Summary of talking points for those of you whose ears tend to catch on fire from listening to Fox News. Also some commentary of my own.
-The "PC Police" are "at it again" because the University of Missouri is talking about not scheduling tests and exams on Wiccan and Pagan holidays.There are precisely 8 holidays that are generally celebrated by Wiccans and Pagans. One of them (Samhain) is around the same time as Halloween, another (Yule) is in the ballpark of Christmas. This will be important later.
-The downside of "wiccanism" is that it's obviously a form of witchcraft, but the upside is that you get a ton of holidays. Catholicism and some protestant denominations would love to disagree with you. Also, witchcraft is not a downside, and the word is
Wicca.-Tammy Bruce pops in to say that it's not about being elevated, it's that wiccans and pagans are being used to attack traditionalism, and that they should be angry about this. Because traditionalists have totally supported wiccans and pagans in becoming accepted by the community of the USA oh wait they haven't.
-The PC Police don't want people to say Merry Christmas to other people.They're really stuck on this meme, aren't they?
-You get 20 holidays if you're a wiccan, so clearly, that's the religion to pick.EIGHT. HOLIDAYS. If you had done a MODICUM of research, you would have found this. Full moons, while celebrated, don't count as holidays, and for that matter, they're celebrated at
NIGHT. I'm hoping, for your sake, that you got confused with the 20% of school holidays statistic, which I haven't verified yet.
-"I can't take any religion whose most sacred day is Halloween seriously at all."Samhain, which is pronounced "Sow-en", predates Halloween by at least a couple of centuries. And for the record, it was also a harvest festival. Many pagans probably celebrate both holidays.
-"How many wiccans can name every wiccan holiday?"Not me, but I'm still learning. How many Christians can name every Christian holiday?
-"There was a backlash against wiccans awhile ago, and I had to do a story, and they pretty much said that they were peaceful folk of the earth."Oh my god, a semblance of fair reporting?
-"I think every wiccan I've ever known was a compulsive Dungeons and Dragons player or is a middle-aged twiced divorce woman living in a rural area who works as a midwife."Nope.
-"And likes a lot of incense."Not this wiccan, but most do, yeah.
So basically, according to Fox News, Wiccans are either geeks or middle-aged women who can't keep a husband, they only chose their religion because of the "massive amount of holidays it has", and they should hate the "PC Police" for helping them gain equal rights.
In other words, Fox News is being Fox News.
