Are you offended when someone wishes you the generic "happy holidays?" Newspaper poll

In Orlando, Florida:

54.7% Yes

45.3% No

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

How could anyone be offended when someone is wishing you something positive in the land of the free? I guess religious zealots have that broomstick way up the ole poopshoot. They just love being offended.

of December belongs to them.

:eyes:

These are the same Floridians who will elect Jeb Bush to the Senate in 2010. Count on it.

traditions, have so little for others'.

I've always believed that the "humility" so valued by Catholics for example, is a code word for tolerance; that is, we must know that we know not, so it's our godly responsibility not to judge.

i don't say anything anymore, i am disgusted with a state religion that requires nonChristians to perform their religious rituals, and required endure their public religious icons.

america is getting to be like an islamic republic.. prescribed religion under fear of punishment

i finally figured out why i couldn't keep a job in TN, i had a 'Free Tibet' bumper sticker.. i lost 4 jobs in a job slim area.. i took it off.

in a time where Peace and Harmony should be their priorities.

my parents used to send out Christmas cards which read "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays." It was perfectly acceptable, but that was before the so-called war on Christmas when it was the thought that counted.

I'll tell you from the inside, attending a new Protestant Church, the new priest was a little shocked because he had seen what the other churches were up to, and he said that his church really concentrated on the teachings of Christ.

who seem to live to find something which offends them. That's pretty pathetic.

Use the word "prayer" to mean "plea," and see what crops up.

Now, that felt better.

Happy Holidays everyone. :)

Equality is an insult to them.

Wasting space with right wingnut distraction issues seems to be the media's standard operating procedure these days.

of the kind of mentality that the paper has to deal with in the area. Some questions just remind me of how backward this place really is. But, they're still valid questions.

If you like your politics regressive to match your backwards mentality, Florida is the Promised Land.

Wow. I mean, wow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday#Etymology

:crazy:

mikey_the_rat

especially this time of year....

Typical hypocritical American asscarrots.

standing in front of a supermarket checkout, screaming at the checker, "Say Merry Christmas, Goddammit!"

When I first moved to Central Florida 20 years ago, I witnessed something similar while grocery shopping. A Spanish-speaking family were talking quietly among themselves, moving down the aisle making their purchases, when a southern-accented fella shouted at them, "Shut up with that sh*t, we speak English in this country!" Same backasswards mentality, different issue.

Just to tweak folks, I always press the Spanish button at the self checkout at my favorite supermarket. I speak Spanish, but it wouldn't matter...the machine works the same as it does in English.

I've had many comments, all negative, since I'm a 6' white guy with a beard. One time, the minder of the self check area came over, got in front of me, and just reset the machine to English. Didn't ask. Didn't say a word. So, I explained to her, in Spanish, that I did not speak English, and asked what she was doing. Then I reset the machine back to Spanish. She looked disgusted.

Try it, if you're familiar with the machine. You'll get some surprises from the other customers around you. It's as though they are offended to just be hearing Spanish.

"Say 'Happy Holidays' again, mother****er! Say 'Happy Holidays' one more more mother****ing time! I dare you! I double dare you!"

If anyone got in my face for wishing them Happy Holidays, I would wish them the following:

"May the rest of your life be as miserable as you are."

mikey_the_rat

I just fix them with the "I can't believe you just said that, you moron" stare, and say absolutely nothing at all. I can pretty much stare anyone down, and don't mind doing it.

:evilgrin:

Irony aside, the software let me vote "no" three times.

And counted each one.

Just sayin'...

amusedly,
Bright

The results are always meaningless. It's just a way to bring more readers to their site.