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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:26 PM Original message |
"Attack on Christmas" question: Has anyone on DU actually had people |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. pro-Bush area? |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes there is a Repug at work obessed with it ,, in Wa State. |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Wow |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. This co-worker of mine , must watch O'Rieley uses all his talking |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. But do people watch O'Reilly? |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. Too true! |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Spatula City was NOT an original Limbaugh skit. |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I thought I was the only person on the planet |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
53. Doy! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes - 14 years ago. Just once |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. The gripe about using "X-mas" is a perennial. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'd never heard people complain before that |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. First time I remember hearing it was about 40 years ago |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. I live in much the same type of area .... |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. I live in Dallas, and haven't had anyone talk to me about it. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nope, never ever in real life |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Never. |
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USA_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. ATTACK ON X-MAS? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Teachers won't let elementary kids call it Christmas vacation |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That started about 10 years ago |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. How ludicrous |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. No freedom from religion |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Her point is still valid |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I think forcing christian prayers, denying Wiccan prayers, |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Where do your tax dollars go? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I wouldn't. |
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Aimah (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Most K-6 graders don't initiate those things. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
77. My Son's preschool is doing crafts for Kwanzaa, Han. & X-mas |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. That is what the Communists had done in the Soviet Union |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. This implies that Christianity is the preferred form of bullying |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. They Who? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:56 AM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Church of Selfishness?! |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Fair exchange |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. It's a talking point, *too* |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Maybe so... |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. I think you're missing one important distinction |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I'm not on their side |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. That would be perfectly fine except for one thing |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. Huh? |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. You do have a point. |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Well, it IS winter vacation. . .they don't get off just for Christmas. . . |
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Qibing Zero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Exactly |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nope, not outside of belittling people like Falwell and O'Lielly. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. The right is trying to convince their base that they *need* the |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. i havent heard anything. said something at thanksgiving table |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. ahhhh, pre-emptive sarcasm, wonderful |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not in my area but I am pretty isolated so dont go by me. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. My Faux News watching 85 year old Grandmother brought it up at T-gving. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am pissed that Fundy Christians got rid of Halloween |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm sure they will be mentioning it soon as the propaganda is being |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. I haven't and I live in the Bible belt, pro-bush area also. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's a completely PHONY issue |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. HO HO HO |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. totally fabricated |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. One person only. I unloaded on them. Told them that it was |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. I live in conservative, Christo-fascist West Michigan.... |
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frazzledmom (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nope.. This is nothing but a fabrication. |
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Aimah (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's actually an old issue. |
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Dem Agog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. I've heard people bitch about XMas |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes, I've overheard this in my small, red town. Not surprising. n/t |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. I'm hearing it on RW radio, as well |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:10 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I hate to say it but the only attack on Xmas |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. My point is, have you heard regular people actually talk about this? |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. YES - today at work. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
52. Nope |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
54. Yeah, and it was someone who should have known better. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
55. i had someone bring it up to me |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. The wrong-wingers can spare me the histrionics and crocodile tears over |
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Borgnine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
57. Yes. |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
58. Holiday decorations go up the day after Thanksgiving here |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. My wingnut relatives I visited over Thanksgiving brought it up. I |
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RareLubbockDem (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
64. believe it or not........ The sermon this morning |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:59 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Damn, I'd be finding a new church |
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RareLubbockDem (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Yep, that's what we're doing... |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. And this article was on the front page of our "liberal" local paper: |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
66. Not personally, yet. But check out this LTTE |
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RareLubbockDem (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:20 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. oh wow..... |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yup. |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
69. Very repub area here, but even the (completely RW) Richmond Times Dispatch |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
70. It's the fundy "Secular Humanist" card played for a wider audience. |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
71. Hammer, meet nail. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
72. Heard a fundie objecting to "happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Xmas." nt |
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