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  •  Religion doesn't offend me. (none / 0)

    It's the drumbeat that offends me - the fact that it's become political talking points during the holidays about a sudden wave of persecution, which I find grossly inaccurate.  I feel like this kind of talk is wrecking the holiday for me, frankly!

    But I am also tired and in a fairly silly mood, which is at odds with the way I usually try to talk on this website, so I have to think about that for a few minutes.

    on strike.

    by daria g on Fri Dec 17, 2004 at 07:27:20 AM PDT

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    •  It's Not You (none / 0)

      Don't let Charles Krauthammer or Bill O'Reilly push your buttons.  Do you think these are the kind of guys who would welcome a bunch of Christmas carolers on their front lawn?  They would probably call the police.  If a young man and his pregant wife stopped at their front door on Christmas Eve and asked if they would put them up for the night, it would be "No room here."  

      Don't fool yourself; they are not imbued with the Christmas spirit.    

      by eafredel on Fri Dec 17, 2004 at 07:55:09 AM PDT

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      •  They already have (none / 0)

        Maybe it's the hour of the morning, too.  But not long ago I was talking to my mother who I suspect does watch her share of the dreaded Fox News, and she wanted to know what I thought of all these people trying to take away Christmas!  

        And I was like.. what people?  For crying out loud!  There are individual people in individual towns who are involved in individual disputes for a variety of reasons, but go look out in the town you live in and nothing has changed in the celebration of Christmas for the past fifty years, nor is it likely to any time soon!  Sheesh!  You'd think a roving band of militant athiests were trying to confiscate her Catholic Digest or something.  It's just bonkers to me - these right-wing pundits make her think people are out to get her, and I'm sick of their fearmongering, over the holidays no less.

        on strike.

        by daria g on Fri Dec 17, 2004 at 08:08:27 AM PDT

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        •  Fear Is Their Constant Companion (none / 0)

          The Bush Administration has made "fear" their watchword:  fear of terrorists, fear of gays, and (coming soon) fear of the Social Security crisis.  It is the antithesis of the joy on a child's face on Christmas morning or the calm of a winter night when the snow falls softly.  

          by eafredel on Fri Dec 17, 2004 at 08:23:35 AM PDT

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