I say that this country needs to return to its original operating of majority rule. Two or three people on this site should not have the power to censor all the others who use this site. If they CHOOSE to get offended, they can simply not use the site anymore. Often, when on Facebook, I read comments that I dislike because of their irrationality, their unfairness to the poster, or their name calling. But it is not my job nor responsibility to judge these people and I, unlike the leftists, truly believe each person is entitled to his/her opinion. What no person is entitled to is forcing his/her opinion on others. Today, in our weak, foolish, entitled society, saying you are offended is a power trip to force others to do as you want. I refuse to be part of that crap, so when a comment on FB contains language or views that I don't really like, I can, and do, just move on. It Isn't my job to correct their ignorance. It is my job to be wary of my own.

"If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart."

I have a neighbor, G*d love him! He is a nudist and just recently, he had to go to court over his habit of living bare! It seems that a woman, uninvited or anticipated, went to his house and he greeted her with a smile... nothing more. She filed a court document saying his nudity offended her. He won the case, you see the key was...she was not invited to his home.

A second group of women filed a court complaint. It seems they wanted to protest our President's leaked tape. They appeared on the courthouse sidewalk and took off their tops.... so, they were bare with the exception of their unique hats. Some men took notice of how round, flat, drooping, or perky the protesters seemed to be. Those women then filed a court claim that the men were inappropriate in their response. Case has not be adjudicated yet.

Now having set the tone.... a few people on OPP have sent a message to those who are well wishers of Christmas, saying it offends them. My question.... do they have a right to be offended? Should we be forced to take sensitivity training so we avoid any mention of religion? Any mention of a holiday? Should OPP become void of good cheer and well wishes? Or does that two or three people have a right to demand we Cease and Desist feeling happy and wanting to share the joy?

What say you?

I say, I'll be damned if I let anyone on this forum or in real life tell me I have to take my Christ out of my Christmas. Let me think a minute. Oh yeah, In 85, spent CHRISTMAS in Panama. 88, CHRISTMAS in South Korea. 90, Japan. Wait a minute not through. 04, CHRISTMAS in Iraq. 12, CHRISTMAS in Afghanistan. I know there's more, just can't remember right now. All those times away from FAMILY. So oh how I wish a little snowflake would say something to me about offending them by wishing them a Merry CHRISTMAS or a Happy New Year.

Seriously? People here have been offended by all of the Merry Christmasing going on here? You're kidding, right?
Do they have that right? Sure! But they also have the right, and ability not to click on this site. I'm sure there are many less friendly, less offensive sites they can click on, and have all of the cold, impersonal, friendless exchanges they want.
So, in the spirit of offending them, let me just give you a pre-emptive Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, Happy Independence Day, Happy any other day that offends these pathetic creatures!!

Oh! And another thing! I consider many here, including you as friends! Yes, FRIENDS!
There! I dropped the F bomb twice! Let's see how many are offended by that!

I'll see your and raise you

I say, I'll be damned if I let anyone on this forum or in real life tell me I have to take my Christ out of my Christmas. Let me think a minute. Oh yeah, In 85, spent CHRISTMAS in Panama. 88, CHRISTMAS in South Korea. 90, Japan. Wait a minute not through. 04, CHRISTMAS in Iraq. 12, CHRISTMAS in Afghanistan. I know there's more, just can't remember right now. All those times away from FAMILY. So oh how I wish a little snowflake would say something to me about offending them by wishing them a Merry CHRISTMAS or a Happy New Year.

Thank you. I found OPP somehow, and I couldn't pass on addressing some of the comments that I immediately saw . I joined in blink. You might want to check out 'I suppose Trump is a good man'. Someone posted a Photoshoped picture of trump playing golf in messy pants, so I whipped up (in 10 min) a picture of killary peeing her pants and letting it run down on a pile of skulls. We all know who those skulls belonged to in life.

Thank you for asking, Penny. Me say "bah! Humbug!". Scrooge being offended is of no consequence to me.

Do they have a 'right' to be offended? Of course they do. They can whip themselves into an offended frenzy any time they want to, there's no law says they can't, is there? In fact, watching them kick and scream like that is a source of ongoing entertainment to me. Do I have a 'right' to ignore their ignorance and continue with my celebration? Like the lady said, "you betcha!". Of course I do. I can enhance my enjoyment of Christmas until I faint from the ecstasy of it all. There's no law against that either, by the way. Just don't forget to revive me in time to open my presents on Christmas morning, OK?

Hmm. Forced sensitivity training that abridges my right to freedom of both religion and speech. At it's root, I suppose the question boils down to whether I would submit to such a regimen. Probably not. Not because I consider myself to be 'sensitive' enough already (many would disagree if I were to say that), but because I consider the proposition to be less than honorable. When advocating forced compliance, there are a couple of questions that come to mind. Firstly, who is doing the 'forcing' and how far will they go? Is this a ''government' thing or should the employer be burdened further? Should refusal be punished by fine? Imprisonment? Torture? Deadly force? Public execution? All of the above, in increments, perhaps? (Tickets, get your execution tickets here!) Secondly, by what authority is this 'enforcement' carried out? Under contemporary conditions, any claim to 'authority' would be invalid and any 'enforcement' based on this false authority would be a criminal act, up to and including murder, whether by government, employer or the guy down the street with the funny blue hairdo.

I say anyone offended by the "good cheer and well wishes" of Christmas should be the one to be "boiled with his own pudding" (Eew, gross. To think, Charles Dickens actually wrote that). They most certainly do not have any "right to demand we Cease and Desist", no matter how 'offended' they think they are. If my Christmas spirit violates their rights in some way, let them sue me and prove their grievance in open court. Until then, they can go pound sand, and hope I don't sue them for detracting from my right to my religious observance, including my God-given Christian right to wish peace and goodwill to the world on Jesus Christ's birthday. Including the ones who say it offends them. Actually, no, especially them, because they obviously need to 'lighten up' a ways, and they really get their little panties all knotted up when we're nice to them.

So that's my two cents worth from the 'peanut gallery'.

("Buried with a stake of holly through his heart"? Dang, Charlie, really? He's not a vampire! He's just wishing you a merry Christmas...)