The Real War on Christmas ... by Fox News

[GirlinContempt]

http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2011/12/15/real-war-christmas-fox-news?page=show


"Each Advent in recent years, around the time when those prefab, do-it-yourself gingerbread house kits appear on supermarket shelves, Fox News launches its (allegedly) defensive campaign commonly known as the “War on Christmas.”

Fox News’ “war” is designed to criticize the “secularization” of our culture wrought by atheists, agnostics, liberals, leftists, progressives, and separation of church and state zealots— i.e. Democrats. This irreligious coalition force is allegedly waging a strategic offensive on Christmas, trying to banish the sacred symbols of the season, denying our religious heritage, and even undermining the spiritual rubrics upon which our great nation is built.

Fox News positions itself as the defender of the faith and all things sacred. And Bill O’Reilly fancies himself the “watchdog” of Christmas.

Fox News’ usual targets include shopping malls and stores that replace their “Merry Christmas” greetings with “Happy Holidays,” and state governments that no longer call their official "Christmas" trees by their rightful name, or municipalities that ban any depictions of, or references to, the Christmas season in public places. Those who are attacked defend themselves, often claim that they are really religious too, and the perennial war is on."


http://www.sojo.net/blogs/2011/12/15/real-war-christmas-fox-news?page=show

I suppose this is a "religious" thing, but this whole war on Christmas nonsense is given so much attention by some, I thought this was a really awesome picking apart of the whole Fox faux-outrage shenanigans.

[hlthe2b]

1. If stores and entities just stood up to Faux and stated this is a "manufactured controversy"

and not worthy of response, I'd bet some of that crap would end.

[GirlinContempt]

4. Probably

[Denninmi]

2. It's like a shell game.

Keep your eye on the shiny object, so you don't pay any attention to what is going on over that-a-way.

Same reason we hear about Kardashians and Biebers all of the time.

[Frustratedlady]

3. Bingo! We have to remember that and keep our eyes open. eom

[GirlinContempt]

5. I think it's more than that.

I think it's part of a consistent, concentrated effort to keep shifting dialogue and ideology further and further right, and to keep people who're winning feeling marginalized so they continue to help in this push. And it's working.