The real war on Christmas
Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | The real war on Christmas
After Salon.com forces you to watch a commercial (gotta pay the bills, right?), you will be regaled by Wil Wheaton (who is slowly becoming my hero) and his tale about a Christmas he had...where Wil makes a point about the death penalty being wrong, and his father--once a liberal--blows up in his face. The end result of this story is, "The one waging the war [on Christmas] is right-wing talk radio and its relentless drive to polarize and divide our country, and our holiday dinners, and make a nice profit while it does."
True. But it isn't just radical right-wingers who spread a message of hate. Left-wingers can do it, too. Stalin. Mao. Castro. Probably in that order. ANYONE is capable of hate, and spreading a message of hate; whether it be hate for "fags" (as they like to refer to homosexuals, and sometimes worse), blacks (I won't even use the N word, ever), or what have you; or whether it be for America and its people, and its way of life. Hate, and irrationality, knows no political bounds. Atrocities have been commited on both sides of the fence.
That's just the way life is. Right now, anyway. But, we can always hope for the future, despite our violent history; and maybe for just one day a year...or eight, seven, or what have you...we can put aside our differences and celebrate life.
So, a Merry Christmas (NOT "Xmas"), Happy Hanukkah, Happy Ramadan and Kwanzaa to all.
After Salon.com forces you to watch a commercial (gotta pay the bills, right?), you will be regaled by Wil Wheaton (who is slowly becoming my hero) and his tale about a Christmas he had...where Wil makes a point about the death penalty being wrong, and his father--once a liberal--blows up in his face. The end result of this story is, "The one waging the war [on Christmas] is right-wing talk radio and its relentless drive to polarize and divide our country, and our holiday dinners, and make a nice profit while it does."
True. But it isn't just radical right-wingers who spread a message of hate. Left-wingers can do it, too. Stalin. Mao. Castro. Probably in that order. ANYONE is capable of hate, and spreading a message of hate; whether it be hate for "fags" (as they like to refer to homosexuals, and sometimes worse), blacks (I won't even use the N word, ever), or what have you; or whether it be for America and its people, and its way of life. Hate, and irrationality, knows no political bounds. Atrocities have been commited on both sides of the fence.
That's just the way life is. Right now, anyway. But, we can always hope for the future, despite our violent history; and maybe for just one day a year...or eight, seven, or what have you...we can put aside our differences and celebrate life.
So, a Merry Christmas (NOT "Xmas"), Happy Hanukkah, Happy Ramadan and Kwanzaa to all.
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