Quote of the day – Nina Totenberg edition

Sigh:

β€œI was at – forgive the expression – a Christmas party.β€œΒ  Liberal NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, on Inside Washington this weekend.

I wonder how often Ms. Totenberg has had to apologize for calling Christmas, well, Christmas during the course of her hip, chatty DC cocktail circuit conversations with liberal elites who turn their noses up at all things traditionally Christian?

I can’t imagine ever doing so.Β  In fact, I will NEVER apologize for calling Christmas Christmas.Β  I will never apologize for wishing someone a Merry Christmas instead of β€œHappy Holidays” or β€œSeason’s Greetings.”  In fact, in these politically correct times where we’re not supposed to β€œoffend” anyone with traditional holiday greetings, I feel a bit gloriously rebellious each time I say the words β€œMerry Christmas” to someone else. Β And you know what? Almost every time I say it, the person I said it to says it to me in turn, indicating they weren’t in the least bit offended.Β  I have even said to people who have wished me a Merry Christmas β€œthank you” for not saying β€œHappy Holidays.”

When you bring this issue up to liberals, oftentimes they laugh and accuse you of being one of those conservatives who β€œtakes things too seriously” and who should β€œlighten up in the spirit of the season.”  In response, I note that the β€œspirit of the season” is exactly why I and many others who share my viewpoint take the saying of the word Christmas so seriously.Β  Give liberals like Totenberg and other politically correct people in this country an inch on this issue and they will take a mile. Β Most conservatives know this, which is why they won’t budge – it’s Christmas, not β€œthe holidays.”  Of course, on the other hand, these same liberals who lecture conservatives about taking this issue too seriously would never admit that it’s liberals who did take the issue seriously enough to get politicos and businesses, etc, to “moderate” their “holiday greetings,” who put people like me and you in the position of feeling theyΒ  had to take a stand in favor of saying Merry Christmas versus Happy Holidays.

I don’t go out of my way to β€œoffend” people, and in fact if I’m greeting someone who I know does not celebrate Christmas but instead observes another holiday tradition, I won’t wish them a β€œMerry Christmas.” It would sort of be like a member of the liberalΒ black community who observed Kwanzaa wishing me a β€œHappy Kwanzaa.”  The only difference being that I wouldn’t get offended if they did so. Β I would just find it amusing, correct them, and move on.Β  Some people would get bent out of shape over it.Β  The only thing to get bent out of shape over, in my opinion, is any time a liberal suggests/implies that it’s β€œoffensive” to say Christmas.

Merry Christmas, y’all. :)

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