tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6259007385635369434..comments2024-03-28T21:36:56.285-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Anyone can playGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-45644219530851770102017-12-29T17:40:01.196-05:002017-12-29T17:40:01.196-05:00Well, everything happening today "coexists wi...Well, everything happening today "coexists with re-emerging white identity politics". <br /><br />So, Christina Maza's own article differs from the rhetoric of Nazi Germany, most notably because she doesn't call for genocide, but it coexists with re-emerging white identity politics ...<br /><br />No, really, that is the most notable difference, though there are a million others.<br /><br />Also: <i>But critics counter that Trump is promoting a version of the holidays that excludes members of other religions, and that his crusade to bring back Christmas is part of a larger attempt by the president to define America as a country for white Christians alone.</i><br /><br />So, black, Asian, Native American, Arabic, etc., Christians don't say "Merry Christmas"? Really?<br /><br />More to the point, does Maza advocate for a more religiously inclusive Ramadan?<br /><br />Christmas actually has the name "Christ" in it. It is explicitly a Christian holiday. I have no problem with people of other faiths having their own religious celebrations, or atheists and agnostics celebrating Festivus, or whatever. But Christmas is not a religiously inclusive holiday. This kind of attack seems anti-Christian.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-84278982536934853742017-12-29T12:51:10.523-05:002017-12-29T12:51:10.523-05:00Newsweek's redundant use of "that of"...<i>Newsweek's redundant use of "that of" with the possessive coexists with talk about intersectional appropriation.</i><br /><br />Even more so from Newsweek's use of "that of" with the contraction for "X is."<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-85758775722840090012017-12-29T10:38:43.058-05:002017-12-29T10:38:43.058-05:00Newsweek's redundant use of "that of"...Newsweek's redundant use of "that of" with the possessive coexists with talk about intersectional appropriation.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-40897408231273020582017-12-28T23:50:57.958-05:002017-12-28T23:50:57.958-05:00The thing that tells me the most about how far New...The thing that tells me the most about how far Newsweek has fallen, honestly, is the redundancy in the first clause. When you can't even afford hire headline writers who know better than to say "differs from that of X's", you've hit bottom.<br /><br />(Shaking head sadly....)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7298122465242779152017-12-28T22:53:29.472-05:002017-12-28T22:53:29.472-05:00I admit that I'm not fond of an aggressive ton...<i>I admit that I'm not fond of an aggressive tone to "Merry Christmas," however.</i><br /><br />I don't see it as any different, or any worse, than the knee jerk "thank you for your service," or "Hi, howarya."<br /><br />I also don't mind making a point of saying it to a Liberal or a Freedom from Religion Foundation person.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-22182275247879302472017-12-28T18:21:31.672-05:002017-12-28T18:21:31.672-05:00Well put. It's so esy to say that A sounds so ...Well put. It's so esy to say that A sounds so much like B, who is a known evil person. <br /><br />If you squint hard enough, anything looks like anything.<br /><br />I admit that I'm not fond of an aggressive tone to "Merry Christmas," however.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com