Mon Dec 23, 2013, 01:44 PM
Demeter (85,373 posts)
My Fundie Aunt sends us greetingsTo All My Democrat Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2014, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other countries nor the only "America" in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishes. To My Republican Friends: Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! POOR AUNTIE, SHE TRIES. SHE'S GETTING UP THERE, YOU KNOW...
|
17 replies, 2233 views
![]() |
Author | Time | Post |
![]() |
Demeter | Dec 2013 | OP |
TeamPooka | Dec 2013 | #1 | |
Swede Atlanta | Dec 2013 | #2 | |
RedstDem | Dec 2013 | #3 | |
Demeter | Dec 2013 | #5 | |
Wounded Bear | Dec 2013 | #4 | |
Demeter | Dec 2013 | #6 | |
silverweb | Dec 2013 | #7 | |
seabeckind | Dec 2013 | #8 | |
maxsolomon | Dec 2013 | #9 | |
BarackTheVote | Dec 2013 | #15 | |
Kurovski | Dec 2013 | #10 | |
surrealAmerican | Dec 2013 | #11 | |
Tikki | Dec 2013 | #12 | |
kevinbgoode1 | Dec 2013 | #13 | |
deaniac21 | Dec 2013 | #14 | |
Iggo | Dec 2013 | #16 | |
onpatrol98 | Dec 2013 | #17 |
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 01:48 PM
TeamPooka (22,021 posts)
1. Tell her "Happy Holidays" from me.
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 01:49 PM
Swede Atlanta (3,596 posts)
2. Happy Holidays to her and for giving us a "grin"
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 01:51 PM
RedstDem (1,239 posts)
3. auntie Grizelda needs a lesson in grammar
To All My Democrat"ic" Friends:
|
Response to RedstDem (Reply #3)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 02:12 PM
Demeter (85,373 posts)
5. To the Tea Party?
The only grammar they know died 10 years ago...and is buried in the family plot.
|
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 01:52 PM
Wounded Bear (54,859 posts)
4. She obviously likes Democrats more than Republicans...
She spent so much more time and effort on their greeting.
![]() |
Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 02:13 PM
Demeter (85,373 posts)
6. 'cause we outnumber her
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 02:15 PM
silverweb (16,395 posts)
7. LOL
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Actually, that's kind of cute. It certainly describes my mindset when I express my wish to others to "Enjoy your holidays!"
Although my greeting is considerably less wordy, everything she expresses (without reference to political parties, of course) is implied. ![]() |
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 02:25 PM
seabeckind (1,957 posts)
8. Usual wingnut bullshit
She got it in one of those below the radar emails, then copy/pasted to you. Wingnuts aren't original.
Just google "To all my democrat friends." Probably thought it was one of those "how to piss off a liberal" things. |
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 02:31 PM
maxsolomon (29,546 posts)
9. as usual, conservatives strive for humor
but achieve petulance.
the "liberal" holiday greetings are surprisingly respectful, accurate, and inoffensive. |
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 03:00 PM
Kurovski (34,655 posts)
10. Yes, but what about her Republican friends who just happen to worship Satan?
![]() |
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 03:06 PM
surrealAmerican (11,113 posts)
11. That's not nearly as bad as I would have expected.
Apart from calling us "Democrat Friends" instead of "Democratic Friends", it's actually quite respectful.
|
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 03:12 PM
Tikki (14,306 posts)
12. Dear Auntie…Thank you for noticing I am environmentally conscious..
I would hope the Merry Christmas crowd is, also, environmentally conscious….So.
Tikki |
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 03:12 PM
kevinbgoode1 (153 posts)
13. Well, I'm a bit confused
Is New Year's a "religious" holiday? And yet she puts them in the same sentence to her Republican friends in the same greeting. I do hope this doesn't mean that by including Happy New Year with Merry Christmas, she doesn't get accused of being a collaborator in the "War on Christmas" by making this attempt to recognize any other holiday this month other than the right-wing-religiously-approved-fake-date-of-Jesus'-birth.
|
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 03:14 PM
deaniac21 (6,747 posts)
14. This has been going around teh interwebs for years.
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 03:34 PM
Iggo (46,293 posts)
16. Get it? It's funny!
![]() |
Response to Demeter (Original post)
Tue Dec 24, 2013, 01:41 PM
onpatrol98 (1,989 posts)
17. It's kind of funny...
It's kind of funny. Short sighted...but funny. It overlooks so much. It even overlooks the fact that many of her democratic friends would be content with...
Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! --------------------------- But, I guess it serves their purpose to lump everyone into a box. It give the unrealistic impression that they can throw the box away when they get tired of dealing with it. Oh well... |