As a Christian, "Happy Holidays" does not offend me ..

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I'm not too thrilled with wasps, either (the insect kind).

I don't believe they die immediately after stinging you, unlike bees.

I was stung multiple times by hornets when I was a kid... after a friend accidentally had rammed his bike into their nest. Damn things went after me, not him!

I once had a wasps' nest in the attic of a previous house. There would always be one or two of the little buggers buzzing around the house. Once I got the pest exterminator guy around, he looked in the attic and they were all swarming around in there. He said to do nothing... it was late in the year and the first frost would kill them stone dead. He also said to leave the nest there, they never come back to it.
The fascinating thing was that the wasps' nest was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I hate wasps, but I might forgive them a little for their engineering expertise.

Bees rule.

Mom, Dad, and I, were walking through the nearby woods. Dad ventured off the beaten path, and accidently stepped onto a ground bees' nest, and they chased the three of us about half of a mile...out of the woods, up the block we live on, and right to the door of our house. Angry bees were still loitering outside our door after we got through treating each other with the first aid in the safety of the house. Each of us got stung about ten times. Had to apply a lot of ointment to each other.

And these were just regular old 1960's American bees. Not even these new fangled "Africanized" "killer" bees (supposedly coming soon to a hive near you from south america) which are supposed to be way worse!

I thought it was just another way of saying someone has been easily taken in. It derives from chickens (cuck slang for cock) that are easily lead to slaughter.

Nope.

Why Angry White Men Love Calling People “Cucks”

And as an Atheist, "Merry Christmas" does not offend me. In fact, in "Happy Holidays" I see PC garbage run amok.

You see, I think what you posted is far more "divisive" than anything the so called Alt Right is saying. "Angry White Man" - code for any white man who is sick and tired of cultural marxist brainwashing.

I don't believe in Christianity, but if I know that you are Christian, I can sincerely wish you 'Merry Christmas', because it's not about me; my beliefs are irrelevant, except for the sincere wish that you may be happy.
I don't believe in Judaism, but if I know that you are Jewish, I can sincerely wish you 'Happy Hanukkah', because it's not about me; my beliefs are irrelevant, except for the sincere wish that you may be happy.
If I don't know you at all, I sincerely wish you 'Happy Holidays', because it's not about me; my beliefs are irrelevant, except for the sincere wish that you may be happy; between the beginning of November and the middle of January, 7 major religions of the world celebrate something on the order of 29 holidays, and mine aren't the only ones that count.
If you say to me, 'may the peace of Christ be with you', 'a'salaam alaikum', or 'blessed be', I will be grateful for your kindness, and respond in kind; again, it's not about me and my beliefs. However, here in the blindingly fluorescent Whiteness of the buckle of the Bible Belt in a tiny rural community nestled within a thicket of Confederate flags, it's unfortunately not uncommon for someone to aggressively spit a weaponized "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" at me with an overtly hostile sneer. I don't take offense (again; it really isn't about me), but it does deeply sadden me that some people can take something as beautiful and healing and inclusive as a blessing and pervert into something cruel cold and and divisive; a weapon to attack anyone who isn't just like themselves. How horrible it must be to be so terrified of anyone who isn't just like you to need to hide within a fortified pit of ignorance, greed, and hatred.
May they be free of suffering and know peace.

I agree with what you say. You could remind those people of the holidays true origins--that of an observance of the Winter Solstice. Where do "Christmas trees" come from? Not a whole lot of pine forests in the Middle East. It of course comes from the fact that most of the plants die during the Autumn months, so the people would take greenery into their homes to decorate during this period. The spread of the Roman Empire brought the tradition to Northern Europe where the best choice of greenery was evergreen trees.

Are you quite sure that you're defining you terms (like "cuck") correctly? Because for the rest of the world, if you introduce yourself as "Alt-Right", they will interpret that to mean "White supremacist" and/or "neo-Nazi". Not exactly a good way to make friends and influence people.

Alt-Right

And what is this "Marxist brainwashing" supposed to be? That liberty is for everyone, not just straight, white, red state men? Then call me brainwashed, because I have no problem with sharing the rights guaranteed to all American citizens with all American citizens.

No it isn't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuck

As you can see, "cuck" means "cuckold".

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism

"Cultural Marxism" isn't a real thing.

Karl Marx was an economist. You don't call conservatives "cultural capitalists" ... so why do you keep calling liberals "cultural Marxists"?

Rational wiki is not a valid source. Cultural Marxism is term used to describe the movement to pretend all cultures are equal from my understanding.

Do you have a better one?



What does that have to do with Marxism?

Marxism is all about why the industrial proletariat should rise up and seize the means of production from the bourgeoisie. What does that have to do with cultural relativism?