The War That Never Was
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The War That Never Was

There's no such thing as the War on Christmas

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The War That Never Was

Well, it's finally December and it's time for my favorite time of the year. No, I'm not talking about the holiday, whoops, I mean Christmas spirit, presents, and being with family. I mean it's time for the annual War on Christmas. Yup, that's right every year for one month Fox News and other right-wing talking heads talk about how Christmas is under attack, the decline of America because of it, and how Christians need to fight back against oppression. It's my favorite time of year.

We hear a lot about Political Correctness on the left. From safe spaces to getting their feelings hurt, calling liberals snowflakes because they can't handle the truth, blah blah blah you've heard it and I've heard it. To an extent, I agree with some of that rhetoric. I don't like liberal PC outrage. If you don't want someone speaking on your campus, just don't go to the event. If you can't handle criticism and opposing ideas then you shouldn't be on a college campus. Colleges are for the expression of free thought and are meant to challenge your preconceived notions. If you can't articulate a good enough argument against someone you disagree with, the answer isn't to stop them from talking.

Yes, I'm ok with Rush Limbaugh being on the air because I don't listen to him, I'm okay with neo-nazis rallying and marching in public spaces, it's the United States, and my favorite thing about this country is how much better we are at free speech than other countries across the globe. I don't agree with these people in any way, it's a slippery slope if you starting saying it's ok to say this, but not that.

With that being said, why doesn't the right-wing get called out for its PC outrage? The War on Christmas is a month long, safe space, crybaby fest, over conservatives hurt feelings about things they don't like. Fox News got mad at a fake holiday Festivus pole next to a nativity scene, conservatives were outraged about a red and green cup that didn't have Christmas on it, mad about people saying happy holidays, and countless other things that I don't have time for, but I'll let Jon Stewart explain.

How come these people aren't ridiculed for being politically correct? Why aren't they made fun of needing a safe space? More importantly, why do they not see their own hypocrisy? This is everything they hate about liberals. They constantly ridicule the left and tell them to get over it.

Here are some facts. Even though people claiming to be Christians have fallen, there are still 71% of the country that considers themselves Christian. Secondly, will you just walk out your door and look at all the Christmas lights? Pretty much every house is rapidly accelerating the process of climate change as we speak. There are Christmas tree farms everywhere, I mean come on, really? Christmas is under attack. It's Everywhere. It's on TV, in the streets, on the radio, when people knock on my door and sing crappy carols. Literally, you can't get away from Christmas if you tried.

There's no War on Christmas. This is all just one thing on a long list of the right-wing PC outrage machine. Happy holidays doesn't mean that nobody knows it's Christmas, and the sight of a Manora doesn't mean a field of Christmas trees were burned. Go back to your safe space my little snowflakes, it'll all be over come December 26th.


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