Quote of the day – Nina Totenberg edition
Sigh:
βI was at – forgive the expression – a Christmas party.βΒ 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 canβt 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 βHappy Holidaysβ or βSeasonβs Greetings.βΒ In fact, in these politically correct times where weβre not supposed to βoffendβ anyone with traditional holiday greetings, I feel a bit gloriously rebellious each time I say the words βMerry Christmasβ 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 werenβt in the least bit offended.Β I have even said to people who have wished me a Merry Christmas βthank youβ for not saying βHappy Holidays.β
When you bring this issue up to liberals, oftentimes they laugh and accuse you of being one of those conservatives who βtakes things too seriouslyβ and who should βlighten up in the spirit of the season.βΒ In response, I note that the βspirit of the seasonβ 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 wonβt budge β itβs Christmas, not βthe holidays.βΒ Of course, on the other hand, these same liberals who lecture conservatives about taking this issue too seriously would never admit that itβs 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 donβt go out of my way to βoffendβ people, and in fact if Iβm greeting someone who I know does not celebrate Christmas but instead observes another holiday tradition, I wonβt wish them a βMerry Christmas.β It would sort of be like a member of the liberalΒ black community who observed Kwanzaa wishing me a βHappy Kwanzaa.βΒ The only difference being that I wouldnβt 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 itβs βoffensiveβ to say Christmas.
Merry Christmas, yβall.