Again, it’s the holiday season, which means I have to put up with people who are offended by everything, especially when it comes to Christmas.
When I was young, we had a little saying: “Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words will never hurt you.” And as far as I understand, we stick to that saying.
Most people today have never heard that saying and maybe someone should educate them on some of the realities of life. If words hurt you, something is wrong with you.
Everyone is offended by something. I am offended by people who are offended by what I say, which doesn’t make any sense to me.
I don’t understand where people got this offensive disease. I wonder if there is a cure for this type of disease.
I was in the restaurant the other day and behind me, a person sneezed. Instinctively, I turned around and said, “God bless you.”
Of course, I wasn’t ready for the answer when the man told me, “I’m an atheist, don’t you dare use that word ‘God’ around me.”
I am a gentleman, otherwise I might have been tempted to say something like, “Well then God damn you.” Fortunately, I didn’t say any of that. I wonder if unspoken thoughts really matter along this line.
What puzzles me is why someone who does not believe in God is offended by the word “GOD”. The fact that he was offended by that word tells me that somewhere deep within him he believes there is a God. Otherwise, I would never have offended him.
If I were an atheist and someone told me “God bless you”, I would laugh because I don’t believe in God. Being offended by something you don’t believe in has to be the epitome of stupidity.
Another offensive phrase is “Merry Christmas.” I mentioned this to someone I was passing by at the store and he looked at me like a Scrooge and said, “Don’t you dare wish me a Merry Christmas.”
I would like to know why two words like “Merry Christmas” are offensive to someone.
As a fond of writing words, I like to research words and try to discover their original meaning. There is no way I have found the two words “Merry” and “Christmas” to have anything offensive to them. Those offended by those two words have a fireplace that does not smoke.
If these two words offend you, perhaps you should consider the fact that those words offend me. What offends one person makes no sense to another. This is America, so keep your offensive attitude to yourself.
Just the other day I was walking into a store and there was a lady behind me, so like a gentleman, I opened the door for her and said, “Ladies first.” It would be hard for me to understand how offensive those two words are.
The lady looked at me and said, “That’s the most sexist thing I’ve heard all day.”
I’ve been trying to figure out what’s sexist in those two words.
I am homophobic (whatever that means), racist or sexist. I don’t know if I am all these things at different times or what. I never know if I am one of them until someone tells me that I am.
There are Christmas songs that we can no longer put on the radio, movies that we can not see at Christmas, decorations that we can no longer put out of the house.
I recently heard that the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is offensive to some people. I’ve heard that for years and I can’t understand the offensive side of that song.
What is crazy to me is that those offended by that song are in complete agreement with some singer going on stage barely dressed, singing a song drenched in depravity with lustful lyrics that you can’t use in public.
Why is that okay and not sexist, but when I open a door for a lady and say, “Ladies first,” is that sexist?
Some people refer to this as the war on Christmas. If that’s true, I think those people are losing that war. No matter what others say or think, I will continue to celebrate Christmas, wish people “Merry Christmas” and say “God bless you” when someone sneezes and opens a door for the ladies.
If those things offend people, I am happy and delighted to continue doing them.
For years, there has been a war against Christmas, but it seems that Christmas comes every year at the same time. Isn’t that just amazing? No matter what people say or how offended they are by it, Christmas is still here.
I could think of quite a few things that would offend me. However, I have thick skin and a tender heart. My life does not depend on someone being offended.
One of my favorite verses in the Bible is in the book of Proverbs.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3: 5-6).
I refuse to let people who are offended by everything guide my way. My trust is not in man, but in “the Lord.”