We are losing the war on Christmas

Call_me_Ishmael · December 23, 2018, 12:56am

Water carriers.

LouC · December 23, 2018, 12:58am

Got to love it though, Here it is, 9 years later, and Right Wingers are still obsessing over 6 square inches of Andy Warhol’s Mao seen on one Obama White House ornament hung on one White House tree just one time.

Yet I am falsely accused of having Trump Derangement Syndrome.

LouC · December 23, 2018, 12:59am

Yes.

You are proudly carrying water for the Right Wing lunatic fringe!

LouC · December 23, 2018, 1:04am

We, who aren’t clueless, notice how you weren’t able to refute what I posted about what really took place with that ornament.

It is OK, you can try to deflect, we get it, we laugh.

CanadianJudo · December 23, 2018, 1:05am

You do know that Image of Mao was of him dressed up in Drag as an insult to him and his government right? its banned in China.

CanadianJudo · December 23, 2018, 1:05am

People go to jail in China for having copies of that image no joke.

Call_me_Ishmael · December 23, 2018, 1:08am

…but celebrated in this country.

LouC · December 23, 2018, 1:09am

Careful, or Ish might burn you with a “water carrier” reference comeback!

Call_me_Ishmael · December 23, 2018, 1:09am

And here they become friends with the Obamas.

Call_me_Ishmael · December 23, 2018, 1:11am

No need to refute. The fact is fact. Obama celebrated the birth of Jesus with a picture of a communist murderer.

LouC · December 23, 2018, 1:11am

Celebrated as “modern art”.

I know that understanding or appreciating modern art goes beyond the scope of what many Right Wingers can comprehend, but trust us, the celebrating of Warhol’s Mao images isn’t for what Mao did to people but what Warhol did to Mao.

LouC · December 23, 2018, 1:12am

He did no such thing.

That is a Right Wing fantasy fallacy.

Just admit it.

CanadianJudo · December 23, 2018, 1:17am

Yes because its mocking Mao.

Call_me_Ishmael · December 23, 2018, 1:30am

Oh you try so hard. Your insult is noted.
But Warhol is better known for pop art than “modern art”.
There may be experts here that can run circles around me in their knowledge of real modern art of Picasso, Cezanne, Kandinski…
But they won’t appreciate it more than I do.
A copy of Picasso’s Three Musicians (the one with the dog under the table) hangs in my office today…

Nice try.

If you want to see how real modern art would represent the kind of atrocities perpetrated upon a people by a murderer, take a look at Picasso’s Guernica. There is no man in drag in that picture.

Bodecea · December 23, 2018, 1:38am

Call_me_Ishmael:

Jezcoe:

Call_me_Ishmael:

Bodecea:

Call_me_Ishmael:

JayJay:

Smyrna:

Jezcoe:

Maybe this country would be a better place if we didn’t ignore our history and try to minimize the price that people paid in order to have a cozy myth.

History is just that…it’s history. Today is today and if you don’t like something from the past, don’t repeat it today. Give your best efforts and attempt to be profitable for all. You can go live in the past but I don’t have time. My time here is finite.

He’s not living in the past.

He’s dispelling the myth you believe that Christian culture fosters an environment of peace, love, and fair play for all.

America is not a Christian country. Remember?

Thus being a myth.

So then it cannot be a Christian country that perpetrated atrocities upon natives and enslaved Africans… as was suggested by your progressive liberal God hating colleagues earlier in this thread. Thanks for confirming that.

Wow.

Did you super miss the point

No. I just exposed the lies of the God haters.

Which god are we talking about now?

LucyLou · December 23, 2018, 1:45am

LouC:

Call_me_Ishmael:

PurpnGold:

How many people were arrested for saying Merry Christmas?

Those who have carried water for Obama and his lying AG seem to be content asking the same question you asked. But those who have been fired, demoted, admonished, and ridiculed for saying “Merry Christmas” might say that your question is misguided. One should not have to wait for arrests to realize that there is and has been a war on Christmas by the left.

Here is how Obama decorated the White House Christmas tree… celebrating the life of the leftist messiah, the murderer Mao Zedong.

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Mao's Great Leap Forward 'killed 45 million in four years' | The Independent | The Independent

OMG

Please don’t tell me you are still hanging onto that insane Right Wing lunacy?

You remind me of avergbear and his obsession with that ornament.

OK

One more time for you and for those people who are clueless as to what really transpired in the Obama White House!

There was no celebration of Mao in the Obama White House, that is and has been a perpetuating fact free lie from the Right Wing.

Was there ONE ornament placed upon ONE White House Christmas tree that had an approximate six square inch image of Mao on it?

Yes.

That year, 2009, for the White House Christmas Trees, multiple artists across the nation had been commissioned, earlier, to submit over 800 individually decorated ornaments. Ornamets that had previously hung in the White House but were being repurposed and showcasing American artistic talent from 60 different communities. Of which that is just one ornament, with the image of Mao.

As I said that image of Mao comprised about 6 square inches worth of space on one of hundreds of submitted ornaments. It was on an ornament that also had other images in decoupage similarly affixed to it.

About that “mini” image of Mao. If one had a clue they would know that the original image that is seen copied there on that ornament is from a famous set of Andy Warhol Mao prints that he did, on Mao, and that those prints had never been flattering to Mao as Andy had given Mao lipstick covered lips, rouged cheeks, and eye makeup. His images no doubt would have gotten him executed or sent to prison if he had been a Chinese artist and displayed them there in China. The Warhol Mao images are on display as part of their collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

So go ahead. Pretend there was some nefarious “deeper meaning” with that artists commissioned small ornament being on ONE White House Tree ONE time.

You might just look the fool to those of us in the know!

First Lady Michelle Obama began her White House Christmas planning with a very simple idea: to include as many people, in as many places, in as many ways as possible.

In 2009, Mrs. Obama asked 60 local community groups from around the nation to "Reflect, Rejoice, Renew," and redecorate 800 ornaments from previous White House administrations. The ornaments paid tribute to favorite local landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/michelle-obama-celebrates-with-the-american-people

The Great Christmas Ornament Scandal, Part 2

Great post, Lou!

Call_me_Ishmael · December 23, 2018, 1:49am

Bodecea:

Call_me_Ishmael:

Jezcoe:

Call_me_Ishmael:

Bodecea:

Call_me_Ishmael:

JayJay:

Smyrna:

Jezcoe:

Maybe this country would be a better place if we didn’t ignore our history and try to minimize the price that people paid in order to have a cozy myth.

History is just that…it’s history. Today is today and if you don’t like something from the past, don’t repeat it today. Give your best efforts and attempt to be profitable for all. You can go live in the past but I don’t have time. My time here is finite.

He’s not living in the past.

He’s dispelling the myth you believe that Christian culture fosters an environment of peace, love, and fair play for all.

America is not a Christian country. Remember?

Thus being a myth.

So then it cannot be a Christian country that perpetrated atrocities upon natives and enslaved Africans… as was suggested by your progressive liberal God hating colleagues earlier in this thread. Thanks for confirming that.

Wow.

Did you super miss the point

No. I just exposed the lies of the God haters.

Which god are we talking about now?

Oh… sorry. I understand your confusion. I am not referring to your Barack Obama. I should have made that clear.

Jezcoe · December 23, 2018, 2:35am

Call_me_Ishmael:

LouC:

Call_me_Ishmael:

CanadianJudo:

You do know that Image of Mao was of him dressed up in Drag as an insult to him and his government right? its banned in China.

…but celebrated in this country.

Celebrated as “modern art”.

I know that understanding or appreciating modern art goes beyond the scope of what many Right Wingers can comprehend, but trust us, the celebrating of Warhol’s Mao images isn’t for what Mao did to people but what Warhol did to Mao.

Oh you try so hard. Your insult is noted.
But Warhol is better known for pop art than “modern art”.
There may be experts here that can run circles around me in their knowledge of real modern art of Picasso, Cezanne, Kandinski…
But they won’t appreciate it more than I do.
A copy of Picasso’s Three Musicians (the one with the dog under the table) hangs in my office today…

Nice try.

If you want to see how real modern art would represent the kind of atrocities perpetrated upon a people by a murderer, take a look at Picasso’s Guernica. There is no man in drag in that picture.

If you want to get into the weeds, Warhol is contemporary art, not modern art.

Call_me_Ishmael · December 23, 2018, 2:42am

Tell @LouC.
Maybe he will think twice before he tries to insult others’ knowledge when he himself needs some education.

madasheck · December 23, 2018, 2:50am

LucyLou:

LouC:

Call_me_Ishmael:

PurpnGold:

How many people were arrested for saying Merry Christmas?

Those who have carried water for Obama and his lying AG seem to be content asking the same question you asked. But those who have been fired, demoted, admonished, and ridiculed for saying “Merry Christmas” might say that your question is misguided. One should not have to wait for arrests to realize that there is and has been a war on Christmas by the left.

Here is how Obama decorated the White House Christmas tree… celebrating the life of the leftist messiah, the murderer Mao Zedong.

122309_whitehouse.jpg1862×1048 280 KB

Mao's Great Leap Forward 'killed 45 million in four years' | The Independent | The Independent

OMG

Please don’t tell me you are still hanging onto that insane Right Wing lunacy?

You remind me of avergbear and his obsession with that ornament.

OK

One more time for you and for those people who are clueless as to what really transpired in the Obama White House!

There was no celebration of Mao in the Obama White House, that is and has been a perpetuating fact free lie from the Right Wing.

Was there ONE ornament placed upon ONE White House Christmas tree that had an approximate six square inch image of Mao on it?

Yes.

That year, 2009, for the White House Christmas Trees, multiple artists across the nation had been commissioned, earlier, to submit over 800 individually decorated ornaments. Ornamets that had previously hung in the White House but were being repurposed and showcasing American artistic talent from 60 different communities. Of which that is just one ornament, with the image of Mao.

As I said that image of Mao comprised about 6 square inches worth of space on one of hundreds of submitted ornaments. It was on an ornament that also had other images in decoupage similarly affixed to it.

About that “mini” image of Mao. If one had a clue they would know that the original image that is seen copied there on that ornament is from a famous set of Andy Warhol Mao prints that he did, on Mao, and that those prints had never been flattering to Mao as Andy had given Mao lipstick covered lips, rouged cheeks, and eye makeup. His images no doubt would have gotten him executed or sent to prison if he had been a Chinese artist and displayed them there in China. The Warhol Mao images are on display as part of their collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

So go ahead. Pretend there was some nefarious “deeper meaning” with that artists commissioned small ornament being on ONE White House Tree ONE time.

You might just look the fool to those of us in the know!

First Lady Michelle Obama began her White House Christmas planning with a very simple idea: to include as many people, in as many places, in as many ways as possible.

In 2009, Mrs. Obama asked 60 local community groups from around the nation to "Reflect, Rejoice, Renew," and redecorate 800 ornaments from previous White House administrations. The ornaments paid tribute to favorite local landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/michelle-obama-celebrates-with-the-american-people

The Great Christmas Ornament Scandal, Part 2

Great post, Lou!

Second that.