• Rev. Layle@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      If you are comparing the worse-ness of two words and you won’t even write one of them, that’s the worse word

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        8 months ago

        “You can say it. That word you want to say it. I’ll say it with you. Let’s all say it together. N… n… come on. All together now.”

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        7 months ago

        Remind me what this is from? It’s a quote from somebody… A comedian? A nighttime political comedy show?

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    It’s such a ridiculous kind of fake self persecution. No one gets in trouble for saying “Merry Christmas.” Some people choose to say other things that are more inclusive, like “Happy Holidays.” One person saying “Happy Holidays” doesn’t prevent another person from saying “Merry Christmas.”

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    It’s weird - in all the years that I’ve been seeing and hearing this stuff about this “war on Christmas,” the one thing I’ve never seen or even heard of is anybody actually being punished in any way for saying “Merry Christmas.”

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      Well of course, because for all intents and purposes nobody is going to care if you tell them Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays, because everyone understands the intent.

      The only people who think there’s a war on Christmas also think not being allowed to enforce their theocracy means they’re being oppressed.

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    8 months ago

    As a non-Christmas-celebrating person, I actually prefer “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” because what other holidays are we really talking about? No one wishes me “happy holidays” around my tradition’s major holidays or any time it’s not Christmas, so let’s please stop pretending it’s about being inclusive and just enjoy Christmas if you celebrate.

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        7 months ago

        Sorry, no one says “happy holidays” for Thanksgiving. There are numerous religious holidays which happen in the spring too (Easter, Passover, Holi, Nowruz, Ostara, and many more) and no one says “happy holidays” then either.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah, even if you ignore everything but the Christian holidays because you’re an asshole who doesn’t want to acknowledge anyone who isn’t Christian, you have Christmas and New Year’s within a week of each other. Holidays.

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      It started because corporations offered guidance to their retail employees that shoppers preferred “Happy Holidays” because it was more inclusive. Retail drones were told what to say, and when Christians got wind of it, they lost their collective brain cell.