Cross-posted at Street Prophets.
You just knew... with the insane fulminations of Radio Rwanda and the rest about the horrible War on Christmas, that sooner or later, real people were going to get hurt.
You know--some shop clerk, forced to say "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings," would snap and gun down a store full of frazzled secular humanists, screaming "Jesus is the reason for the season!" (actually, it's axial tilt, but... never mind) Or some schlub would wish someone he was holding the door open for a "Merry Christmas" and be brutally assaulted, beaten within an inch of his life, and abandoned--only to be shoved into the gutter by some hard-hearted Jesus-hating Jew or Muslim.
But no.
Sadly... it was predictable. The first victim's a Jew.
"You killed him. You killed him, you dirty Jew."
Shades of the pogroms.
"Merry Christmas" a group called, and this guy and three friends called back "Happy Hanukkah!" So ten people jumped them.
At least a good Samaritan came to their aid--a Muslim. He confirms that nothing else was said; there was no antagonism, just the greeting. He got beaten too.
All three religions worship the same god, and each engages in demonization and hatred of the others. It's not ironic that it was a Muslim who leapt to the aid of the group of Jews--it's a sign of hope. So is the fact that the police caught the eight men and two women, and are charging them.