Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
31 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Jacob Wohl: Jews should assimilate at put up Christmas lights (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2021 OP
I will not put up lights just to make some asshole happy LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #1
Screw that guy Docreed2003 Nov 2021 #2
I firmly believe every American should not commit felony telecommunications fraud. tanyev Nov 2021 #3
Wohl is Jewish. SMC22307 Nov 2021 #4
Self-loathing kapo. Celerity Nov 2021 #29
Lights and many other Christmas trappings have little to do with Christianity Klaralven Nov 2021 #5
Ah yes, that wonderful Holiday where Satan walks the earth... hunter Nov 2021 #6
What a genius -- The greatest prodigy since Wolfgang Amadumbass Blue Owl Nov 2021 #7
America is a melting pot; we have no state religion LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #8
That's so sad. Lunabell Nov 2021 #9
Same for atheists, I suppose? Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #10
Why isn't that criminal in prison? 2naSalit Nov 2021 #11
I think every American should be an atheist and not celebrate any religious holiday DavidDvorkin Nov 2021 #12
The Freedom Party strikes again. meadowlander Nov 2021 #13
It's harder to "live and let live" when... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #15
Ew ew ew. Has this country gone insane? Hekate Nov 2021 #14
But what if their Christian neighbors don't put up Christmas lights ? JI7 Nov 2021 #16
They HAVE to do it! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #19
WIll they go to hell if they don't put up the lights ? JI7 Nov 2021 #20
God will punish the USA unless he sees those lights! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #21
One word for this asshole: Converso Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 #17
And if they don't Jacob? gratuitous Nov 2021 #18
Hmmm.. had to look this up Deuxcents Nov 2021 #22
If they truly believed in their God, they wouldn't be so afraid lindysalsagal Nov 2021 #23
Holy shit. He might as well put the SS uniform on and get it over with. Initech Nov 2021 #24
fuck that guy Skittles Nov 2021 #25
They just want a Christian version of Sharia Law. eShirl Nov 2021 #26
Oh, fuck him. Solly Mack Nov 2021 #27
Fake? Piasladic Nov 2021 #28
What about the feats of strength and traditional airing of grievances? nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2021 #30
I'm a Christian but I don't put up Christmas lights Raine Nov 2021 #31

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)
2. Screw that guy
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:04 PM
Nov 2021

How about some real, fact based American traditionalism like banning Christmas celebrations all together? You know, like those good ole Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony???

tanyev

(49,297 posts)
3. I firmly believe every American should not commit felony telecommunications fraud.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:13 PM
Nov 2021

It’s called obeying the law.

P.S. Lots of Christians don’t even put up Christmas lights. That’s something a fascist theocracy would require.

hunter

(40,691 posts)
6. Ah yes, that wonderful Holiday where Satan walks the earth...
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:33 PM
Nov 2021

... deciding which Christian souls belong to him.

Of course Jacob Wohl wants to his master's work easier.



I grew up in a household where none of the adults agreed if, when, or how Christmas should be celebrated. It was always a time of intense religious warfare, a time when all the adults seemed to go insane.

Of my four grandparents only one believed in the white sort of television Christmas we thought all our neighbors were celebrating.

For all their talk about U.S. American "freedoms," freedom of and from religion especially, the fascist Christians sure do hate it.

DavidDvorkin

(20,589 posts)
12. I think every American should be an atheist and not celebrate any religious holiday
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:11 AM
Nov 2021

But I'm not holding my breath.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
15. It's harder to "live and let live" when...
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:18 AM
Nov 2021

... evangelical Christian leaders convince the gullible that the entire country will be punished by God, including them, unless EVERYONE submits to their cultural traditions.

Example: Pat Robertson attributing Hurricane Katrina to homosexuality.



No idea what compels this Wohl guy to act similarly.

JI7

(93,618 posts)
16. But what if their Christian neighbors don't put up Christmas lights ?
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:18 AM
Nov 2021

Then what happens ?

What if they prefer to buy toys for children from homes that are struggling financially ? What if they want to give those toys to all poor kids they come across, not just Christian ones ?

What if their neighbor is a Buddhist that puts up Christmas lights ? Do they assimilate by doing buddhist things also ?

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
21. God will punish the USA unless he sees those lights!
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:23 AM
Nov 2021

Last edited Fri Nov 5, 2021, 01:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Joking again!


Edit: Just found this article. Good grief.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/christian-cruelty-face-covid-19/610477/

A prominent church in Texas recently paid for a billboard to ask commuters: “Is the coronavirus a judgment from God?” But that’s not as bad as Ralph Drollinger, the Christian minister who leads a Bible study for members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, who answered the question in the affirmative. In a series of blog posts, he argued that the disease is “God’s consequential wrath on our nation,” warning that “whenever an individual or corporate group of individuals violate the inviolate precepts of God’s Word, he, she, they or the institution will suffer the respective consequences.” Robert Jeffress, another Christian minister close to Trump, echoed this idea by warning, “All natural disasters can ultimately be traced back to sin.” Their interpretation of recent events is not as uncommon as you might assume. One recent poll reports that some 44 percent of Americans say the pandemic is a “wake-up call” from God and “signs of coming judgment.”

Behind the Aegis

(56,108 posts)
17. One word for this asshole: Converso
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:19 AM
Nov 2021

OK, a few more words: what an absolute self-loathing POS. This is the type of person those on the right like to hold up as their "Jew friend". He is barely better than a Kapo and more like a Court Jew. He is what many want in a Jew, submissive.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
18. And if they don't Jacob?
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:19 AM
Nov 2021

Do you have a solution? An ultimate solution? Even a final one? Somehow I suspect you do.

Deuxcents

(26,931 posts)
22. Hmmm.. had to look this up
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:38 AM
Nov 2021

Another deplorable. There are just so many of them but they all make me sick.

lindysalsagal

(22,916 posts)
23. If they truly believed in their God, they wouldn't be so afraid
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 12:46 AM
Nov 2021

Their fear makes them violent.

Raine

(31,179 posts)
31. I'm a Christian but I don't put up Christmas lights
Fri Nov 5, 2021, 06:56 AM
Nov 2021

or any decorations on the outside my house because they would be stolen.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Jacob Wohl: Jews should a...