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Local Detroit TV Station sending Winter Solstice e-cards?
WDIV Web Site (TV4 Detroit) ^
| 12/20/02
| WDIV Web Site
Posted on 12/20/2002 6:19:07 PM PST by jwillis1010
Talk about politial correctness!! On the Detroit WDIV TV web site, in the section for holiday e-cards, they have "Winter Solstice" listed right there with Christmas and they don't even list Hanukkah!
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: christmas; solstice; wdiv
I'm new here (been a lurker for a long time) and probably could have picked a more important topic to post on, but this really boils me. I realize that not everyone celebrates Christmas, but to rank the solstice right up there with Xmas and to exclude Hanukkah is pretty insulting. I sent them a terse reply in their Feedback section. Perhaps I'm a kook, but this type of political correctness bothers me a great deal. The Detroit media is getting worse and worse when it comes to this sort of thing. I encourage other Michigan Freepers (and others) to let them know how you feel (if you agree with me, of course). If you actually celebrate the solstice, sorry.
To: jwillis1010
I am surprised the station didn't have a Ramadan card. After all, a large Muslim population lives in Detroit.
Anyway, I agree that political correctness has gone way too far. The phrase "Merry Christmas" is now regarded as hate speech to some liberals. I believe that political correctness is nothing more than a plot to sanitize American culture of its Judeo-Christian spiritual heritage. After all, why would the liberal media promote the Winter Solstice, a Druid holiday, while dumbing down Xmas?
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12/20/2002 7:04:07 PM PST
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Kuksool
To: jwillis1010
Maybe because Hanukkah has been over for a long time? Did you check during Hanukkah (Nov 30-Dec 7,2002)?
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