{"id":4640,"date":"2011-04-22T03:10:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T10:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2011-04-22T03:10:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T10:10:13","slug":"war-on-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/22\/war-on-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"War on Easter!"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are few things the Republican Ministry of Propaganda, aka Fox, will not do to distract their sheeple and stir up hatred for people how have the audacity not to follow the dictates of Republican Supply-side Jesus (not the real one) as hatred and lies.  The latest absurdity is the War on Easter!<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"11Hannity-tin\"Poor, poor Sean Hannity. He may be a multimillionaire<\/a> but as a white Christian, he faces terrible discrimination in America. It used to be just the War on Christmas. But now the forces of evil secular liberalism are threatening Easter – or at least Hannity would have you think so<\/strong>. And what better way to show off being a Christian than to use your victimhood as an excuse to attack people who disagree with you? Unfortunately, in this case, Hannity\u2019s examples of the Easter War had almost nothing to do with Easter<\/strong>, much less a war on it, and his Christianity-crusader guest was \u2013 well, I hate to say it but she seemed almost demonic. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure the folks at Fox searched high and low for proof that President Obama is somehow behind the War on Easter (don\u2019t forget those dastardly environmentally-friendly Easter Eggs!) or at least some high-profile liberal that Fox News loves to hate, such as Van Jones or a union member or even a Muslim. But, apparently, the best they could do was Lady Gaga (for her new song called, \u201cJudas\u201d) and Ricky Gervais who had the nerve to criticize Christians at this time of year. Surely, they could have found something \u201cbetter\u201d from Bill Maher! <\/p>\n

\"Fox_News_Nazi\"For some reason, the two guests were attorneys, rather than, say, religious experts<\/strong>. Arguing on behalf of the persecuted Christians was a woman named Jennifer Smetters, identified merely as a \u201ctrial attorney.\u201d Smetters has previously appeared on Fox News to make the bizarre argument<\/a> that Elena Kagan was not qualified to be on the Supreme Court because she lacked business experience. Smetters seemed just as cogent on the subject of the War on Easter.<\/p>\n

Not even Hannity seemed able to explain just how Easter is in danger<\/strong>. Instead, he complained about \u201cthe double standard as it relates to Christianity.\u201d Of course, if anyone should know about a double standard, it\u2019s Hannity\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <News Hounds<\/a>><\/p>\n

Now there are some liberals who can be a bit obnoxious about Christianity, but that\u2019s because they are evangelical about their atheist faith, and those few on the left who are intolerant to others\u2019 beliefs are equally wrong with the vast majority on the right who refuse to do so.<\/font><\/p>\n

A progressive Christian myself, I am not taking part in any war on Easter, but as an authentic Christian, I honor all the holidays that others hold sacred as well.<\/font><\/p>\n

Of course, this is nothing but a straw man.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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