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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: More Holiday Political Correctness
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 18:41:01 -0500
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On 12/8/2024 6:14 PM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2024-12-08 21:29:54 +0000, moviePig said:
>> On 12/8/2024 2:52 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>> On 2024-12-08 1:13 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm sick of the libs scolding me for wishing people "Happy Honda Days"
>>>> because I could offend families that celebrate Toyotathon.
>>>>
>>>> What do the wokies expect me to say? Am I required to just wish 
>>>> everyone a
>>>> Happy Generic Winter Car Sale?
>>>
>>> Just wish people a Merry Christmas - unless you know for a fact they 
>>> don't celebrate Christmas - and be done with it. I'll bet the only 
>>> people you offend are the "progressives" who THINK *other* people 
>>> will be offended. Fuck the "progressives" and the horses they rode in 
>>> on!
>>
>> The issue would seem to be whether potential offense was purposely 
>> ignored.  E.g., blacks say "nigger" all the time, but *you* can't, 
>> simply because you *know* you can't.  So, Mrs. Goldstein won't be 
>> offended when your 5-year-old wishes her a "Merry Christmas", or even 
>> when *you* do if she thinks you're fresh off the boat...
> 
> Here in New Zealand, Santa and his elves (and presumably any other 
> person) have been told they have to wear seat belt on the parade 
> floats. :-\

Jesus.  Are those floats or hydrofoils?...