Sunday, December 27, 2009
Another right wing canard.
Ah, the annual "war on Christmas" column, right out of the Right Wing Propagandist's Handbook. Of course, it's a bit trickier when there's no particular "politically correct" outrage to appeal to this year. But that Rex is a trooper -- there are always the "PC outrages of Christmas Past" to rail on about. Makes you want to turn a climatologist over to the Afghan authorities for a proper "interrogation," doesn't it Rex? But Rex and I do agree for once: reports of right-wing indignation over retailers requiring employees to say the more inclusive "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" have always at best generated "...wearisome, tedious little controversies."
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The key element here is reversal-- just as punidiots like Glenn Beck pronounce President Obama a racist and whine that(rich) white men can't get a fair shake anymore, Rex (along with his role-model, Bill O'Reilly) declares Christmas 'under threat' from those of us who dare to sully the holiday season with symbols and salutations that fall short of their own assertive standards of orthodoxy. Try the following link for some less self-righteous remarks on how to celebrate the season: Globe op-ed.
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