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Post by Leftylarry on Nov 6, 2015 13:15:25 GMT -5
Obama’s military command will prevent delivery of Christmas cards being sent from families to their servicemen loved ones overseas spokesmen for The Pentagon said today. The White House claims that traditional Christmas greetings wish will upset Muslims in host countries and will have to convicted and returned to the sender.
Per executive order,all overseas military mail will be monitored for references to Christmas, Jesus Christ, or pork products which are known to offend Muslims.
An Army Veteran who reached out to Fox News said Pentagon leadership is “hypersensitive to anyone who says they feel like their rights are being violated.”
“It’s extremely frustrating,” the soldier said. “The U.S. Military is living in fear of radical Muslims.”
The soldier, who asked not to be identified because he feared being disciplined or assaulted my Muslims, said many people are furious over the censorship
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“If soldiers cannot speak the name of God, let alone Christ, what are we fighting for?” he asked. “I’ve towed the company line for years but this has pushed me too far to sit quietly while personal liberties are trampled upon.”
The soldier said in recent months they have been reminded that they cannot proselytize and they cannot share their faith say anything nice about Jesus or Christianity.
“We are strongly discouraged from having any kind of Christian items on our desks or in our offices,” he said
Texas-based Liberty Institute sent a demand letter to the White House, insisting they immediately drop this policy which allows a generic greeting but disallows references to Christmas, which is officially recognized as a national holiday under federal law.
Liberty Institute’s Director of Litigation, Hyman Stratcher, responded in a statement, “Obama is once again engaging in unlawful religious discrimination. It is shameful that the military continues to censor religious speech in Christmas cards while allowing atheists,gays, and satanists to send porn,drugs,electronic cigarettes,or any other ungodly thing they want.”
Imam Al-Suq Akweer of the Islamic Friendship Coalition applauded the move as a step in the right direction in the quest for improved Islamic relations.
"Disbelievers are trying to draw Muslims away from the straight path".he said,"Christmas Day and associated celebrations are among the ''falsehoods'' for a Muslim to avoid.A Muslim is neither allowed to celebrate the Christmas Day nor is he allowed to congratulate them.Americans on Muslim soil must learn to abide by our customs to ensure peaceful relations.
The ban will go into effect December 1st.Military personnel will be given handbooks to explain what can and cannot be sent from home
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Post by bigapplebucky on Nov 6, 2015 13:36:42 GMT -5
Happy Holidays to all.
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Post by mudcannon on Nov 6, 2015 14:24:36 GMT -5
Is this from a right wing parody site? Hard to tell the difference between right wing humor and general paranoia.
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Post by Old Badger on Nov 6, 2015 15:50:37 GMT -5
Is this from a right wing parody site? Hard to tell the difference between right wing humor and general paranoia.
Close, mc: it was a left-wing parody site. LL believes every idiotic thing he reads on right-wing websites. In this case he was punked by pranksters making fun of Fox's annual War on Christmas telethon:
"On 5 November 2015, the TD Alliance, an offshoot of the satirical Facebook group Fox News The FB Page, published an article reporting that the Obama administration was preventing families from sending Christmas cards to U.S. military members serving overseas because the holiday "offends Muslims"...Neither Fox News The Facebook Page nor the web site TD Alliance has any affiliation with the Fox News cable channel. While neither site carries a disclaimer identifying them as a fake news site, both have a record of publishing false rumors, such as a story about Michelle Obama's portrait being placed on the $10 bill and an article about the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan being renamed the USS Obama.
"The above-referenced article is simply a piece of fiction, but many readers were still fooled into believing that the Obama administration had actually banned the sending of Christmas cards to military bases. This isn't the case: families can still send mail directly to their loved ones serving in the military, and while the "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program isn't as robust as it once was, Americans can still send holiday cards to U.S. military personnel through various Red Cross chapters." link
As usual, it took only a second to find out the truth with a simple search on "pentagon bans christmas cards" but LL never bothers to fact-check even the most obviously stupid stuff he reads online. Laziness makes one look silly, but some people never learn that lesson.
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Post by bigapplebucky on Nov 7, 2015 10:47:19 GMT -5
Is this from a right wing parody site? Hard to tell the difference between right wing humor and general paranoia. That's called Poe's law. A real test of Poe's law was Walker's call for a wall at the US - Canadian border. It really was hard to tell. Here's another one. Make a guess:  |
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Post by Old Badger on Nov 10, 2015 0:07:22 GMT -5
The real war on Christmas:
"Like everything connected to Christmas, this year’s “War on Christmas” freakout has arrived early. And it has taken the form of a red Starbucks cup. Never mind that stores across America are already playing Christmas carols. Forget that Wal-Mart started its holiday layaway plan in August, and Target rolled out the Christmas trees alongside Halloween decorations in September. And let’s pretend that radio stations across the country aren’t getting angry calls about Mariah Carey’s Christmas list hitting the airwaves the first week of October.
"Nope. The Christmas crusaders are certain that the War on Christmas is on yet again. It’s totally obvious because Starbucks is serving pumpkin spice lattes and caramel macchiatos in plain red cups this holiday season. (Oops. Did I say “holiday”?) Starbucks won’t feature tree ornaments or snowflakes or reindeer like it did on its old winter cups. So without pictures of snowmen or a nutcracker or wreaths, Starbucks must hate Jesus, and some evangelical Christians joined in an online assault on the coffee goliath this week. Because those totally said birth of Jesus, right?...
"I’m willing to concede that there is a war on Christmas. The real Christmas. If Christmas is about honoring the birth of an impoverished child to a homeless couple who must eventually flee a tyrant to keep their baby safe, then, yes, there is a war on Christmas. If Christmas is about peace, joy, generosity, thankfulness and goodwill among people, then yes, there is a war on Christmas. But this Starbucks frenzy is a faux war on a faux Christmas. But this Starbucks frenzy is a faux war on a faux Christmas.
"In a country where 15 million children sometimes don’t have enough to eat, how could any real Christian conclude that the color of coffee cups deserves their outrage? Only in honor of the faux Christmas. In a nation where 22 percent of our children live in poverty, why would any churchgoer care about a local shopping mall’s decision to go with “glacier” themed decorations this winter instead of red/green/Santa/trees? Only in honor of the faux Christmas. Across the globe, children are walking hundreds of miles to escape unspeakable violence, and red cups are supposed to command our attention and advocacy? Only in honor of the faux Christmas. The trappings of this country’s corporate Christmas are being shoved down our throats earlier every year. Faux Christmas creep is real. How about if we declare a war on that Christmas?" link
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Post by bigapplebucky on Nov 10, 2015 17:57:32 GMT -5
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Post by mudcannon on Nov 10, 2015 18:21:43 GMT -5
The Starbucks by my work has holly painted on all the windows. Damn them straight to hell for siding with the Christians.
Pagans forever!
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Post by bigapplebucky on Nov 10, 2015 20:47:34 GMT -5
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Post by mudcannon on Nov 14, 2015 1:00:05 GMT -5
Thing is, the Starbucks logo itself is actually a pagan goddess.
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Post by Old Badger on Nov 14, 2015 1:49:12 GMT -5
So, the WP went to The Catholic University of America in DC and asked one of its theology professors to rate on a scale of 1 (least) to 10 (most) various symbols connected with Christmas in terms of their Christian religious significance. Here are the results, which I've re-ordered from lowest to highest:
Snowflakes: 0 “It’s just a non-Christian symbol that is still festive."
Snowman: 1 "The only reason a snowman gets a “1” is because there’s a sense in which Christianity is all about raising up the human person, because everything in creation is elevated by the human image. So you could say . . . isn’t making a snowman just that?"
Gingerbread houses: 4 “It’s not a custom that you can immediately recognize as having a strong Christian connection.”
Holly and berries: 6 "Holly and other seasonal greenery, like wreaths, were originally linked to pagan winter solstice festivities but later took on Christian meanings: Prickly leaves symbolizing the crown of thorns Jesus wore during his crucifixion, berries the color of his blood."
Bows/wrapped gifts: 7 “There has always been a gift-giving element to Christmas, although the idea of many, many presents is a modern, commercialized twist."
Bells: 8 “Bells are always used in Catholic churches to alert the faithful to the presence of Christ — they’re used in Mass, and I suspect that the use of bells at Christmas was originally derived from the liturgy itself.”
Star: 8 “It is, of course, the star that leads the Magi, who are not Christian, they are not Jews, they’re just men of learning who follow a star...The star represents a kind of recognition that non-Christians might come to find the Messiah.”
Doves: 8 "Doves are strongly associated with the holy spirit, which of course is how Christ is divine — the union of the holy spirit with Mary’s humanity.”
Santa: 9 "The current-day Santa may be a semi-secularized character, but he derives from Saint Nicholas, an early church saint famous for giving gifts to children, and being the patron saint of children.”
Christmas trees: 9 "The idea of an evergreen festooned with decorations originated as a Bavarian church tradition, There’s nothing genuinely universal about it as a Christian symbol.”
Angels: 10 “It is at Christmas that we celebrate the angelic announcement of Christ being born, and so the angels are very much a Christian symbol.”
Nativity scenes: 10 "Its origins lie in the old French and German tradition of performances dramatizing Christ’s birth."
Red and green: 10 “Red in the church is always associated with Christ’s sacrifice — it’s always associated with the blood of Christ. As for green...it may not have a strong liturgical connection, but we certainly do associate it with Christmas trees.”
So, where does that leave this year's cup? “I like the cup! That’s a classy cup.” Also, being red and green, it scores 10, higher than Christmas trees, Santa, doves, stars, bells, bows, holly, gingerbread houses, snowmen, or snowflakes--and right up there with angels and nativity scenes. Go figure.
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Post by Old Badger on Nov 27, 2015 20:13:42 GMT -5
The 2015 War on Christmas kicked off officially at 5:00 pm ET here in Your Nation's Capital with the opening of the Zoolights display at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. It will continue through January 2, 2016.
Next up on December 3, from the National Park Service:
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