O'Reilly: Gays @ Fault for War on Christmas

[Lestatnj]

Bill O gives the term A-hole a bad name

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/1...rights-agenda/

In other news:

1906 - Gays cause S F Earthquake

1912 - Gays steer iceberg into RMS Titanic

1915 - Gays pose as the Kaiser's navy & sink RMS Lusitania

1929 - Gays booby trap Wall St, cause crash

1932 - Gays appoint Hitler as Chancellor of Germany

1941 - Gays disguised as Japanese aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor

[rareboy]

He just wants to have Santa's cock shoved down his throat.

[Ninja108]

And the guy from Imus..I always knew he was a prick but now he's confirmed it.

[swerve]

[FuryOfFirestorm]

Dear Bill:

We'll stop our "War On Christmas" once you put an end to your "War On Common Sense".

Thanks.

[jkom1f]

impossible. christmas is a byproduct of three things: Rosemary Clooney, Coca-Cola, and gays

[Sausy]

Well,if some on the secular left weren't so insistent on the "holiday tree" nonsense,(and as much as Mc Guirk is a jerk, love Gunfeld and he was spot on about atheists going too far)... but there is a grain of truth to the over the top claims of a "war on Christmas". Lincoln Chafee is a dolt here....wtf he can't call it a "Christmas tree"...some secularists are great people, others are imperious jerks.

Any Christian who isn't morally troubled at least by abortion should become an atheist, or agnostic because they're lousy Christians( then again, death penalty advocates should be equally troubled about the ultimate ethical dubiousness of that, especially for those who are on death row while DNA evidence could clear them). The gay rights thing is downright ridiculous, though as Jesus NEVER had anything to say condemning same sex relationships whatsoever.

[White Eagle]

Dear Bill:

We'll stop our "War On Christmas" once you put an end to your "War On Common Sense".

Thanks.

Are you married?

[White Eagle]

impossible. christmas is a byproduct of three things: Rosemary Clooney, Coca-Cola, and gays

Wait FuryOfFirestorm, let me see what's going on here.

[chrisrobin]

Tide comes in. Tide goes out.

[White Eagle]

Well,if some on the secular left weren't so insistent on the "holiday tree" nonsense,(and as much as Mc Guirk is a jerk, love Gunfeld and he was spot on about atheists going too far)... but there is a grain of truth to the over the top claims of a "war on Christmas". Lincoln Chafee is a dolt here....wtf he can't call it a "Christmas tree"...some secularists are great people, others are imperious jerks.

Any Christian who isn't morally troubled at least by abortion should become an atheist, or agnostic because they're lousy Christians( then again, death penalty advocates should be equally troubled about the ultimate ethical dubiousness of that, especially for those who are on death row while DNA evidence could clear them). The gay rights thing is downright ridiculous, though as Jesus NEVER had anything to say condemning same sex relationships whatsoever.

This. Again, this is why I like you. Keep it up.

[xbuzzerx]

Well,if some on the secular left weren't so insistent on the "holiday tree" nonsense,(and as much as Mc Guirk is a jerk, love Gunfeld and he was spot on about atheists going too far)... but there is a grain of truth to the over the top claims of a "war on Christmas". Lincoln Chafee is a dolt here....wtf he can't call it a "Christmas tree"...some secularists are great people, others are imperious jerks.

Any Christian who isn't morally troubled at least by abortion should become an atheist, or agnostic because they're lousy Christians( then again, death penalty advocates should be equally troubled about the ultimate ethical dubiousness of that, especially for those who are on death row while DNA evidence could clear them). The gay rights thing is downright ridiculous, though as Jesus NEVER had anything to say condemning same sex relationships whatsoever.

Oh please. This entire nonsense is the fact that the religious right chooses to interpret the fact that it's simple good common courtesy in public spaces or in businesses to say "happy Holidays" because it's all inclusive into some kind of persecution complex of Christian beliefs.

To me that's all happy holidays has ever been, is that you can say it to anyone of any religion or background and it includes Christmas and New Year's and doesn't start any religious discussion. It's not "dissing" Christianity or anything else. It's like saying "ladies and gentlemen" to a crowd of people instead of just saying "men.."

People who make it to be anything more than that are the ones creating the controversy.

[FuryOfFirestorm]

Are you married?

When I said "we", I meant homosexuals as a whole. I'm still single.

[FuryOfFirestorm]

Oh please. This entire nonsense is the fact that the religious right chooses to interpret the fact that it's simple good common courtesy in public spaces or in businesses to say "happy Holidays" because it's all inclusive into some kind of persecution complex of Christian beliefs.

To me that's all happy holidays has ever been, is that you can say it to anyone of any religion or background and it includes Christmas and New Year's and doesn't start any religious discussion. It's not "dissing" Christianity or anything else. It's like saying "ladies and gentlemen" to a crowd of people instead of just saying "men.."

People who make it to be anything more than that are the ones creating the controversy.

Exactly. "Happy Holidays" isn't meant to exclude Christians, it's meant to include those those who celebrate Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Saturnalia, etc. It's not like an army of gay guys are going from house and stomping on nativity scenes or burning crosses.

[Kulindahr]

Bill O'Reilly should go back to school. The "war on Christmas" began back after World War II when companies looked around to see what they could do with all the production capacity they had after the war was over, and decided that Christmas would be the best gimmick for selling more stuff, which meant making that stuff, which meant profit.

The "war on Christmas" has always been, and always will be, greed v. Jesus.

[Kulindahr]

Well,if some on the secular left weren't so insistent on the "holiday tree" nonsense,(and as much as Mc Guirk is a jerk, love Gunfeld and he was spot on about atheists going too far)... but there is a grain of truth to the over the top claims of a "war on Christmas". Lincoln Chafee is a dolt here....wtf he can't call it a "Christmas tree"...some secularists are great people, others are imperious jerks.

Any Christian who isn't morally troubled at least by abortion should become an atheist, or agnostic because they're lousy Christians( then again, death penalty advocates should be equally troubled about the ultimate ethical dubiousness of that, especially for those who are on death row while DNA evidence could clear them). The gay rights thing is downright ridiculous, though as Jesus NEVER had anything to say condemning same sex relationships whatsoever.

Oh please. This entire nonsense is the fact that the religious right chooses to interpret the fact that it's simple good common courtesy in public spaces or in businesses to say "happy Holidays" because it's all inclusive into some kind of persecution complex of Christian beliefs.

To me that's all happy holidays has ever been, is that you can say it to anyone of any religion or background and it includes Christmas and New Year's and doesn't start any religious discussion. It's not "dissing" Christianity or anything else. It's like saying "ladies and gentlemen" to a crowd of people instead of just saying "men.."

People who make it to be anything more than that are the ones creating the controversy.

Good response.

I'll add that Christians have never agreed on abortion; some Church Fathers believed it was fine before 'quickening', and had good arguments for that. There's nothing at all in scripture that negates that position, so Christians who hold the modern version -- that abortion is okay until brainwaves show the unborn is fully human because it has human capacity for thought -- are on solid ground.

Beyond that, a friend of mine nearly got punched in the face once for insisting on saying "Merry Christmas"... to a Jew, who wanted nothing to do with Christmas. Saying "Merry Christmas" to non-Christians can be taken as an insult, which is decidedly not a Christian thing to do. As with the Easter greeting, "The Lord is Risen!", "Merry Christmas" should be kept between believers.

[SuprSonic]

When I worked retail, whether you said "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" most customers would just respond with "Thanks, you too."

On one occasion I witnessed a coworker wish a customer "Happy Holidays" only to have him respond with a slightly angry and indignant tone "Merry Christmas!" with an ", Asshole!" implied but not spoken. After that he just walked away with a bit of a huff.

Another woman approached the service desk while I was working and remarked, "I'm really concerned about your store not using the work Christmas in your advertising. Everyone is so eager to make money off the birth of our savior, but nobody wants to give him any credit!" My coworker handled it pretty well. She grabbed the current sale paper and pointed out the word "Christmas" in at least 10 places on the ad while politely saying to the woman, "Oh, no ma'am. We use Christmas all over our advertising and we encourage all of our associates to share Christmas greetings with all of our customers. We do say "Happy Holidays" as well to be all inclusive, but we're allowed and encouraged wish everyone a merry Christmas."

Had she approached me I would have struggled not to roll my eyes and say, "Bitch, you has too much damn time on your hands. I'm just the college kid working the service desk. I have fuck all to do with advertising and store policy. If you got a problem with that, write a letter to corporate. Every hour I've worked since October 31 my ears have been flooded with Christmas music. I'm entirely positive I've heard some form of the phrase "Merry Christmas" at least 200 times today already just from the music. Now before you run off on some righteous crusade about our advertising, did you bother to pick up a fucking copy of our sale paper or watch a single commercial? No? You just run off and do whatever Bill O'Reilly tells you? And lastly let me get this straight. You're upset that we're failing to commercialize Christmas enough?! For chrissakes get a fucking hobby!"

[DigitalFudge]

1941 - Gays disguised as Japanese aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor

I've had enough JuB for today I think.

[Ninja108]

Here's the biggest threat to Christmas,companies that use this time of year to convince people to buy things they don't want or need because it's the only way to have a happy holiday. Jesus's birth and the important of family and friends is an afterthought.

[White Eagle]

When I said "we", I meant homosexuals as a whole. I'm still single.

Sorry, that weird sense of humor I have.

[MikeyLove]

He just wants to have Santa's cock shoved down his throat.

Or up his ass.....does anyone know how big and thick Santa's dick is?

[rareboy]

Don we now our Gay apparel

[xbuzzerx]

^lol. I bet Christmas is funny at Rareboy's house.

At any rate, yeah, if not saying "Merry Christmas" somehow takes Jesus out of the holiday, it implies the inverse is true... that if you say Merry Christmas you're saying "Happy birth of Christ, I'm a believer!" and not simply referring to the holiday. I say Merry Christmas and I'm not religious. And frankly before the issue became a 'controversy' (almost entirely from the right, I might add, it's always someone angry over happy holidays rather than a liberal demanding places not say Merry Christmas) I always sorta assumed that Happy Holidays was the way they felt not so silly gradually stretching Christmas sales and the Christmas selling season from Halloween through to New Year's.

And Christmas is firmly entrenched as a secular holiday around the world now. It's celebrated in Japan for crying out loud, complete with candy canes and Santa Claus. Maybe not as universally as in the U.S., but it's definitely there, because it's good for business. There's nothing in the Bible about putting up a pagan tree laced with garland.

[xseeker69]

I always thought this time of year was an ancient pagan ritual and celebration of the winter solstice. The Christians came up and said you can't do that anymore. So the pagans gave them the middle finger (so to speak). The Christians responded with Well....well, Jesus was born on that day. So there! The pagans rolled their eyes and kept on celebrating. Eventually, it just looked like it was for Jesus b-day. Wasn't their a law AGAINST celebrating Christmas? Back in colonial days? Blue laws or something.
I really don't get the controversy. I'm gay, liberal, believe in seperation of church and state and have absolutely no problem with merry Christmas greetings and such. It's a lot of PC garbage about how you must say this and you must say that. If some people get offended, get over yourselves. I'm offended nearly every day of my life. Besides, it's much more commercial than religious anyway. But in the beginning it was a pagan thing.

[FuryOfFirestorm]

I've had enough JuB for today I think.

We got revenge by dropping drag queens on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

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Or up his ass.....does anyone know how big and thick Santa's dick is?

He can slide down my chimney and stuff my stocking anytime.

[FuryOfFirestorm]

Bill O gives the term A-hole a bad name

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/1...rights-agenda/

In other news:

1906 - Gays cause S F Earthquake

1912 - Gays steer iceberg into RMS Titanic

1915 - Gays pose as the Kaiser's navy & sink RMS Lusitania

1929 - Gays booby trap Wall St, cause crash

1932 - Gays appoint Hitler as Chancellor of Germany

1941 - Gays disguised as Japanese aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor

1963 - Gays were positioned on the grassy knoll with sniper rifles as JFK drove by.

1987 - Gays threw Baby Jessica down a well.

1986 - Gays emptied Al Capone's vault before Geraldo got there.

2000 - Gays burned 50% of the votes for Gore in Florida.

[rareboy]

And watch out Bill.

Gays want the tide to go out........

and then not come back in.......

[Kulindahr]

Don we now our Gay apparel

Start a new seasonal store for clothing: Gay Apparel.

[Kulindahr]

^lol. I bet Christmas is funny at Rareboy's house.

You want funny, you want my mom. Inevitably, when putting ornaments on the tree, there's one with nothing for hanging it, and she says, "Where are the hookers? Christmas needs hookers" -- or some variant.

[Kulindahr]

And watch out Bill.

Gays want the tide to go out........

and then not come back in.......

. . . . .

[TX-Beau]

Start a new seasonal store for clothing: Gay Apparel.

Well, tis the season for dangling balls and peppermint sticks......

[bike10]

This is nothing for Billo he gets on this soap box each year. He needs his ego stroked.