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LadyHawkAZ

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33. Because the kind of people likely to get pissy about "Happy Holidays"

Reply to CoffeeCat (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 07:49 PM

Dec 2013

only acknowledge one religion- theirs- and that's all you are allowed to acknowledge.

Anything less is Satanic.

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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