fandom and secret santa
13 Oct 2007 12:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
What
chopchica said here : one big word to it. (also some very brillant things in the comment).
Christmas isn't universal. Making it into X-mas or whatever kind of pseudo-OEcumenist version doesn't make it universal.
It just makes it more oppressive.
At least when it's Christmas the very Christian religion I don't feel excluded as a human being for not practicing it. It's just the different traditions that different religions have.
Secret Santa are a great idea. I had a lot of fun participating in the Snupin Santa last year, and it brightened my month of December considerably. But fandom is always thriving to be all inclusive and pretty tolerant. So don't people be surprised if sometimes people feel grouchy about that.
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Christmas isn't universal. Making it into X-mas or whatever kind of pseudo-OEcumenist version doesn't make it universal.
It just makes it more oppressive.
At least when it's Christmas the very Christian religion I don't feel excluded as a human being for not practicing it. It's just the different traditions that different religions have.
Secret Santa are a great idea. I had a lot of fun participating in the Snupin Santa last year, and it brightened my month of December considerably. But fandom is always thriving to be all inclusive and pretty tolerant. So don't people be surprised if sometimes people feel grouchy about that.
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Date: 13 October 2007 03:18 pm (UTC)The one thing that bothers me a great deal is that I feel it's dangerous to say anthing about my views. The bias against atheists and the anger and hatred against us in some corners of society scares me. It would just be so easy for us all to be wiped out if the country takes an even darker turn. It's not like such things haven't happened before!
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Date: 14 October 2007 08:47 pm (UTC)I'm sorry you feel like. I feel atheist should definitly have just as much right to their beliefs as anyone else. It's scary that it can not be the case in the US :(