The War on Christmas!!!!!

tis the season that Fox News pundits get to pretend to be very angry about the totally factual and scary War on Christmas.  i know this b/c i do on occasion watch some Fox News, and my mother and her husband most certainly watch a lot of Fox News and they are totally pissed off about how Christmas is under attack.  

now i, like most Atheists, find this ridiculous.  not that there aren't some silly stunts being pulled by secular folk in protest to certain things that mix Christmas and public land or schools. these things do happen every year, but they are really small potatoes in the big picture.  but the outrage that people like Bill O'Reilly are feigning are off the charts.  last night, his first two segments were dedicated to this so called war.  he had on the RI Governor whose great crime was to continue his predecessor's tradition of calling their Christmas tree a "Holiday" tree.  the horror!!

personally i see nothing wrong with calling it a Christmas tree.  that's what it is.  however, if a state or community or town want to be more inclusive to non-Christians then i don't see a problem with that either.  regardless, the furor over a semantic issue is so overblown.  there is no war on Christmas.  Americans celebrate an entire Christmas season.  it lasts a month, with lights, santa, parades, decorations, shopping, tv specials, etc.   to be in such an uproar is sheer Christian persecution syndrome.  they want to be persecuted.  

the so called war on Christmas is really nothing more than correcting Christian overreach.  they've gotten away with so many abuses when it comes to religion in public life.  now that secular groups like the FFRF, American Atheists, and the ACLU have seen their power increase due to an uptick in non-theists and secular progressives, many of their overreaches are being targeted.  and in most cases the seculars win.  these losses are their proof that there is a war on Christmas.  not so - it's a leveling of the playing field.  

the governor of RI summed it up nicely in his segment with O'Reilly. he said "you folks at Fox are just so angry".  tis the season!  ho ho ho, Merry Christmas!

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Permalink Reply by Grinning Cat on December 2, 2012 at 11:54pm

You mean, like the Christian right-wing anti-gay darling, Chick-Fil-A? They were on Liberty Counsel's "Nice" list of Christmas promoters -- despite their "holiday", not "Christmas", offerings -- until being quietly scrubbed days ago.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on December 3, 2012 at 6:01am
I love that South Park video you posted Pat.
Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on December 4, 2012 at 9:43am
Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on December 4, 2012 at 10:17am

That. Was. Brilliant!

Thing is, I doubt Faux Noise could exist without bitching about something having to do with telling exceptionally outre christians to please keep it in their pants.  Without it, it's entirely possible that Roger Ailes' entire crew would suffer collective narcolepsy (gee, wouldn't it be nice if...).

Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on December 4, 2012 at 10:26am

ever wonder why the right can't make shows like Colbert, Stewart, or Maddow?  are they just not funny or clever?  or is it just lack of material?  

Permalink Reply by booklover on December 4, 2012 at 10:43am

I think they just don't have much of a sense of humor.  What they believe isn't funny.  Clever (meaning cleverly-funny) people tend to be Liberal in my opinion and from my experience with very right-wingers. Ugh.  Also lack of material.

What's great is they give the clever Lefties TONS of material! :)

Permalink Reply by matthew greenberg on December 4, 2012 at 10:56am

go figure Mel - i agree with you completely!

Permalink Reply by booklover on December 4, 2012 at 11:16am

ha ha Matt, how unusual! ;)

Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on December 4, 2012 at 11:24am

This is it, precisely.  It's been my experience that ideologues have little or NO sense of humor, and along with that, have NO capacity to laugh at themselves.  Their ideology is serious because it has no flex in it.  Therefore the people who hold that ideology are equally serious and are just as stiff.

Thank you, no.

Permalink Reply by Future on December 5, 2012 at 7:51am

Wait ... are you saying that FOX news isn't satire?!  I just thought they were mimicing the Onion.

Permalink Reply by booklover on December 5, 2012 at 8:42am

If only that were true Future... :)

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on December 6, 2012 at 7:51pm

Now you have disillusioned me.  I also thought the FOX was satire.  Next you'll be telling me Rick Santorum isn't a comedy act.

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