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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:06 PM Original message |
Is there anyone who is actually offended when someone wishes them a Merry Christmas. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. So little as to be insignificant, but yes. n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ebenezer Scrooge? n/t |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have no problem with it, but there are those who do, and you will be hearing from them shortly. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know a single person who is offended. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. You do now. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. How are you doing? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. One of the shittier days in recent memory. Doesn't top my friends recent suicide. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I'm so sorry |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
97. of all the things to get offended over - I'd put someone wishing me Happy Hanukkah or Happy Kwanzaa |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
104. then it is time to grow up |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not at all |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Who are you referring to that claims people get offended by "Merry Christmas"??? |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:21 PM Original message |
The Happy Holidays thing is totally ridiculous |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
50. Ever try to have your religious symbol also placed in a public area |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. curious, what religious symbol are you talking about? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Me and some other local pagans, a considerable amount I might add. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
150. the fundie religious wackos here freak out the same way-- even to people simply wearing pents-- |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 05:31 AM Response to Reply #150 |
164. We weren't even going to put up a Pentagram. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. I'm sorry that happened to you |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
119. Did you contact the ACLU? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Here? Probably. In the real world, not too many. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
95. It's a distraction. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Merry Christmas, no. Nativity scenes and other religious expressions, depends. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:16 PM Original message |
There are nativity scenes in the White House, in the Capitol, the Supreme Court Building... |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
67. I can, I have, and I do. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. Some folks like to think they are being persecuted. It makes |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. What is really fun if the fundies start getting obnoxious |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. I like to remind them of Jeremiah 10:2-4 |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. Actually, it didn't even originally have anything to do with conversion. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
99. Thank you for educating me :) |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
107. You will find no better examples of the "persecution complex" here on this board |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. I can't speak for other's but I don't let myself get bent out of shape over it. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I only get bent when its the bell ringers saying Merry Xmas... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Would you be happier if they said "Fuck you" instead? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I like to greet people with "It's colder than a witch's tit, and God is just pretend" |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Oh boy, people must LOVE to be around you |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
111. At least I have a sense of humor. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
65. The holidays are no time for inconvenient truths! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
112. No, see, "Accept Jesus or burn in hell" = being friendly. "I don't believe in God" = bigotry |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Heh, I have that cartoon clipped out. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
108. So get over it |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. What holidays can't your friends have now because of liberals and the ACLU? |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. LOL!! NO KIDDING |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
132. It's the needle-in-their-ass fundies, not us damn librulz/athyistis/agnistickys, that want to ruin |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I am right with you! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I just answer "Bah...HUMBUG!" and go off on my merry way. n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. I patronize a tobacconist who is an Iranian Muslim. He has a |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. no, but we can call it Yuletide again |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
54. Thank you. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
137. we like to have mistletoe around! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not offended. Nativity scenes might be on church property instead of in front of City Hall, but that |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. Goes right over my head. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. My brother got in trouble FOR REAL at work for saying Bless You |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Geez, what do they do when he says "good-bye," |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
92. That's fairly shocking. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. He works in customer service at Constant Contact |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. And he got in trouble for using it in the workplace? |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. other employees |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #106 |
118. They want he should speak Yiddish instead? |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #118 |
129. I think he should say PLAGUE!!! RUN AWAY!!!!! (nt) |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
166. This is a perfect example of when secular PC nonsense |
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RDANGELO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. I am not offended unless you have a situation where the |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
133. "The other side"--yup, that's precisely where it comes from. They live to have something |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's not so much that people get offended by being wished a "Merry Christmas" |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. You came to the right place |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
72. I don't have any problem with Merry Christmas |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. No, but having grown up in a predominantly Jewish community, it strikes me as slightly presumptuous. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Exactly. n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I'm not fine with Merry Christmas being said to me by assumptive strangers, but I agree with you on |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. LOVE harvest but.. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
114. I always say that someone should inform them what the eggs and bunnies at Easter |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #114 |
134. My kids have not been raised in any "church" |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes, but not because it is related to Christianity, it's because Christmas is such a joke, |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. The War on Christmas is totally self-perpetuated! |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
167. I don't think it is |
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StarfarerBill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nope. I'm an atheist; when someone says "Merry Christmas", I just say "Thanks", and go about my way. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. My town has plenty of Christmas decorations. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. Some people are *very* offended by *cretins* who say "Merry Christmas" |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. WOW hadn't read that thread |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
82. Given that he called them "war on Christmas cretins" ... |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
102. I just want to have a good time in December |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
151. you might have tried noticing that the post was about the "war on christmas" cretins-- |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yeah, I kind of get irritated by the assumption that everyone is christian |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Meh... I just take it as a well wishing from someone. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. You have to be a pretty big asshole |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. You are absolutely right |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
109. I don't care what anyone celebrates |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Oh NOW I get it :D |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. +1 |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. How are they making you feel like an outsider? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 PM Original message |
I guess as an atheist you might not get it then. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. If someone wishes me "Merry Christmas" it's not a violation of Church and State. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. So do you make sure never to say "Bless You" when someone sneezes |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. I say "do you need a tissue" when someone sneezes. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #76 |
124. No, I say "Don't let the fairies steal your soul!" |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #124 |
138. Writing that in Book of Shadows now. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:52 AM Response to Reply #76 |
163. I say "Gezundheit", which means "Good Health" in German. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. There are no such people. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No such people? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Yeah, you're misreading that. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #49 |
154. glad you got it--don't know why it was so difficult for some people. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. Did you actually read the post? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #70 |
155. thanks for getting it. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. The people I work with are diverse |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. Frankly yes. I consider it a state sponsored religious holiday in violation of our 1st Amendment. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. Christmas trees don't have Christian origins and any other religious origin is all but forgotten. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. Bill O'Reilly's imaginary liberal friend. n/t |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
142. you win the thread |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #51 |
149. What does that mean? |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. I wonder why people who insist on saying "Merry Christmas" want to offend and hurt people. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
78. This. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
89. your Jewish co-worker must have been pretty thin-skinned |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Perhaps. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
62. I don't get offended by anything anymore. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'm not offended and I am Jewish. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
91. I am Christian, my best friend is Jewish. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. Only the terminally offended would be offended. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #98 |
135. And a Happy Hanukkah |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. When I was a young Jewish boy, growing up in southern Virginia, I did not know that I |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
69. A Joyous Winter Solstice to you.. n/t |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. And also to you. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Yule be sorry now. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. LOL... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I feel sorry for all those little elves slaving away on toys. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #77 |
93. I always used to love Christmas at the S&M shop down the street |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #93 |
152. you nearly owed me a monitor for that post!! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
71. I like seeing Christmas and other decorations... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
73. Only the Christians are offended when all other religions are |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
79. Partial "yes". If it's said too early in the year, I get annoyed. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. that's being offended at the commercial aspects, not it's mere existence. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. Of course. I like Christmas, even though the hype gets old. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
84. no, it's a manufactured issue, like a lot of the PC stuff |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
86. I'm an Atheist and I say "Merry Christmas" all the time. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
87. Jebus Christ.. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
88. Nope. Not a biggie at all. Why get worked up about something like that when there's so much else |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
96. YES ! |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
101. I'm not, and I'm a Satanist. Santa Claus isn't jesus. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
105. this is why so many liberals are a joke to other people |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
113. Not offended, but a little annoyed. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. I'm polite but clear in my answer: |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Yes. Exactly. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. if you sneeze and some one says "God bless you" are you annoyed? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. meh. |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. I think a chat on that might |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #123 |
157. What does Emily Post recommend you say when someone farts, that's what I want to know. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #157 |
165. I believe that's page 987, "Point and Laugh." (nt) |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
120. I'm not a big fan of nativity scenes on public property |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
121. I just think the person is presumptive |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
125. well, of course not |
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Umbral (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
126. The Christians usurp a pagan holiday, turn it into an orgy of crass consumerism... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
127. If they go off on a rant |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
130. I have no problem with it, or KWANZAA, or Ramadan, or Hanukkah (spelling) |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
131. I don't mind at all. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
136. Not me |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
139. I'm not |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
140. no |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
141. Depends on the way they say it. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
143. Er... no. Why would I? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
144. No one is stopping anyone ... |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
145. I can see someone being offended by that |
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agentS (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
146. I don't get offended, but those Nativity scenes.... |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
147. Merry Xmas annoys me a little... after the 100th time. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. See I would LOVE to see that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
153. Deleted message |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
156. Since some people seem to enjoy nothing better than offending unbelievers, let me suggest this: |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
158. For many years, alternative religions and atheists were afraid to speak up... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
159. People should stop making it less about themselves...... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
160. my doctor's receptionist is just the opposite . . . |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
161. Only if they know me n/t |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
162. Nope not at all |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
168. I'm a Buddhist and it doesn't bother me n/t |
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