Comments On: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas by Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/04/jon-stewart-wins-the-war-on-the-war-on-christmas Comments On: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]> Posted by agony]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:05:09 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]> Posted by Sili]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:01:55 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]> full clip of that Santa Monica story, that blonde bimbo Steve Doocy gives the explanation thusly:

"The city of Santa Monica has decide... to end their 60-year Christmas tradition of setting up festivity scenes along Ocean Avenue, right there by the water. That's because last year, atheists took over a majority of the booths, and the city didn't want to have to referee any religious rumbles."

The other moron, Peter Johnson Jr (Fox's "legal analyst"), says it's the product of the "heckler's veto". In the three and a half minutes that they're discussing the story, neither one of shows enough respect for their viewers or integrity - "journalistic" or otherwise - to bother mentioning that it was actually the trashing of those atheist displays (presumably by Christians) that actually caused the problem, not the mere presence of said displays, as they're clearly implying.

The case has since been dismissed.
Posted by Knat]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:00:38 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]> Posted by SPG]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:35:55 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]>
Stewart is right to warn us of the danger posed by the aggressive, expansionist monster Christmas has become. Thanksgiving must be liberated and Halloween must be protected. Appeasement will not do! We must drive Christmas back to its lawful temporal borders to save the Holidays we hold dear.
Posted by I have always been... east coaster]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:08:00 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]>
Bill O'Reilly was trying to Gish Gallop that Atheist with his "Christianity is a not a Religion" BS. When you have to spend the segment arguing that the sky is blue you never get to state your own views.
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:59:09 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]>
As for the "War on Christmas?" What can you do?

1) Fox "News" needs to do something to rile up and piss off its viewers, and
2) Large groups of so-called christians, who are a majority in this country, nevertheless need to feel victimized.

One thing though... It's not the atheists who are warring on christmas, it's the Big, Free-Market, Capitalist Businesses that are. The evangelical republican's bestest friends, the multi-national corporations, are the ones who completely and utterly secularized christmas. Atheists weren't the ones who demanded christmas cards print "Happy Holidays!" The businesses did that all by themselves.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:37:34 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]> Posted by martarose]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:35:23 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]> Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:53:28 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Jon Stewart Wins the War On the War On Christmas]]> Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:52:04 -0800 The Stranger