3 ms·
This particular "weak man" argument was the basis for much criticism of Christian culture for a couple of years. When I see my neighborhood adorned in coroplas
by mikestew 6y ago
This particular "weak man" argument was the basis for much criticism of Christian culture for a couple of years.
When I see my neighborhood adorned in coroplast signs every year reminding me that "it's okay to say Merry Christmas", it becomes believable that someone will get butt-hurt about a Starbucks cup. Then again, perhaps the weak man argument here is of those that are against saying "merry xmas".
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- tim333 6y agoAs a Brit it seems a standard and odd thing that American businesses don't seem able to say "merry xmas" and have to make it happy holidays. I don't fully get why mentioning christmas is discriminatory when mentioning hanukkah or eid or Chinese new year isn't?
- throwaway894345 6y agoThe argument is that because Christians were so numerous, their culture needed to be policed to keep it from infringing on the hegemony that secular liberalism enjoyed. No significant number of religious minorities objected to "merry Christmas", but rather "it's offensive to religious minorities" was a false pretense employed by these "radical secularists" (or whatever we might call them) similar to how some (mostly white, probably anarchist) folks in America today are arguing that we need to abolish police for the sake of black Americans even though this opinion is fringe among black Americans.