/tags/dontbeadick/ Recent bookmarks tagged #dontbeadick Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:56 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/12/21/17117 Here’s the thing: If you’re using the holiday season to go out of your way to be an asshole to someone, believer or non-believer, you’re doing it wrong, and I wish you would stop. That’s not a war, it’s a slap fight and it’s embarrassing. As a non-believer, when someone says “Merry Christmas” to me, I say “Merry Christmas” back, because generally speaking I understand that what “Merry Christmas” means in this context is “I am offering you good will in a way I know how,” and I appreciate that sentiment. Left to my own devices, I use “Happy holidays” because I know a lot of people who aren’t Christians (or at least Christmas-centered) and that seems the best way to express my own good will; the vast majority of people get what I’m doing and appreciate that sentiment too.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #atheism #christmas #dontbeadick #holidays #war</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:57:18 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:20285 atheism christmas dontbeadick holidays war