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December 21, 2006
Creepiest Quotes of the SEASON!
by Tina Grazier
Might as well Quote him to you right off the bat...ding bat? No. Moon bat? No! Self absorbed bat. No, make it BRAT! Tom Flynn, author of "The Trouble With Christmas" is apparently under the impression that holiday festivities and associated greetings should be played out exclusively for his pleasure and only with his approval:
Depending on context, wishing someone "Merry Christmas!" can now function as hate speech. In Religious Right Wonderland, you don't wish "Merry Christmas" any more; you wield it.
Wield it, huh? This man can READ people. Yes he is self absorbed, but paranoid, extremely emotional, and overly sensitive also work:
Yes, Virginia, there is a War on Christmas. And it's desperately important that the non-Christians win. Meanwhile, Christian Americans need to recognize how the ideologues on their right flank have poisoned the December air. Ours has become a never-never land in which no Christian can wish a non-Christian "Merry Christmas" without the implied "Up yours" ringing in the hearer's ears. Addressed to non-Christians, "Merry Christmas" is now code for "All you non-Christians go to the back of the bus! This is a Christian country. We own the last two sheets on the calendar. We're number one! By the way, you're all going to hell."
Back of the bus? Back of the BU...hee hee ha ha...us? Give me a break! It's just Merry Christmas. It's a "greeting" for heavens sake! Greetings exist for a reason. They are "expression(s) of kindness or joy"! (Webster's) He goes on and gets all smarmy on us...
And so, I wish "Happy Holidays" to those who are celebrating one-or more- this season. To those (like myself) who aren't celebrating anything, I wish you peace-though also, good luck finding any.
This is America, Tom...remember? YOU can wish anyone "Happy Holidays" any time YOU wish. Do us the favor of adopting your own ideology of "tolerance" and extending the same to Christians who only wish to no longer be shunned from the town square for extending Christmas greetings to others. It's free speech, man, if you stop having a hissy the hubbub will go away.
And by the way, Christ is called the "Prince of Peace". You might try reading his words sometime...well received, they bring a lasting sense of PEACE! (even when someone says the MC words). So......... Merry Christmas, Tom!
But nobody better wish me a merry Christmas.
Oooops...guess I failed to scroll down....he continues...
As a default seasonal greeting, "Happy Holiday" beats "Merry Christams" hands down...But "Happy Holidays" implicitly assumes that every Amercican is celebrating something during the five and a half weeks 'twixt Thanksgiving and New Year's, when in fact many people aren't. For those whose "season" includes no holiday, "Happy Holidays" serves the same dark purpose as "Merry Christmas." It's a snub, an unsubtle reminder to those out of step that everyone's "supposed" to be observing some holiday, any holiday, at this festive season.
Dark purpose? DARK PURPOSE!!! Here we go again. Let's face it, some people are never happy...or at peace.
Find these creepy quotes and more in a piece called The New Hate Speech found at www.secularhumanism.org.
"Trying to follow Mr. Flynn's twisted reasoning is like trying to follow a white line in a snowstorm," say's Christopher Orlet in his piece, "Merry Christmas as Hate Speech" found HERE.
I highly recommend it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GOD BLESS YOU...EVERY ONE!!
Posted by Post Scripts at December 21, 2006 09:12 AM