An early squirmish in the War On Christmas has erupted over an ornament sold by Hallmark; the ornament depicts a traditional Ugly Christmas Sweater with lines from "Deck the Halls" on it, but "Don we now our gay apparel" has been changed to "Don we now our FUN apparel." A few people rolled their eyes and complained on the company's
I'm seein' a fair bit of ridiculous faux outrage in all sides here, except actually from Hallmark, go figure. I mean, do Teh Gheys really think gay apparel was a reference to Wigstock? Or that changing the word is an expression of bigotry?
But I'm in awe of the idea that individuals criticizing a company is a hate crime. This takes the Corporations Are People idea to its logical conclusion, of course. Next step: stripping individuals of personhood. I'm confident that Texas will be in the forefront of this innovation.
everything's up to date in kansas city they've gone about as fur as they c'n go!
Priorities.
cf. Tyson Homosexual.
Oy. Also, "Gnomebama"?
It's Dok's fond nickname for the AFA.
I'm seein' a fair bit of ridiculous faux outrage in all sides here, except actually from Hallmark, go figure. I mean, do Teh Gheys really think gay apparel was a reference to Wigstock? Or that changing the word is an expression of bigotry?
But I'm in awe of the idea that individuals criticizing a company is a hate crime. This takes the Corporations Are People idea to its logical conclusion, of course. Next step: stripping individuals of personhood. I'm confident that Texas will be in the forefront of this innovation.
...I am starting a petition to change it to:
<strong>&quot;Don we now our TWINK apparel&rdquo; </strong>
Must be where Egg Romney buys her blouses...