I’m so tired of supposedly sane people, bowing to insanity and political correctness, by caving in to these insane, perpetually offended, professional complainers.
Check out the admittedly unscientific poll asking if anyone is offended by it. 92.6% said no and only 7.4% said yes, so of course they cave in to these few imbeciles.
‘Christmas Village’ but without the sign
By Marcia Gelbart and Stephen Jiwanmall
It began when word got to Managing Director Rich Negrin that some city workers and residents were offended by the giant “Christmas Village” sign erected on Dilworth Plaza’s northwest corner.
After all, there are a few Jewish and Muslim vendors among the nearly 50 wooden booths that make up Philadelphia’s version of the traditional German Christmas village, which officially opened here Thursday.
There was also a story that reached Negrin about a little Jewish girl walking with her father who asked, according to Negrin: “Dad, don’t we get a village?”
The upshot was the private organizer, Thomas Bauer, agreed with Negrin during the day on Tuesday to remove the word Christmas and replace it with Holiday.
But then Tuesday night, Bauer issued a statement that said the sign would be completely removed. The event will continue to be called “Christmas Village in Philadelphia.”
“People have to go to public buildings. They shouldn’t feel offended,” Bauer, president of German American Marketing Inc., said in the statement Tuesday night. “We want to stress that the name was not intended to upset anyone.”
Negrin confirmed Tuesday night that he had been told the sign would be taken down rather than have the site named “Holiday Village.”
But getting rid of the word Christmas left Negrin with more holiday woes Tuesday as new complaints reached the mayor’s office and stories about the Christmas Village controversy appeared on the Drudge Report, a website that aggregates news items from around the country.
“This is not about taking Christmas out of the holiday. It’s about being more inclusive,” Negrin told reporters outside the mayor’s office Tuesday afternoon, before the second change. “I expected some complaints. Sometimes you have to make tough choices.”
He added that the sign’s first change was not a move in the name of political correctness, but rather one of “common sense.”
Yeah, right. Whatever dude. Go sell it somewhere else because I’m not buying it for a nanosecond.
