kxm1234 t1_j1oqi9j wrote on December 26, 2022 at 4:03 AM

Reply to comment by PhillyPanda in Anywhere open for a meal today other than spots in Chinatown? by deathwish_ASR

I don’t celebrate Christmas. It’s not forcing anyone’s beliefs onto me that we all get a day off for fucking Christmas. Don’t tell me how I should feel about cultural beliefs being forced upon me. I know what having cultural beliefs shoved down my fucking throat feels like. It doesn’t feel like a day off.

PhillyPanda t1_j1ore85 wrote on December 26, 2022 at 4:11 AM

Should we make it illegal for restaurants and businesses to operate on Christian religious holidays? They do that in many countries but I was under the impression America was nonsecular. Times they are a changing

[deleted] t1_j1ouoyk wrote on December 26, 2022 at 4:44 AM

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PhillyPanda t1_j1ov2fn wrote on December 26, 2022 at 4:47 AM

Oh I 100% disagree. I’m very surprised that people want to combine church and state in that way bc that’s not where my personal beliefs fall. That’s disappointing to hear but I guess not surprising given recent views on abortions and what not. I hope we, as a country, never align with religion in that way. I think the Chinese community and the Jewish community having their own tradition is amazing. I hope diversity only encourages more. Happy holidays.

kxm1234 t1_j1ovsgn wrote on December 26, 2022 at 4:55 AM

It’s not combining church and state or destroying secularism to give people a fucking day off.

PhillyPanda t1_j1ow0s4 wrote on December 26, 2022 at 4:57 AM

You are if you’re saying it’s illegal to work today in the US bc it’s a Christian holiday

And holy crap, Tons of people work today. It’s not just restaurant workers.

No food, no travel, no hotels/hospitality, no people voluntarily driving Ubers or taxis, no hospital care or doctors, no ems, no fire departments, no nursing care attendants, no people running dialysis centers… I dunno sounds awful to me, all over a Christian holiday? Not into it.