Monday, November 23, 2009

I Can No Longer Sit Back And Allow

WAR_XMAS
Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious Yuletidey fluids.

Begun, this War on Christmas has.

From the LA Times:

Gap's Christmas cheer makes a boycott backfire
The American Family Assn. attacked Gap for not using the word 'Christmas' in its advertising -- but in fact it does, and in a big way too.

The Mississippi-based American Family Assn. last week issued a fatwa against Gap Inc. -- the retailing giant whose brands include Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic -- calling for a "two-month boycott over the company's failure to use the word 'Christmas' in its advertising to Christmas shoppers."

The War on Christmas season has officially begun.

Gap "does not use the word 'Christmas' to avoid offending those who don't embrace its meaning," writes Buddy Smith, executive assistant to the president of the AFA, on the organization's website. "Christmas has historically been very good for commerce. But now Gap wants the commerce but no Christmas."

"I interpret Gap's decision as a warning sign to Christians to get out there and tell people about Jesus Christ," writes Smith.

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But here's the real question: Why attack Gap for not using the word "Christmas" in its advertising when in fact it does, and in a big way too?
Were I a speculating sort of person, I would speculate that it's because Donald Wildmon, his son Timmy, and the rest of the vicious inbred shit-kicking colporteurs at the American Family Association find perverting the teachings of Christ in order to extort nuisance, go-away money from corporations and terrorize contributions out of credulous hillbillies easier than, y'know, honest work.

But that would be mean.

And Mithras Claus doesn't leave libidinous liberal lasses and 20-year-old scotch under the Solstice trees of mean bloggers.

7 comments:

libhom said...

Now that I know that the Gap uses Christmas in a big way in its advertising, I'm shopping elsewhere. I'm so sick of people shoving religion in my face.

D. said...

Could be worse, bunky. Could be Puritans.

...Yeah, I thought so.

Everyone (of the holier-than-thou persuasion) wanted Savonarola to beat up on that other bunch of sinners...

Distributorcap said...

i believe the vile, racist, in-bred folks at the American Family Assoc got their start extorting money with the "Garbage Pail Kids". I remember when I was at CBS and they started calling us (relentlessly) about the cartoon GPK we had on the air

then there was the show (based on the movie) Dirty Dancing, then there was Married with Children.

if these assholes spent 1/10 the amount of time on helping the needy than they do being extortionists and hate mongers, the world would be so much better

but that is askin a lot from a bunch of palinites.

Anonymous said...

"Have some nog Mandrake...this will all be over soon...."

Roket said...

Evangelical Christians do not play well with others. It's the price they pay for being 'real' amurkans.

Punkster said...

OMG, these people are so gauche. EVERYBODY knows The War on Christmas isn't supposed to start until after Thanksgiving! They probably still have their white pants on, too (eyeroll). I guess they're getting an early start, what with the recession and all.

My Yankee Mouth said...

No one listens to poor Mithras...

But Mithras listens, and Mithras does what he is told...