WTF Stories of the Week

[Betty]

I can't tell if comments like this are real or trollish:

Comment: Very offended by the recent advertisement. How dare they suggest we celebrate what we want? This is a Christian nation.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I'd argue that there's a big difference between "this business cut a check to help a discriminatory law pass" and this:


I didn't have to go far to find this quote - clicked the first retailer and it was the 3rd one that caught my eye (because I'm a dirty Jew, no doubt.)

I found 3 tacitly anti semitic posts within about 30 seconds after I clicked ("The font used was suspiciously blue...").

[Alex]

Sure, I certainly feel more symptathy, empathy, and satisfaction in some of the issues than others. And I find many of their comments offensive.

But I still think the desire to limit gather together, identify, and then operate only within that circle of ideological security comes from the same place (we just disdain their view more than others).

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I'd argue that there's a big difference between "this business cut a check to help a discriminatory law pass" and this:


I didn't have to go far to find this quote - clicked the first retailer and it was the 3rd one that caught my eye (because I'm a dirty Jew, no doubt.)

If someone calls you Christian and you stop to point out you're Jewish is that being hateful?

In the comment you posted, I would guess the "very offensive" comment was aimed at the individual being told "Happy Holidays". That seems to set these people off.

[Ghoulish Delight]

"Was wished a Happy Hanukkah as I left the store. When I stopped and explained I was Christian, the lady at the counter told me 'Happy Holidays!' This was very offensive!"

I don't think I would have said Happy Holidays. I think I would have said, "That's okay, you're still allowed to be happy during Hanukkah, even if you're Christian." And not to be snide, it's just kinda my pat response, and it's pretty much what I think to myself when on the other end of that (being an atheist Jew who has just been wished a Merry Christmas). I wonder if this person's head would have exploded at that.

[Alex]

When people say "Happy Birthday" to me I don't respond "hey, I'm not the narcissist you obviously are to think that being born is somehow a special event and failure to die is worthy of note."

I got over that, and now I just take it in the spirit in which it was intended. This store employee obviously intended "Happy Hanukkah" to mean "we've marked you as a Jew and the clean up squad will be visiting your home this evening." So it was very important for the customer to clarify the situation.

[JWBear]

Extreme Christians have single-handedly been fighting The War On Christmas for a very long time. They even switched sides at one point! Link

[Moonliner]

And....

If these folks want to be so damn picky, Technically It's not Christmas or Hanukkah yet. "Happy Advent" would the the correct Christian greeting until Christmas eve.

[Alex]

You have to wait until 12/25 before you can express a desire that people be merry on 12/25?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Here's my favorite so far

Wow. Plenty of usages of the word "Gift", but not even a "Holiday", let alone Christmas. It's obvious that purchasing gifts is the only thing they want you to think about this Christmas.

Umm, you're at a retail store. No sh*t they want you to think about purchasing gifts. If you're walking into an American Eagle store hoping for spiritual enlightenment, I really think you've missed the point.