I'm A Proud Battalion Commander In The War On Christmas
Or I would be...if the War on Christmas was actually real
The war on Christmas is the tip of the spear in a larger battle to secularize our culture and make true religious freedom a thing of America's past.
Sarah Palin
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
George Carlin
It seems to happen earlier every year…because it does. Fox News Channel (FNC) talking heads push the War on Christmas as if it’s their personal jihad. Never mind that there’s no evidence proving said war is an actual thing (it’s not) or that it poses a threat to Americans (it doesn’t). It’s just another weapon in the grievance politics arsenal employed by FNC talking heads, who traffic in rage and anger to “own the Libs.”
The War on Christmas is spun out of whole cloth to generate outrage, which is great for ratings and helps fill the coffers of Republican candidates up for election or re-election. Unfortunately, the veracity (or lack of same) of said claims are almost beside the point. It’s not the truth that’s important; it’s what you can convince the American Sheeple to believe is true.
No, Virginia, there’s no War on Christmas- not yesterday, not today, nor will there be a war on Christmas tomorrow or next year. It’s an entirely made-up construct intended to enrage FNC addicts and the rubes who’d sooner vote for Satan His Own Self than cast a ballot for a Democrat.
INSTRUMENTS OF SATAN!!!
You don’t have to walk far from FNC’s headquarters on Columbus Circle in Manhattan to see that the War on Christmas is a hoax. Manhattan itself is decorated and lit up as if it’s the last Christmas on Earth. Moreover, many enterprises do the lion’s share of their business between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. That’s not a recipe for a War on Christmas- unless they’re being carpet-bombed with cash.
As for people wishing one another “Happy Holidays,” I can’t help but wonder if it’s occurred to the mental and moral lightweights at FNC that such a salutation might be a way to respect those who aren’t Christian. As John Avlon mentions in the above video, 90% of Americans claim to celebrate Christmas. That means 10% don’t. Some folks take that to mean “Happy Holidays” as a way of being inclusive. That’s not dissing the baby Jesus or declaring war on Christmas. It’s simply a way of respectfully wishing someone a…well, a happy holiday season- which is more than just Christmas, BTW.
Kwanzaa? Hanukkah?
Despite what the Conservatives who run FNC may believe, there’s more than one way to celebrate Christmas. For some folks- like myself, f’rinstance- the holiday isn’t about the birth of Jesus Christ. I’m an atheist; I don’t believe that the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost are real. I believe in compassion, kindness, understanding, and peaceful coexistence; Christians hardly monopolize those qualities. In fact, I’d argue that too many Christians are suffering from a severe deficit of the very things the Savior they purport to revere taught. They claim to love Jesus while rejecting virtually all of His teachings.
Hypocrisy isn’t a good look, but it’s the one thing available in abundance from FNC. Because ultimately, it’s not about news or information; it’s about keeping the rubes in their audience too angry and stupid to ask meaningful and intelligent questions. They don’t think. They obey.
They’ve been told since the dawn of time (1996) that the evil Left is waging an insidious War on Christmas. In their minds, that’s precisely what’s happening. No matter that the truth is very different, they’ve been brainwashed for so long that they’ve lost the ability to question the integrity of the information they’re being fed.
Welcome to the triumph of the Big Lie.
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