lmorchard - Pebbling Club 🐧🪨

Reminder: Tis the Season Not to Be an Ass – Whatever

whatever.scalzi.com
2011-12-22T03:57:18.000Z
christmas holidays atheism war dontbeadick imported:pinboard

Notes

Here’s the thing: If you’re using the holiday season to go out of your way to be an asshole to someone, believer or non-believer, you’re doing it wrong, and I wish you would stop. That’s not a war, it’s a slap fight and it’s embarrassing. As a non-believer, when someone says “Merry Christmas” to me, I say “Merry Christmas” back, because generally speaking I understand that what “Merry Christmas” means in this context is “I am offering you good will in a way I know how,” and I appreciate that sentiment. Left to my own devices, I use “Happy holidays” because I know a lot of people who aren’t Christians (or at least Christmas-centered) and that seems the best way to express my own good will; the vast majority of people get what I’m doing and appreciate that sentiment too.

Feed

Embed

Unfurl

{ "author": "John Scalzi", "date": "2011-12-21T17:15:52.000Z", "description": "Question from e-mail: Any thoughts on the current state of the War on Christmas™? I think it’s about as silly as it ever was, considering that Christmas has conquered December, occupied Novem…", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-whateverfavicon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1", "logo": "https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-whateverfavicon.jpg?fit=192%2C192&ssl=1", "publisher": "Whatever", "title": "Reminder: Tis the Season Not to Be an Ass", "url": "https://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/12/21/17117/", "feed": "https://whatever.scalzi.com/feed/", "iframe": "<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hDcWQN1e7m\"><a href=\"https://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/12/21/17117/\">Reminder: Tis the Season Not to Be an Ass</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/12/21/17117/embed/#?secret=hDcWQN1e7m\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"“Reminder: Tis the Season Not to Be an Ass” — Whatever\" data-secret=\"hDcWQN1e7m\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">\n/* <![CDATA[ */\n/*! This file is auto-generated */\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n/* ]]> */\n</script>\n", "lang": "en", "failed": true, "failedAt": 1728194985517, "failedError": "TimeoutError: Promise timed out after 10000 milliseconds", "expires": 1728364928146, "status": 200, "bodyLength": 376477, "duration": 7499 }

0 - 50 of 1 items

10 25 50 100 250