Oh, PUH-leeeze!

[neadods]

Someone over on fanthropology of all places has hijacked a thread on use of religion in Harry Potter fanon with what are doubtless the first shots fired in this year's "War on Christmas."

Mind you, when called out on the sentence It's now ILLEGAL to say "Merry Christmas" for public adverts on TV, radio, and print, his/her response was should have been more clear. What was typed was perfectly clear. It was also perfectly wrong.

I know that the Christmas sales season creeps earlier every year, but August is way too early to be dealing with this crap. Can we at least get the temperature below 80 before we have to deal with this year's round of OMGWTFXMAS!!!! or whatever it's going to be dubbed this next joyous holiday season?

ETA: What is it today, Schmucks on LJ on Parade? Now twistedchick has a troll who has "rebutted" her link to Alas, A Blog's Male Privilege Checklist with the "Nice Guy's Rebuttal," which includes, among other things, a complaint that women shouldn't bitch about being passed over for jobs and promotions because of their gender when they can use their sex appeal (or straight out sex) to get work. No, I'm not direct linking, I'm not going to encourage the hits on that website. Check TC's comments, unless she pulls that one.

Comments

[scarlettgirl.livejournal.com]

Christ on a cracker. Way to make you side look stupid. They're all about keeping "The *Christ* in Christmas" but don't see the idiocy of the rampant commercialism of the event? I typically love the season but I'm starting to feel an internal backlash building. I'd say the big C in Christmas is Cash, Cash and more Cash.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

That's the thing that was getting argued last year - what's very Christian about screaming that stores MUST be mandated to say "Christmas" and not even whispering when several of the megachurches shut down Christmas day for lack of attendance? Hello, just where are these people worshipping?