# It's "Merry Christmas," not "Happy Holidays."
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [December 2, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812 "2011-12-02T07:47:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/261 "2011-12-05T03:30:33Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> he said my apology wasn’t worth much with that kind of damage i caused so you should back-read and think as well.
It doesn’t mean much because it never occurred to you that you could offend. In fact, you wanted to poke “morons”, even ones who discussed being Jewish in this thread.
Why would someone who claims to care about hurting people casually say such a thing? Of what use is such an apology? You don’t believe you should change. Where is the sorry in that?
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### Author:  [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/262 "2011-12-05T03:31:21Z")
All of this because I made fun of the Mack Bolan books? Fine. I take it all back. They’re for high-brow liberals.
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/263 "2011-12-05T03:39:24Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> It doesn’t mean much because it never occurred to you that you could offend. In fact, you wanted to poke “morons”, even ones who discussed being Jewish in this thread.
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> Why would someone who claims to care about hurting people casually say such a thing? Of what use is such an apology? You don’t believe you should change. Where is the sorry in that?
quite simply, they started it. do they think they can poke at me without risking it? i thought they knew me? i don’t like to hurt but i will for certain reasons.
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/264 "2011-12-05T03:39:40Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> i dope, therefore i… 😃
am a racist, anti-Semitic, thin-skinned, trolling dumbass?
This statement, of course, refers specifically to you, not to the rest of the Dope.
I don’t believe that you give a shit about “Merry Christmas” one way or another. You’re just here to be a shitbag.
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/265 "2011-12-05T03:45:42Z")
> [@Kolga](#):
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> am a racist, anti-Semitic, thin-skinned, trolling dumbass?
no, why would you ever “think” that? so much for being nice to everyone during the holidays. 😃
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/266 "2011-12-05T03:48:24Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> so much for being nice to everyone during the holidays. 😃
Oh, I can be “nice” (meaning “polite”) to strangers, but if someone’s proven himself to be a racist, anti-Semitic trolling shitbag, all bets are off.
For example, if I run into someone who wishes Holocaust gas-chamber death on strangers for not using the correct magic phrase, I feel perfectly comfortable in not being polite to that person, for they have proven themselves to be unworthy of politeness.
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/267 "2011-12-05T03:51:22Z")
well, i’m glad we were good friends during the first five pages of this thread. is it possible to delete the contents of page 6?
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/268 "2011-12-05T03:51:25Z")
> [@Troppus](#):
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> Someone is trying to make a conscious effort to show tolerance and be inclusive
That’s exactly the part he objects to.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/269 "2011-12-05T03:53:35Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> i’m giving you a courtesy by apologising personally. but i have no intention of mending my ways just because people speak up. it so happens i give a damn about hurting other people but if i didn’t, i won’t even respond to you. **you are not a victim of a henious crime** , nor am i a murderer. you are not a slave and i’m not a slave owner. i didn’t bomb harbors during peacetime and i didn’t drop an atom bomb.
Bolding mine. His grandmother and other close relatives were killed in the Holocaust and you don’t think he’s a crime victim? That’s harsh.
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/270 "2011-12-05T03:54:47Z")
does “happy holidays” include all birthday celebrations in december? ooopsss… dummy…
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/271 "2011-12-05T03:54:53Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> well, i’m glad we were good friends during the first five pages of this thread. is it possible to delete the contents of page 6?
Don’t flatter yourself. We weren’t friends.
Page 6 is the important page in this thread, since it reveals your true nature. No backsies.
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> does “happy holidays” include all birthday celebrations in december? ooopsss… dummy..
Okay, serious question. Are you mentally retarded? As in, do you have an actual diagnosis of a developmental disability? Because if so, I sincerely apologize for accusing you of being a troll, and didn’t realize that your failure to comprehend the English language was an inability and not deliberate obtuseness.
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### Author:  [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/272 "2011-12-05T03:55:57Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> the second one has a k to his name, mack samuel bolan, and he’s of italian descent.
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> merry christmas and a happy zyklon-B to all of you.
Reported for hate speech and trolling
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/273 "2011-12-05T03:56:13Z")
> [@](#):
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> Don’t flatter yourself. We weren’t friends.
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> Page 6 is the important page in this thread, since it reveals your true nature. No backsies.
your best response yet. 😉
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/274 "2011-12-05T03:59:56Z")
> [@Kolga](#):
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> Okay, serious question. Are you mentally retarded? As in, do you have an actual diagnosis of a developmental disability? Because if so, I sincerely apologize for accusing you of being a troll, and didn’t realize that your failure to comprehend the English language was an inability and not deliberate obtuseness.
no. no. hey you’re my friend. you don’t have to apologize. and it’s christmas, for heaven’s sake!
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/275 "2011-12-05T04:03:39Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> no. no. hey you’re my friend. you don’t have to apologize. and it’s christmas, for heaven’s sake!
Oh, you’re NOT mentally retarded. Okay, so racist anti-Semitic shitbag troll it is.
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/276 "2011-12-05T04:05:43Z")
arghh! the world has only two views of me. what am i to do?
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/277 "2011-12-05T04:08:22Z")
Go down in an internet flameout?
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### Author:  [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/278 "2011-12-05T04:14:15Z")
> [@Kolga](#):
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> Oh, you’re NOT mentally retarded. Okay, so racist anti-Semitic shitbag troll it is.
The troll wants attention, best to ignore it as much as possible..
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/279 "2011-12-05T04:14:34Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#):
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> arghh! the world has only two views of me. what am i to do?
There’s a way to view you other than a racist, anti-Semitic shitbag troll? I can’t imagine what that might be, given the way you present yourself here.
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#):
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> The troll wants attention, best to ignore it as much as possible..
Thus speaks wisdom. I have much to learn.
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### Author:  [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/604812/280 "2011-12-05T04:30:12Z")
i’ll say, six pages. :rolleyes:
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