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She referred to the Defense Department wondering what kind of presents they were getting this year.
“I was at – forgive the expression – a Christmas party,” NPR reporter Nina Totenberg interjected on Inside Washington in the weekend’s oddest cautionary separation from a common description for a common event, seemingly embarrassed to invoke any religious terminology for Christmas.
Lots of people around the world are celebrating this holiday season. And they have for thousands of years before one of your long forgotten popes 1700 years ago decided to hogpile Jesus' birthday on top of the pre-existing traditional holiday.
It isn't all about you and it never has been. In the spirit of the season, please stow your phony outrage.
“I was at – forgive the expression – a Christmas party,” NPR reporter Nina Totenberg interjected on Inside Washington in the weekend’s oddest cautionary separation from a common description for a common event, seemingly embarrassed to invoke any religious terminology for Christmas.
Then again, maybe the "apology" was diplomatic lip service directed to her employer because she doesn't "personally" buy into the PC of her NPR employer.
I do that sort of thing all the time. It's a subtle method of flipping off a power over you.
These days, it hard for me to keep my middle finger down.
I think so. This isn't privately owned Trader Joe's. This is publicly funded, National Public Radio. They are APOLOGIZING for using the word, CHRISTMAS, as if it were a derogatory word or a word not allowed; i.e., censored. Face it. NPR is no longer a free media representing ALL the people. They support censorship. Public funding needs to be withdrawn.
Nina Totenberg is Jewish. Maybe that's what she was referring to.
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Season's Greetings!
