hippiechick wrote:

In that spirit, I will not wish you a merry Christmas. Have a miserable, thin-skinned, easily-offended Christmas full of imagined slights and religious paranoia.

 hippiechick wrote:

In that spirit, I will not wish you a merry Christmas. Have a miserable, thin-skinned, easily-offended Christmas full of imagined slights and religious paranoia.

If someone insists on saying Merry Christmas to me, I assume that they think that I should be celebrating their holiday. I don't wish Happy Hanukkah to people who don't celebrate. It's ridiculous, but whatever.

This is the problem with religion, it creates exclusiveness.

You just don't get it, do you. Do you get pissy when someone says "good luck" or "have a nice day"? I think birthdays are a load of crap, but I don't get upset when someone says "happy birthday" to me. Why do you hate it when someone says something nice to you. Show some class and just thank them and move on.

If someone insists on saying Merry Christmas to me, I assume that they think that I should be celebrating their holiday. I don't wish Happy Hanukkah to people who don't celebrate. It's ridiculous, but whatever.

This is the problem with religion, it creates exclusiveness.

You have proven my point, thanks.

I make it a point to be insensitive to drown out all the whiny PC sensitivity of both "sides"; I am tired of "sides" and in my own way do what I can to point out over sensitivity; incorrect priorities and partisan bullshi'te.  Ala Seth Mcfarlane and the Southpark boys Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They are my role models using extreme hyperbole to point out just how people get buried in ther own crusades and miss out on just plain ol' fashioned kindness and civility by understanding someones good intent and replying in kind .

What the heck is wrong with you, Sird? Get with the program. No one wants your good cheer forced on them. Gosh...Next thing you'll
be reading fairy tales out of some Bible or what not...

I find that people who insist on saying Merry Christmas to everyone are insensitive to the fact that not everyone is like them. And, from what I have read of your postings, this is true about you. But I am used to it. 

Accept it in he spirit in which it is intended. Get over yourself.

That is absolutely correct even though you are trying to be sarcastic.

I find it amusing that that those who have the self perception of being open minded are so often the most close minded. Forest for the trees...........

I find that people who insist on saying Merry Christmas to everyone are insensitive to the fact that not everyone is like them. And, from what I have read of your postings, this is true about you. But I am used to it. 

I find that people who insist on saying Merry Christmas to everyone are insensitive to the fact that not everyone is like them.

That is absolutely correct even though you are trying to be sarcastic.

I find it amusing that that those who have the self perception of being open minded are so often the most close minded. Forest for the trees...........

How very open minded of you!

Yep yep! I think that people who get offended either way need to just STFU and chillax! This devout Agnostic makes it a point to say Merry Christmas cause that is what I want to say and I really don't give a rats ass if someone has their panties in such a wad that either a Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas would offend them. Goes equally for the devout Christians or the devout Anti Christians.....get a life! 

Tom Tomorrow's right, of course. "Happy Holidays" is a perfectly valid greeting, not "PC" at all... it's just a blanket term that in my book covers Thanksgiving thru New Year's and any holiday or religious observance you care to include. But that does not mean a person should never say "Merry Christmas," either. Evidently if I say "Merry Christmas" to you you'll bristle. But what if next February, someone says to you, "Gung Hay Fat Choy!"? Do you get irritated then and say "I'm not Chinese so can it, Buster!"? No.
 
Okay I'm done you get the point. Or not.

Merry Stumbo!