Have a blessed Christmas, Terri
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:30:16 AM PST
by
doug from upland
(Some of you keep telling yourself -- Romney would have been as bad or worse.)
To: Steve_Seattle
Screw the professor, I’m saying Merry Christmas with an emphasis.
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posted on
12/23/2015 11:30:32 AM PST
by
DaveA37
To: Zakeet
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posted on
12/23/2015 12:05:36 PM PST
by
Mich Patriot
("The problem with quotes found on the Internet is they are often not true." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: Zakeet
How about an “Atheists mind your own damn business”, day?
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posted on
12/23/2015 12:55:22 PM PST
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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