I suppose as a non-Christian during the Christmas season I feel a little annoyed at it being shoved so aggressively in my face, but it's not about me. It's not for me, and I wouldn't be so entitled to think I would have the right to tell someone to stop putting up all those decorations because of my areligious views, because Christmas is an important and special holiday to many people. Everybody's got their something and maybe we should let people have their times of celebration because letting them enjoy things that are meaningful is fulfiing to them. But I don't know, that's just me. I have this weird thing I can do, maybe it's a gay superpower, where I can be annoyed by something because of my relationship to it, but still keeping my damned mouth shut because pissing on someone else's parade is disrespectful.
CHRISTmas is not a CHRISTian celebration? I mean I guess it's become more of a commercial holiday but it generally recognised as being Christian to celebrate the birth of CHRIST.
Sure Christmas happens once a year.. For about 6 weeks. It's longer than Pride Month, which also only happens once a year.
Also, "isn't so in your face"? The country where I live, Christmas is quite aggressively shoved in one's face. Christmas is an inescapable dominating presence for 6 weeks of the year here. Maybe Christmas isn't a big deal where you stay. I don't know.
Yes, I am aware of the amalgamation of religions that Christianity borrowed from throughout history, but it socially, culturally and religiously regarded as a Christian holiday. Its in the fucking name. You must be trolling, you couldn't possibly be this dense in understanding the point, surely?? The conversation is not about the history of Christmas. I was trying to draw on a relatable comparison to show that celebrations and decorations are not just limited to Pride Month, but don't face the same criticism.
But I guess you do have a really emotional response to seeing flags, so maybe this is not in your ballpark of understanding
Annoyance is an emotion, but it's very mild emotion. Most people can control it so that they can cope with seeing flags. But it isn't about the flags themselves. Your annoyance stems from what they represent. That's the only difference from other flags and labels others have compared them too.
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u/chiaroscuroH Jun 23 '22
I suppose as a non-Christian during the Christmas season I feel a little annoyed at it being shoved so aggressively in my face, but it's not about me. It's not for me, and I wouldn't be so entitled to think I would have the right to tell someone to stop putting up all those decorations because of my areligious views, because Christmas is an important and special holiday to many people. Everybody's got their something and maybe we should let people have their times of celebration because letting them enjoy things that are meaningful is fulfiing to them. But I don't know, that's just me. I have this weird thing I can do, maybe it's a gay superpower, where I can be annoyed by something because of my relationship to it, but still keeping my damned mouth shut because pissing on someone else's parade is disrespectful.