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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:01 PM
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I am an Athiest and a Progressive and I say Happy Holidays!
Let me also say to the evangelicals to get over yourselves - and please stop trying to shove your religious views in the political area.

It does NOT BELONG THERE.


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LeftNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:02 PM
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1. O'Reilly's fangs are out...watch yourself
Happy Holidays to you!!!
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:09 PM
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4. I wonder if that's where the christo-taliban newbies now posting
on this forum come from? the O'Really faction?
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:05 PM
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2. I'm dazed and confused and I say, "Have a nice day." ;)
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Locut0s Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:09 PM
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3. I'm Atheist and Progressive to and I say Merry Christmas, I just don't...
mean that in any religious sense. Personally I think the whole "Christmas" "Holidays" argument is silly. I too hate religious evangelicals trying to shove their religion down others thoughts. I hate it with a passion. But I've been celebrating Christmas since I was a kid, in a non religious way, and I'm not going to start saying Happy Holidays just cause the Religious right want to make an issue out of something that isn't one. There are a LOT more pressing issues out there now to be worried about this.
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tcfrogs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:13 PM
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6. Well said
I say "Merry Christmas" just because that's the way I was brought up, not to shove some values in someone's face.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:15 PM
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8. until this year, i've said both for all of my life ...
because the christo-taliban is making this NON-issue, a war of mass distraction, an eeeesssshuuuu - i'm ending the practice of 55 years of my (of saying both) and will be saying "happy holidays" instead -

when they decide to drop nonsense, i will go back to doing what we've always done in this culture for all my life - and say merry christmas and happy holidays, depending on the recipient of my message.
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sadinred Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:11 PM
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5. thank you! I've had it too.
Just today I said "Happy Holidays" and as told "no, not happy holidays! Merry Christmas!" so I wished this jerk a Happy Solstice.

It's making me hate this holiday. They have to meddle everywhere! Let me say what I want to say, and stop your stupid pissing and moaning.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:17 PM
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11. I like the idea of Happy Solstice - to me that makes all the sense in the
world anyway - because this IS the Winter Solstice after all, and it's why xmas is being celebrated at this time. they took the pagan holiday and tried to convert it to a religious thing.

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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:13 PM
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7. told rw brother last nite holiday means holy day. lol lol
knocked him on his butt. then he saw colbert and said that is where i got it. no i say, i looked it up a couple weeks ago, right there in dictionary, guess colbert had the same idea. he says, now the atheist will attack holiday. i laugh and laugh.... i say what do you mean, you guys are already attacking holiday. bah ha ahahha. those rw'ers are so easy to get
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MessiahRp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:16 PM
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9. As Colbert pointed out last night...
Holiday = Holy Day. So the RWers and Christian fundamentalists are being stupid.

Rp
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:16 PM
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10. I'm an atheist and I say Mewwy Cwishmash
Just like the really odd bell ringer outside my grocery store.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:19 PM
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12. LOL! n/t
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:25 PM
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13. Liberal Christian here...I wish you and yours a Happy Holiday!!
No kidding, don't flame me - I really wish you a Happy Holiday Season.
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 06:03 PM
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14. Here's a novel idea....
how bout we just say "peace to you and yours! but then again I guess that would upset the pro-war right also.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 06:05 PM
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15. I still say "Merry Christmas"....
...because anyone who thinks Christmas is still a religious holiday is fooling themselves......
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 06:22 PM
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16. I'm a Christian and I say "Happy holidays"
Because I would never assume that the person I'm talking to isn't a Hindu, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Wiccan, etc, or atheist.
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