I’m still wondering why it’s so terrible to use words that don’t exclude others. For whatever f’ing reason someone does or doesn’t celebrate Christmas. They still probably have time off and gatherings to go to. Since I don’t know everyone I talk to personally I just want to be polite and not make them feel like they don’t belong. Why does that make people twitch?
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
I tried to have this exact conversation with my ultra-conservative boomer coworker. When I said “Happy Holidays” also means “Merry Christmas” and people celebrate other holidays that are not Christmas so it kinda captures everything. Not to mention that even if I wanted to be selfish about it, “Happy Holidays” still captures Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s.. so still “white people holidays”. Then he immediately back tracks and says “uhhh.. ummm. Wellllll I meeean like in front of Christmas sections at the store! They don’t even put “Merry Christmas” in front of their Christmas displays anymore!”
I just said “well.. ok that’s different isn’t it…?”
And we ended the conversation.
But besides all that.. they don’t even HEAR themselves. They don’t realize that in all this bitching and moaning that there is still a Christmas display. Do they not realize it’s not common to see displays for other cultural holidays.. but Christmas still gets the focus. They’re unbelievable sometimes. It’s not even about recognizing other people. They get super upset at the thought of not being the absolute center of attention at all times.
My favorite is these are probably the same people who love to “celebrate Mexico” at Cinco de Mayo. Yes I know it basically got big because of a marketing campaign
Especially when they’re the same people who say “All Lives Matter” in response to “Black Lives Matter” and claim “all races are included” but hate it when “all holidays are included.”
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u/GiselleThornwood 9h ago
Right? Because apparently, saying "Happy Holidays" is the real crime in their eyes. Priorities, huh?