Why is it politically incorrect to say "happy holidays" in the USA?

[Yavin Shikanoko]

So, me being a Mexican from Mexico (lol) I'm struggling to understand why is it wrong for people to wish happy holidays in the USA.

I often see people getting offended for being wished happy holidays. I suppose for a country that big there are people who have different traditions either because of their religion or lack off to say the least, so I think saying happy holidays it's pretty nice because it takes into account everyone and nobody feels left out.

I know it's not only Unitedstatians, we also have a bunch of people here who do the same but they are a tiny voice compared to the USA where even news anchors join into the offended group.

So why is it?

[Not Big Surprise]

Tonepoet eredeti hozzászólása:

It is Christian backlash against other forms of political correctness. There have basically been attempts to diminish the importance of Christmas using the terms happy holidays instead.

Happy holidays is more secular than saying Merry Christmqas , and paints the picture that the other holidays likq kwanzaa or passover are just as important, when they are probably not.

acknowledging other holidays isn't the same as diminishing the importance of christmas

importance isn't a zero-sum game

[Tonepoet]

Not Big Surprise eredeti hozzászólása:

Tonepoet eredeti hozzászólása:

It is Christian backlash against other forms of political correctness. There have basically been attempts to diminish the importance of Christmas using the terms happy holidays instead.

Happy holidays is more secular than saying Merry Christmqas , and paints the picture that the other holidays likq kwanzaa or passover are just as important, when they are probably not.

acknowledging other holidays isn't the same as diminishing the importance of christmas

importance isn't a zero-sum game

First, I kind of have to disagree. Importance is a zero sum game. Noah Webster defines the term as having weight, consequence or bearing, and if you think of importance as being weighed on a scale, then the only way to achieve balance is to even out the weight so that both sides are no more and no less heavy. Also, if we think of importance as putting something over something else, as in determining which is more or less important, then if everything is equally important, then nothing at all is important. In the realm of importance, there are winners and losers, which sounds quite like a zero sum game to me.

Now sure, I get the point. The holidays can coexist and that's fine. However, the thread title is kind of about explaining why people feel this way rather than explain why it's actually okay, and even if we ignore the other competing holidays, people feel like Happy Holidays is an attempt to assassinate the Christmas by removing the Christ from it.

Truth be told though, the removal of Christ from Christmas kinda already happened. The gift exchange and Santa Claus did a better job of that than the terms Happy Holidays ever did, especially since the association between Santa Claus and his namesake Saint Nicholas is rather weak.

[Grendalcat]

1) Because people are looking for a reason to be offended.

2) Just ignore the holiday, and it isn't a problem.

[TRethehedgehog]

Uhhhh

As an American this is a new oddity and threat that further proves I could do a better job leading the 2nd civil war I mean taking control of government I mean running government after the people vote me in or whatever their customs are hehe

[TRethehedgehog]

But I never heard anyone get offended by “happy holidays”

I guess I don’t use Twitter enough (the only time I used Twitter was when my mom’s phone was unattended, so I signed into her account, told activision to fix their games, and then told her she actually got hacked)

[Stranger]

Happy Holidays is an attempt to assassinate the largest collection of human celebratory dates possible under one roof.

Similar to how Happy Christmas is literally an attempt to assassinate Christ. As well as Christmas, the last vestige of the pre-Christ Winter Solstice.

[talemore]

They pretend to have vacations and we pretend to have holidays

[wesnef]

Not Big Surprise eredeti hozzászólása:

Tonepoet eredeti hozzászólása:

It is Christian backlash against other forms of political correctness. There have basically been attempts to diminish the importance of Christmas using the terms happy holidays instead.

Happy holidays is more secular than saying Merry Christmqas , and paints the picture that the other holidays likq kwanzaa or passover are just as important, when they are probably not.

acknowledging other holidays isn't the same as diminishing the importance of christmas

importance isn't a zero-sum game

Especially when you think about how many Christian holidays were made to take over/replace pagan ones, so that it'd be easier to assimilate other cultures. Christmas = Winter Solstice celebration.

[El Mythical 23 k.s.c.]

"Why is it politically incorrect to say "happy holidays" in the USA?"

Its not. Only the tv people care because they are paid money to. Continue to live your life.

[White Knight]

I've been saying "Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings" for over twenty years now. That's simply because I had a lot of friends with different beliefs and it got annoying to sort it all out when sending them all cards in the mail.

It's an easy way to include everyone. Anyone who has a problem with that is a religious bigot and those people don't get cards from me.

[kilésengati]

White Knight eredeti hozzászólása:

I've been saying "Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings" for over twenty years now. That's simply because I had a lot of friends with different beliefs and it got annoying to sort it all out when sending them all cards in the mail.

It's an easy way to include everyone. Anyone who has a problem with that is a religious bigot and those people don't get cards from me.

To each their own, but...

"Season's Greetings" sounds straight up like something out of a dystopic novel where everyone has to have their heads shaven and must wear jump suits; where everything is barren and sterile, including the language. So depressing. :/

On the bright side, using "Merry Christmas" now makes me feel like that sledgehammer chick from the old Apple ad. :D

[UserNotFound]

As an observer from NOT USA, I think the current policies in place are to encourage single parent 'family', discarding religion (that is, Christian faith), social media culture that encourages cancel culture, masculinization of women, feminization of men, making everything about race/skin color/gender (whereas even the great MLK was a proponent of judging people by the content of their character).

People in the USA are so easily offended and triggered, nobody is allowed to express their own opinions without the fear of being canceled and hounded, is there no rights to express an honest opinion without being canceled for it?

I've always enjoyed it when I'm greeted by peeps with "Merry/Happy Christmas" (obviously during Christmas time), and in my neck of the woods, that phrase or greeting is still being used, not so in the USA from my understanding of it.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

UserNotFound eredeti hozzászólása:

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I've always enjoyed it when I'm greeted by peeps with "Merry/Happy Christmas" (obviously during Christmas time), and in my neck of the woods, that phrase or greeting is still being used, not so in the USA from my understanding of it.

So, YOU are one of the ones offended by others saying happy holidays instead. Got it.

[Good Night Owl]

The whole point of saying "happy holidays" is to avoid saying "Merry Christmas" to the wrong person. It's meant to be politically correct in the first place, so IDK what you're even talking about.

[Your_White_Knight]

Yavin Coyote eredeti hozzászólása:

Why is it politically incorrect to say "happy holidays" in the USA?

So, me being a Mexican from Mexico (lol) I'm struggling to understand why is it wrong for people to wish happy holidays in the USA.

I often see people getting offended for being wished happy holidays. I suppose for a country that big there are people who have different traditions either because of their religion or lack off to say the least, so I think saying happy holidays it's pretty nice because it takes into account everyone and nobody feels left out.

I know it's not only Unitedstatians, we also have a bunch of people here who do the same but they are a tiny voice compared to the USA where even news anchors join into the offended group.

So why is it?:marijaonlooker:

It's annoying and insulting... just another politically incorrect way of trying to destroy Christmas