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libodem

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11. You are right hrm

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 01:01 PM

Dec 2013

Bill O'Liely, likes to sit there, all fair and balanced, and create contrived controversy, for money and ratings.

There are no laws against making shit up and calling it news.

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Can someone explain to me why saying "Happy Holidays" means that you are Satanic? [View all] CoffeeCat Dec 2013 OP

Because if the Republican base isn't outraged, they might not vote. Scuba Dec 2013 #1

ha! So true... CoffeeCat Dec 2013 #4

Because FoxNews and others pushing this stuff make money off of it. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #2

You are right hrm libodem Dec 2013 #11

simple because then you are anti santa, anti saint nick loli phabay Dec 2013 #3

Because many of the 80% of Americans who identify as Christians.. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2013 #5

It's ignorance on the part of the outraged. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #6

People with a chip on their shoulder generally have a lot invested in keeping it there. KittyWampus Dec 2013 #7

Because the acronym is HH snooper2 Dec 2013 #8

Neonazis and the Aryan Brotherhood has another meaning for HH NuclearDem Dec 2013 #15

It's all part of divide and conquer. The_Commonist Dec 2013 #9

Why are you seriously asking this question when the answer is so in your face obvious? cali Dec 2013 #10

Hypersensitive souls seveneyes Dec 2013 #12

It's a plot by the corpses of Bing Crosby and Irving Berlin. onehandle Dec 2013 #13

Anyone who is offended by "Happy Holidays" is smallminded and petty. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #14

Without fake moral outrage, how else can you get working class White males to vote Yavin4 Dec 2013 #16

Because the TV tells you so. Orsino Dec 2013 #17

Only if you include a Hail Belzebub card which plays Hotel California backwords. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #18

"How can one group of people be so rankled to the point of vitriol about a greeting?" The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #19

Plus it's all season EC Dec 2013 #20

Happy Holidays emerged as a way for corporations to market Christmas.. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #21

Because this... Iggo Dec 2013 #22

It doesn't. Unless you're O'Reilly, Palin, or some other mentally deficient asswipe who ... 11 Bravo Dec 2013 #23

It's just another wedge topic Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #24

People that could not find anything to be outraged about Rex Dec 2013 #25

'Happy Holidays' has been around at least 50 years. louis-t Dec 2013 #26

Oh I am already going to hell, seriously nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #27

Because Satanists takes Holidays while good Christians work themselves to death Johonny Dec 2013 #28

they were always be people they get upset over Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #29

Because to the Fundies, TDale313 Dec 2013 #30

syadiloh yppah Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #31

As you've observed, it only becomes audible satanism when played back in reverse. n/t Alkene Dec 2013 #38

To quote a great scientist... PeaceNikki Dec 2013 #32

Because the kind of people likely to get pissy about "Happy Holidays" LadyHawkAZ Dec 2013 #33

It is abuse of the word "Holy" Coyotl Dec 2013 #34

They're idiots. nt TBF Dec 2013 #35

There is no rational explanation. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #36

I doesn't. Holiday comes from holy day for the dimwits who don't know. we can do it Dec 2013 #37