When I first heard about the story concerning Christians' outrage at Starbucks for their plain red cups around Christmas, I honestly thought I was reading satire. As a matter of fact, I'm still wondering if that's the case, because I can't for the life of me understand the outrage.
Starbucks vice president Jeffrey Fields said that, with the red cups, the company "wanted to usher in the holidays with a purity of design that welcomes all of our stories."
Ex-pastor Joshua Feuerstein took exception to this, as he posted a video on his Facebook page, which has since gone viral, claiming Starbucks was removing "Christmas from their cups because they hate Jesus."
He then went on to encourage customers to tell Starbucks baristas their name was "Merry Christmas," so the employees waiting on them would write that on the cup.
I'm sorry, but this is beyond ridiculous and stupid. I know the folks at Fox News have made far-right Christians increasingly paranoid about a supposed war on Christmas, but seriously? All this over red cups at Starbucks?
What are Mr. Feuerstein and his ilk thinking right now?
"How dare Starbucks come at us with their plain red cups! What in the world are we going to put on top of our Christmas tree this year?!?"
or
"The song '12 Days of Christmas' just won't be the same anymore. 'On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Three French Hens, Two Starbucks Cups, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.'"
Let's get something straight here; while Christmas exists to supposedly celebrate the birth of Christ, he wasn't actually born on December 25th, and in this country, the holiday season has increasingly become more about capitalism. Joshua Feuerstein, Fox News, and company can claim all they want that liberals and atheists are taking "Christ" out of "Christmas" by telling people "Happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," calling Christmas trees holiday trees, or giving plain red cups to customers at Starbucks, but that's just denial talking. If anyone has taken "Christ" out of "Christmas," it's these right-wing fanatics prioritizing corporations over people, the rich over the poor, gun owners over victims of gun violence, discriminators over victims of discrimination, and hate over love.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/08/news/companies/starbucks-red-cups-controversy/
Starbucks vice president Jeffrey Fields said that, with the red cups, the company "wanted to usher in the holidays with a purity of design that welcomes all of our stories."
Ex-pastor Joshua Feuerstein took exception to this, as he posted a video on his Facebook page, which has since gone viral, claiming Starbucks was removing "Christmas from their cups because they hate Jesus."
He then went on to encourage customers to tell Starbucks baristas their name was "Merry Christmas," so the employees waiting on them would write that on the cup.
I'm sorry, but this is beyond ridiculous and stupid. I know the folks at Fox News have made far-right Christians increasingly paranoid about a supposed war on Christmas, but seriously? All this over red cups at Starbucks?
What are Mr. Feuerstein and his ilk thinking right now?
"How dare Starbucks come at us with their plain red cups! What in the world are we going to put on top of our Christmas tree this year?!?"
or
"The song '12 Days of Christmas' just won't be the same anymore. 'On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Three French Hens, Two Starbucks Cups, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.'"
Let's get something straight here; while Christmas exists to supposedly celebrate the birth of Christ, he wasn't actually born on December 25th, and in this country, the holiday season has increasingly become more about capitalism. Joshua Feuerstein, Fox News, and company can claim all they want that liberals and atheists are taking "Christ" out of "Christmas" by telling people "Happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," calling Christmas trees holiday trees, or giving plain red cups to customers at Starbucks, but that's just denial talking. If anyone has taken "Christ" out of "Christmas," it's these right-wing fanatics prioritizing corporations over people, the rich over the poor, gun owners over victims of gun violence, discriminators over victims of discrimination, and hate over love.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/08/news/companies/starbucks-red-cups-controversy/
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