Explain to your children and grandchildren that genuine joy and freedom once flourished, and that it can do so again. Make 'em understand that nobody likes a whiner
When I was in high school, kids divided themselves into different cliques: jocks, nerds, pretty girls, preppies, hipsters, druggies, straights etc. Yet despite those differences, I was lucky enough to have classmates who mostly got along. The exception? The downheads. Kids for whom life was something to whine about incessantly. So incessantly all you wanted to do was avoid them like smallpox. So where are those kids today?
One place they are is Athens Texas, a little rural town about an hour and a half from Dallas. Seems some crazy Christian types in town had the unmitigated gall to put up a nativity scene across from the local Taco Bell, right in front of the local courthouse. Apparently such craziness has been occurring on an annual basis for thirty years without a single complaint — until now.
Now, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist group based out of Madison Wisconsin — that's right Wisconsin — claims someone in Athens who belongs to their group has his or her panties in a seasonal twist. The group's co-founder, Annie Laurie Gaylor, says that because the display is right in front of the courthous,e it makes it look like government is endorsing Christianity. "This excludes non-Christians and non-believers who are 17 percent of the U.S. population," Gaylor whines. "So it's necessary there should be changes."
So what changes does Atheist Annie want? Down goes the nativity scene and up goes a banner. What does the banner say? "At this season of the Winter Solstice, let reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth & superstition that hardens hearts & enslaves minds."
What should the banner say? "We are the whiners, same as we were in high school. We can't be happy unless we're making other people miserable. Christmas is our favorite time of year because it gives us the opportunity to make more people miserable than any other time of year. We fully expect the 83 percent of you who believe in G0d and religion to bend to our will, even as we insult you for embracing the kind of spiritual joy we'll never experience for a moment in our wretched little lives."
Where should they stick that banner? I'm betting everyone who reads this knows the answer to that question. And I'll bet they know that Atheist Annie and company have threatened legal action if they don't get their way. Natch. That's exactly what little whiners do when their whining gets exactly the kind of reception it's gotten ever since they were back in high school.
Know what? This country will never be a great nation again until the whiners are once again recognized for the pusillanimous little pip-squeaks they've always been. And I'm not singling out atheists. This country has tied itself up in knots trying to "accommodate" every little weasel who ever grew up with a chip on his or her shoulder, even as they never had the guts to stand on their own two feet and take life as it comes, win or lose. This is the "trophies for everyone" bunch who can't stand the idea that anyone might smarter, more athletic, better looking, nicer or richer than they are. The passive-aggressive twerps who wrap their contempt and intolerance for their fellow man in a mantle of phony self-righteousness and pseudo-intellectual superiority.
The walking on eggshells has gone on long enough. If you do nothing else this holiday season, make an effort to watch one of the old movies that celebrate Christmas. A couple of favorites of mine are "The Apartment" with Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine, and "A Christmas Carol" with Alistair Sim. But don't just watch them for watching sake. For those old enough, try to remember what life was like in this country before the insidious little termites whose only religion is Political Correctness, managed to eat away so much of what made this the greatest nation in the world. Explain to your children and grandchildren that genuine joy and freedom once flourished, and that it can do so again. Make 'em understand that nobody likes a whiner.
Except other whiners.
