P.C. Holidays
December 18, 2018
Founders, Signers and Framers:
Dear Gentlemen:
The holiday season is upon us and thanks to your efforts we are all free to celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, Diwali or any other holiday we want in the manner of our own choosing. You had the foresight to seek limited government so as to not interfere with our religious beliefs and for us to have the liberty to express our ideas without pressure to limit our beliefs. This is apparent in your writings and quotes, some of which are listed below:
“Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.” —John Adams, in a letter to Benjamin Rush. 1812
“The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man: and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate.” —James Madison, 1785.
I am far from a religious man and government in my opinion has done a credible job in keeping away from this issue. Gentlemen, you know from my past writings I have tried to remain impartial to allow you and our readers to formulate their own opinions, but this is an issue which I can no longer maintain my impartiality. My problem is not with government but what happens when individuals and organized groups start infringing on my liberties and try to ruin the holidays. This is where your thoughts President Madison are very relevant:
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.”
–James Madison, Federalist 48, 1788
This year there seems to be an even bigger assault and more encroaching on Christmas traditions many of which have been called into question. I thought these few examples although not really religious it will give you an idea on how Political Correctness cannot only ruin a holiday but has become a problem in politics and society.
I am sure you Gentlemen are familiar with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, a Christmas tale which first appeared in a 1939 booklet written by Robert L. May. Well there is a group which wants to ban Rudolph because he was bullied, which he was. However, what these bright lights fail to realize is that in the tale Rudolph overcame this and ends up being a hero helping to save Christmas. So instead of turning it into a positive lesson they are making a major issue of it.
Next there is a song called “Baby it’s Cold Outside” which is considered a Christmas song although there is no mention of the Christmas in its’ lyrics. Groups are protesting this song as sexual harassment and have managed to have it removed from some stations’ air waves, thus infringing on the liberty of those who want to listen to the song, instead of the people offended by this song just changing the station.
Finally, and this is the best one, Jennifer Sinclair an elementary school principal near Omaha in her war on Christmas banned Candy Canes. Her reasoning was “Historically, the shape is a ‘J’ for Jesus.” Well here is my reasoning, if it is a “J” then it can’t be a candy cane, maybe a candy hook but I have never seen a “J” shaped cane. A friend of mine George Morris had a better idea for Ms. Sinclair. He suggested she be given a peppermint stick and be told that it is an “I” and that “I” stands for idiot.
Gentlemen, please forgive me for my rantings and ravings, because this time of year should be joyous, happy and free of petty nonsense. I wanted you all to be aware of where we are heading with this experiment which you created. To you our Founders, Signers and Framers whose wisdom far exceeds many of us, and enables me to say to all of you:
“MERRY CHRISTMAS, and most importantly a HAPPY and HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO ALL!”
Sincerely,
Andrew DeMarco
P.S. Gentlemen, about 5 years ago I wrote about P.C. Holidays for another blog and the link is below.
https://bobsrosyglow.com/?s=P.C.
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