Yup, that was stated earlier by another Doper upthread. (hinthinthint) Notice my call for it to die if it it wasn’t an issue? Want me to hijack that thread with my argument? You’re posting here, so it must be a valid argument. Why else keep it going? If it’s a non-issue, your posting is is a non-issue.
Thanks for pointing it out. At least the cheap-shot artist is the only one not weighing in on it. It was an assinine reply that was uncalled for in context.
If this is the composure you expect in even a Pit thread, I’ll keep it in in mind. But I will wait for your explanation of where I, in any way, was shown to be offensive in any way.
I’ve re-read the post many times. I can’t see any animosity or hostility.
Because no ill-will was intended.
It’s the gift-giving day in many Hispanic households; the traditional gift-giving day in most of Spain. We refer to Christmas Day as “Navidad” and the holiday period as “las Navidades”; in Spain “las Navidades” goes from Christmas Eve to the Epiphany (most people get one week off and have to choose between “Christmas week” or “Epiphany week”).
And we cannot forget Kwanzaa because it’s one of the holidays that fits in that period. And Hanukkah, last year but not in 1996. You aren’t being very inclusive of our African-American and Jewish brethren, are you? Even if you stick with Christian holydays besides the ones mentioned, you have the Feast of St Stephen, the first martyr, and the Feast of the Holy Innocents–need I go on? It’s a holiday season made up of several holidays, though few people celebrate all of them, and it was a stupid thing for you to pounce on Frank for. You displayed your ignorance and I called you on it, something you’d gladly do for me, too.
This thread has my pitting of monograms beat for sheer stupidity, and that’s saying something.
Fuck you, you liberal commie pinko homosexeral. There are no holidays. There’s Christmas. December 25th. So fuck you and your politically correct “Happy Holidays.” It’s “Merry Christmas”, a time when people of all religions (Baptists, Methodists, and Lutherans) come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Why are you declaring a war on Jesus?
(This rant is for the benefit of those who are nostalgic for what has become the lunacy du jour these past few Decembers.)
How about not getting offended in the first place? Having a sense of proportion? Or do you and dropzone have a history together? I don’t get it. I’ve been insulted worse in less appropriate fora and thread, and haven’t opened Pit threads on it. So has everyone, I’m guessing. I’m marveling at the delicate thinness of your skin. It’s impressive, in a weird way.
What gets me is your claim that you never heard of the Christmas holidays. Never? Really? Bullshit. You were just looking for some reason to justify getting your panties in a twist over dropzone’s minor snottiness. In the Pit, most people just let that go, but you had to not only make an issue out of it, but claim an ignorance that you very likely do not have. That’s what’s worthy of remark, to me. Your disingenuous stance, taken to justify a rather aggressive response to a minor snark.
Its context was THE PIT. Asinine replies are the order of the day.
That was no accident. I almost started to type it, then thought better of it. In fact, I was going to list “all religions” as Southern Baptist and Northern Baptist.
Well, she has SEVERAL, and if you start the Christmas holiday season with St Nicholas’ feastday (12/6) then the one for your suggestion would be the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (12/8). However, if you are a retailer you’d have the Christmas holidays begin on the Feast of Mary’s Assumption (8/15) and that starts getting too inclusive.
Yeah, I’m a lousy Lutheran. I ask stupid questions like, “Why are we celebrating the Ascension on a Sunday? It’s supposed to be on a THURSDAY!”
I’m ignorant for never hearing Christmas Holidays before? No, my friend, it’s everyone I’ve ever known that are ignorant for not using the phrase. And please continue with the list of holidays. Christmas is one day, I never realized it’s a season. Oh wait, you just reffered to it as a Holiday Season, not Christmas.
And how the fuck did I pounce on Frank? It was an honest question that you pounced on me for.
Hanukka and Kwanzza? Nice fucking try calling me racist. Or whatever the fuck you were trying to say shithead.
No, you’re full of shit for saying you’ve never heard of them. I go back to my “Twelve Days of Christmas” point. Do you contend that you never heard that song? I bet you have. You never wondered why it said that Christmas was 12 days long? Yeah, because traditionally, the holiday is celebrated until the Epiphany, which is January 6. When I lived in Binghamton, NY, every Xmas season they had a Twelfth Night celebration, so it’s not exactly obscure. Shakespeare wrote an entire play that is named after the Christmas holidays. So either you live under a rock, or you’re not being totally honest here.
Is my point.
