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Hugabear

(10,340 posts) Sun Dec 25, 2011, 07:32 PM Dec 2011

My response to those who mock Kwanzaa as a "made-up holiday" [View all]

Never fails around this time of year. You hear people (usually racist right-wing Christians) mocking Kwanzaa as a "made-up" holiday trying to capitalize on the Christmas season.

My response: Made up? You mean like how Christmas is a made-up holiday? You know, how the early Christians decided to capitalize on the "pagan" winter solstice celebrations, even co-opting many of their symbols? After all, even if Jesus did exist, he most certainly was not born on December 25th. How exactly is Kwanzaa any less "made-up" than Christmas? I guess it's okay to make up holiday when it suits your interests, eh?

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My response to those who mock Kwanzaa as a "made-up holiday" [View all] Hugabear Dec 2011 OP

i agree. Every holiday is in essence 'made up'. It might be on a certain day ejpoeta Dec 2011 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #2

Indeed. It's all fabricated mythology, why single one out? Zhade Dec 2011 #3

It's all really a War on Festivus.. which is For the Rest of Us! nt Bigmack Dec 2011 #4

The War on Festivus does offend me ... Kennah Dec 2011 #5

Festivus is nothing compared to Chrimbus Tunkamerica Dec 2011 #17

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is also made up Kennah Dec 2011 #6

Is there a holiday that wasn't made up? tblue Dec 2011 #7

My mother always insisted Hanukkah was essentially made-up starroute Dec 2011 #8

your mother's basically right tishaLA Dec 2011 #14

Your mother was correct alcibiades_mystery Dec 2011 #23

It has the shorted history and the weakest provenance ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #9

One small correction izquierdista Dec 2011 #12

True, but there is a qualitative difference dmallind Dec 2011 #10

Give it a couple of hundred years and no one will be saying that. aikoaiko Dec 2011 #11

My personal observation is that it will be gone in another 20 years ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #13

My kids' elementary school used to include Kwanzaa songs in the holiday concert program Nye Bevan Dec 2011 #15

I understand why they say 'made up' The Straight Story Dec 2011 #16

Kwanzaa was created in 1966 DesertRat Dec 2011 #18

Ask Kwanzaa-bot REP Dec 2011 #19

Christmas as we know it was invented in the late 19th century alcibiades_mystery Dec 2011 #22

Easter is the important holiday anyway, enjoy your mid-winter feasting festival. Kurmudgeon Dec 2011 #20

...important to whom? REP Dec 2011 #21

To those who believe, whether you do or not. Kurmudgeon Jan 2012 #33

one is a celebration of solar and historic events and traditions getdown Dec 2011 #24

My response: "You're right. It is made-up." Dreamer Tatum Dec 2011 #25

All holidays are made up. Most religions are made up, hence holy-days follow that tradition. Lionessa Dec 2011 #26

Well, we celebrated Pastamas this year. MineralMan Dec 2011 #27

Institutionalized racism = anything not aligned with White privilege is fake. JackBeck Dec 2011 #28

When something associated with a minority is being critiqued, it is not automatically racism ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #29

A white person dismissing an entire subculture of a marginalized minority isn't a 'critique.' JackBeck Dec 2011 #31

But its not if I do it since I am African American... ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #32

It is made up, also it is valid as a holiday. Fact is I am older than Kwanza and Christmas Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #30