Let me start off by wishing everyone a very safe and Merry Christmas!
Beyond Belief Media may have declared the War on Christmas in 2005. Michael Medved (conservative radio talk show host) coined the phrase and
gave it a definition back in 2001, which would not hold up today as the phrase and the WOC has taken on a new meaning. But who started what we know
today as the War on Christmas?
There have been many people in the past who have attacked and tried to secularize Christmas. Attacking Christmas is nothing new, but the "War On
Christmas" is. Most would think that groups like the ACLU, the AFA and the Americans United for Separation of Church and State would have
started the WOC, but that's just not true.
None have had the impact and made the WOC what it is today like that of FOX News Channel. That's right, who would have thought that
America's favorite right-winged dynamic duo Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity have produced more media coverage and publicized the WOT more than anyone
else, and they also started it.
O'Reilly and Hannity first started to speak about the WOC back in 2004 and later reignited the issue in late 2005. Their own television shows,
bickering and debates with the anti-Christmas crowd is the reason why there's a WOC. The WOC without them would simply be a few cases of liberal
groups trying to ban CHRISTmas in the whitehouse and promote Seperation of Church and State, hardly a war at all. They transformed a few battles of
attacking Christmas and escalated it to what we now as the "War on Christmas", which has no bounds. Wal-Mart, Target stores, schools and even mom
and pop shops are all getting a piece of the action cause everyone and their mother is jumping on the band wagon that FOX News Built.
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reply posted on 25-12-2005 @ 02:37 AM by SportyMB
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I totally agree with chebob
The "right-side" is doing nothing wrong in defending Christmas and all that comes with....baby jesus, Sanata Claus, national holiday, Rudolph, holiday sales, etc..etc...
Also, there are many people every year that are dead set on ruining Christmas for everyone else, but that's not the issue of debate here.
The issue of debate is "The right started the war on Christmas" not wether or not the "right" is justified in defending Christmas or if there are people out there trying to bury Christmas.....which seems to be what chebob is debating.
As stated in my prevous post, FOX News, Bill O'Reilly to be more specific started the War On Christmas by bringing so much attention to what would be small issues that would probably never make the spotlight on the 7'o-clock news. With the exception of the gag declaration of war put out by Beyond Belief Media, the "left side" has not even acknowledged that there is a War On Christmas, that's all coming from the right wingers.
Congressman John D. Dingell summed it all up with his version of Twas the week before Christmas that he recited on the floor of the US House of Representatives during the voting of House Resolution 579.
On Dec 6, 2005, 401 of Congress's 435 members voted in favor of House Resolution 579 which:
(1) recognizes the importance of the symbols and traditions of Christmas;
(2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas; and
(3) expresses support for the use of these symbols and traditions.
thomas.loc.gov... [type "579" in the Search Bill Text block]
401 out of 435, HR-579 was passed. So why is Mr. O'Reilly continuing to escalate this War On Christmas any further than it has already gone. As previously stated in my earlier post, the "right side" started the War On Christmas due to their publicizing of every little anti-Christmas statement that some scrooge has to say.
Mr. O'Reilly's show Factor and FOX News Channel have spread the idea to the anti-Christmas crowd that they can whine and cry everytime someone says Merry Christmas in a school or in city hall......The "right side" just can't let the issue drop, they drag it on and on and continue to bring attention to small cases and then next thing we know the ACLU is all over it...and then it's no longer a small, it's a pretty big deal. The "right" has created the very war they're trying to stop....the War On Christmas.
I totally agree with chebob
The "right-side" is doing nothing wrong in defending Christmas and all that comes with....baby jesus, Sanata Claus, national holiday, Rudolph, holiday sales, etc..etc...
Also, there are many people every year that are dead set on ruining Christmas for everyone else, but that's not the issue of debate here.
The issue of debate is "The right started the war on Christmas" not wether or not the "right" is justified in defending Christmas or if there are people out there trying to bury Christmas.....which seems to be what chebob is debating.
As stated in my prevous post, FOX News, Bill O'Reilly to be more specific started the War On Christmas by bringing so much attention to what would be small issues that would probably never make the spotlight on the 7'o-clock news. With the exception of the gag declaration of war put out by Beyond Belief Media, the "left side" has not even acknowledged that there is a War On Christmas, that's all coming from the right wingers.
Congressman John D. Dingell summed it all up with his version of Twas the week before Christmas that he recited on the floor of the US House of Representatives during the voting of House Resolution 579.
A fabrication straight from the mouth of O’Reilly
We can pretend that Christmas is under attack
Hold a vote to save it--- then pat ourselves on the back;
www.house.gov
On Dec 6, 2005, 401 of Congress's 435 members voted in favor of House Resolution 579 which:
(1) recognizes the importance of the symbols and traditions of Christmas;
(2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas; and
(3) expresses support for the use of these symbols and traditions.
thomas.loc.gov... [type "579" in the Search Bill Text block]
401 out of 435, HR-579 was passed. So why is Mr. O'Reilly continuing to escalate this War On Christmas any further than it has already gone. As previously stated in my earlier post, the "right side" started the War On Christmas due to their publicizing of every little anti-Christmas statement that some scrooge has to say.
Mr. O'Reilly's show Factor and FOX News Channel have spread the idea to the anti-Christmas crowd that they can whine and cry everytime someone says Merry Christmas in a school or in city hall......The "right side" just can't let the issue drop, they drag it on and on and continue to bring attention to small cases and then next thing we know the ACLU is all over it...and then it's no longer a small, it's a pretty big deal. The "right" has created the very war they're trying to stop....the War On Christmas.
), so I'll try and keep this short. 
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