Post by Garland on Nov 30, 2021 7:48:57 GMT -5
If I'm out in public, and wish someone a merry Christmas, or they wish me one, I hope it offends someone not involved in the conversation- I really do.
I didn't mention thanksgiving here, specifically for the reason I stated- I respect others opinions and feelings and different customs here- and it is a more or less public venue where anyone can participate. Our participants who are not from, or in, the lower 48 and two remote states may not celebrate what we do, so no reason to rub noses in a holiday they may not get to celebrate-
Anyone who is offended by being wished "Merry Christmas," "Happy Holidays," "Happy Thanksgiving," or "Have a nice day," is just too sensitive.
By the way, if you really want to offend someone who happens to be listening, I could make some better suggestions, but they'd probably be censored by the mods.
Several years ago, there was a war on saying Merry Christmas and it wasn't by a sitting POTUS.
There is a difference between "happens to be listening" and being overtly nosey. That is who I want to offend. It wasn't a being too sensitive issue, it was/is being nosey and virtue signaling by holier than thou, self righteous, anti-being happy people. There are people who refuse to be happy, unless they can pretend they are by being nosey and insisting, at times, demanding that to tell someone Merry Christmas is an insult to their well being- that is where the Happy Holidays vs Merry Christmas controversy originated down here. Either is fine with me. But, I will not be told I have to say either just to make some pretentious jerk feel better about their worthless self- there are still places that don't want a "manger scene" erected by "officials" as it may offend non-christians- it's pretending to be sensitive, when in fact it is anti-christian- and I'm not religious- IDC for, or about, someones religion, or lack of- I care about the right to greet as one sees fit or feels like- and make no mistake, it is a right-