Of the few hotels that were still operating, one of them had on its sign, "Let's keep the Christ in Christmas," or something similar to that. This greatly upset one of the comrades I had come to see, who felt it was exclusionary, perhaps even discriminatory, when displayed on a public accommodation. I said that I thought they should grant the Christians the justice of the statement, and, ah, 'turn the other cheek.'
That is not the spirit of what has come to be known as "liberalism," which used to mean "being ok with other people disagreeing with you." Today's Asheville Citizen-Times presents locals with a lecture from a retired superintendent from Vermont who has, like so very many before him, chosen to move South and then lecture us about how we need to change to be more like it is up North.
Naturally, the newspaper was delighted to publish the letter.
Opinion: Christmas season not about religion, but about pure and simple love[Really? Not at all about religion? -Grim]It is the time of the year that we are compelled to tell this wonderful story. In reality, the circumstances and conditions of this story are foreign to many of us. It is a story about poor people. It is a story about people of color. It is a story where might and wealth are on the opposite side. It is a story of Arabs. It is a story of Jews. It is a story of Phoenicians, at least that is what we are led to believe. It is a story where pieces and parts from separate Biblical writings are pulled together to give us a compelling version of what happened.Most know what story I am talking about. While it is a story that is embraced by the Christian faith, it might also be embraced by people of all faiths or people of no faith at all for it is a story of love.
That's enough to give you the flavor of the thing; you can read the rest if you want to, but you've probably read it before. The man was a career educator, which explains a great deal about the state of our society.
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"Educator". How I detest that term, so widely used by the nose in the air types to replace "teacher". It implies somehow molding a mind to a "correct", socially approved mold. Goes real well with the article Grim linked below.
Vermont used to be a real nice place, before all the "educated" from NYC and Boston moved up there.
The exact same social invasion happened , that you note happening in the south.
They seem to like to foul their nest and move on.
They make lots of talk about "environmentally sustainable" systems, but not so much about "socially sustainable" systems. Luckily for them they find other local societies to parasitize.
It is a story where pieces and parts from separate Biblical writings are pulled together to give me a narrative I can use to beat up on the people I don't like, would be a better way of putting it.
This greatly upset one of the comrades I had come to see, who felt it was exclusionary, perhaps even discriminatory, when displayed on a public accommodation.
The sign about keeping Christ in Christmas could be deemed exclusionary if the owners refused service to those who disagreed with the sign. I very much doubt this was the owners' intent. By contrast, consider the exclusionary act of some restaurant owners or food servers to refuse service to Republicans.
The owner of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington Va. told Sarah Huckabee Sanders, then Trump's press secretary, to leave the premises of the restaurant. Is there a relation between the restaurant's going out of business and its discriminatory practices toward Sarah Huckabee Sanders? :)
Some food servers in Washington DC restaurants have indicated that they will refuse to provide service to members of the Trump Administration. One got fired for that.
The lefties cry about their political opponents being "exclusionary" --even when there is no "exclusion" at all-- which even more damning considering that their side seems to practice "exclusion" as a matter of principle. Sounds like projection to me.
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