It's that most wonderful time of the year. The one we all wait for with frozen, yet bated breath. Yes, you know of what I speak: The War on Christmas, of course.
For the uninitiated to this annual
ritual, and the general "goodwill-towards-men" glow emanating from your
friendly culture-war prosecutors, this is the time of year when we stop
to think about those less fortunate than ourselves. The downtrodden. The
besmirched. The Christian white male.
Of course, the whole thing is ridiculous. In a 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, 76 percent of Americans self-identified as Christian. Meanwhile, only 1.6 percent self-identified as "agnostic or atheist."
But you'd better not get that 1.6 percent angry. To paraphrase Dr David Banner, who was always a moment's notice away from transforming into the dangerous Incredible Hulk, "you wouldn't like them when they're angry."
As reported by the fearless Raven Clabough at The New American ("the essential news source for freedom-loving Americans"), in a piece entitled "Atheists Continue War On Chrismas"...
"Last Christmas, the American Atheists targeted the Christmas holiday in a billboard just outside of the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, New Jersey. The $20,000 billboard depicted the Nativity scene and read, "You KNOW it's a Myth. This season, celebrate reason."
My gosh, is there anything these people won't do?
Did you also know that Weekhawken, New Jersey is where Aaron Burr shot to death
America's economic Godfather, Alexander Hamilton, during a duel in 1804?
Picking that spot to put up their billboard... that's suspiciously
anti-American of those atheists, if you ask me.
Obama vs Jesus
Then, there are our friends at
The Media Research Center (MRC), fresh off their expose of Ms Piggy's
penchant for speaking Chinese and easy articulation of Trotskyism. Their
"news" arm, CNSNews.com (see they even make it clear they're news in
their name!), has found that the Christmas Tree in the Washington, DC
"pays homage to Obama and not Jesus."
That's right, The 63-foot Sierra White Fir on the Capitol Grounds has
an easily visible ornament that says "I Love Obama" (with a heart sign
instead of the word "love," no less), but no ornament with either
"Christmas" or "Jesus" readily visible to a person standing near the
tree's base."
Obviously, this is an outrage on par with the
kidnapping of the Lindberg Baby or the divorce of Michaele and Tareq
Salahi. So I'm sure glad the fine folks of the MRC are out there
questioning everyone from the office of the Architect of the Capitol to
the US Forest Service office in Tuolumne County, California (they sent
the tree and ornaments to Washington) to right this injustice.)
Of
course, we all know what this is really about. It is the same culture
of paranoia and resentment that is motivating the Tea Party, allows Rick
Perry to actually speak in public and leads a bunch of whites guys to
wave around guns on TV while talking about potential attacks on their
person like it's imminent, as opposed to statistically aberrant for
people with their, um, "financial resources."
What this is about
is that the Hispanic population is growing rapidly in the US. Regular
church attendance is on the decline. And at some point in the
not-too-distant future, white, Christian men will be a minority in this
country. And we can't have that.
In the meantime, I'm going to
enjoy the rich traditions and varied cultural heritage that not only is
my family, but this country. And this week I'll enjoy a special day, as I
do every year, watching the smiles on my kids' faces as they open
presents around our Christmas tree and join in songs with their family
members. But they'll also be getting Hanukkah presents this week. And I
might even finish that article I'm reading on the Arjuna before The New
Year.
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