This is so wrong. (POST #200!)
Michelle Malkin: WORST CHRISTMAS DISPLAY EVER
How a killer Claus holding a bloody head relates to the overcommercialism of Christmas is beyond my apparently unenlightened understanding. Santa Claus, in no way (well...maybe nowadays) represents commercialism. He represents the spirit of giving. It is commercial interests that have exploited his image for its own gains.
Nevermind the fact that this kind of public display is just disgusting; but if they want to more accurately portray how commercialism somehow kills people (which I'm having a hard time figuring out how it does right now), then these nutjobs should, instead, have an effigy of some high-powered corporate executive, wrapped in Christmas lights, holding a bloody head. It would, at least, be more accurate.
But still disturbing.
However, the First Amendment still protects these people's right to this kind of statement. Some may say, "too bad," but it's that kind of thinking that will lead to our eventual downfall and political enslavement (think 1984). The worst that this effigy will do is twist some children's minds (which is not good either).
Personally, though, these people need to rethink what they're doing. There are other, more productive ways to protest the overcommercialization of Christmas.
(Note I don't say "X-mas". CHRISTmas. It's a Christian holiday. I don't care if it's becoming "politically incorrect" to solely refer to Christmas as "the holiday season," as I'm beginning to see more and more. Let's try to remember where all things come from; just as Hannukah and Ramadan shouldn't also be lumped into the category of "holiday season," and stripped of its own titles.)
PS: This is POST NUMBER 200! I didn't even realize until today (1 week after the post date) that I had passed the 200 mark. Celebrate! Par-tay!!
How a killer Claus holding a bloody head relates to the overcommercialism of Christmas is beyond my apparently unenlightened understanding. Santa Claus, in no way (well...maybe nowadays) represents commercialism. He represents the spirit of giving. It is commercial interests that have exploited his image for its own gains.
Nevermind the fact that this kind of public display is just disgusting; but if they want to more accurately portray how commercialism somehow kills people (which I'm having a hard time figuring out how it does right now), then these nutjobs should, instead, have an effigy of some high-powered corporate executive, wrapped in Christmas lights, holding a bloody head. It would, at least, be more accurate.
But still disturbing.
However, the First Amendment still protects these people's right to this kind of statement. Some may say, "too bad," but it's that kind of thinking that will lead to our eventual downfall and political enslavement (think 1984). The worst that this effigy will do is twist some children's minds (which is not good either).
Personally, though, these people need to rethink what they're doing. There are other, more productive ways to protest the overcommercialization of Christmas.
(Note I don't say "X-mas". CHRISTmas. It's a Christian holiday. I don't care if it's becoming "politically incorrect" to solely refer to Christmas as "the holiday season," as I'm beginning to see more and more. Let's try to remember where all things come from; just as Hannukah and Ramadan shouldn't also be lumped into the category of "holiday season," and stripped of its own titles.)
PS: This is POST NUMBER 200! I didn't even realize until today (1 week after the post date) that I had passed the 200 mark. Celebrate! Par-tay!!
posted by xanadian at 10:41 AM
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