Post by Daniel on Apr 27, 2019 9:04:24 GMT -5
With Easter Sunday in the not-so-distant rearview mirror, it is worth noting that a few people in these United States still celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In 2017, Statista recorded that 81.3% of Americans commemorated this most holy holiday. Despite the obvious popularity of Easter, some political elites on the left seem reticent to name-it and claim-it. That is, there appears to be a fear of mentioning Easter as a Christian holiday celebrated by Christians.
Not Gracing the Lips of the Left
This naturally led to tongue-in-cheek tweets like this one from LN’s Jeff Charles, “Can anyone actually tell me what an ‘Easter Worshipper’ is? Do these people worship the holiday Easter? Are they going to start calling us ‘Christmas Worshippers’ in December?” Then Charles doubled down with: “What happens if a terrorist targets Jews during the same time period as Easter? Are we supposed to call them ‘Passover Worshippers’?”
There – it’s been said – the dreaded “C” word: Christian.
by Leesa K. Donner
Those pitching their tent on the left of the American political spectrum can’t seem to make themselves utter the “C” word. Many do verbal somersaults to avoid addressing, writing about, or publicly recognizing those who laud Easter. Are we on some sort of right-wing paranoid rant here? Well, let’s take a moment and see where the facts lead us.
Liberty Nation was first alerted to this odd assault on Christians by Patrick Hauf, who seems to be a rather savvy college student. Perhaps he isn’t the progenitor of this phenomenon, but that’s where we spotted it. Hauf astutely noticed Hillary Clinton’s tweet that referred to Christians as “Easter worshippers.”
Then he did a taste-test, comparing HRC and former President Obama’s tweets about Easter and how they referred to people in the aftermath of the synagogue terrorist attack in Pittsburgh and the horrific killing of Christians in Sri Lanka.
This naturally led to tongue-in-cheek tweets like this one from LN’s Jeff Charles, “Can anyone actually tell me what an ‘Easter Worshipper’ is? Do these people worship the holiday Easter? Are they going to start calling us ‘Christmas Worshippers’ in December?” Then Charles doubled down with: “What happens if a terrorist targets Jews during the same time period as Easter? Are we supposed to call them ‘Passover Worshippers’?”
Point taken, Mr. Charles. Why can’t these politicians find the temerity to say the word “Christian,” even though Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama both claim to be followers of Jesus?
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