Wiccans claim Halloween is "bigotry"

[wfumike02]

Just our latest example of political correctness run amok. What a joke.

They compare Halloween to the use of blackface and the Redskins. One of the people interviewed in this article says people have threatened to burn her house down because she's a witch. Now that's bigotry. But some kids dressing up one night a year and roaming the neighborhood looking for candy? Please.

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[ChicdeaC]

Well done tagger. well done.

Also, I think the comparison was dressing up as a green warty witch is the same to some Witches as blackface, not that Halloween itself is (which for the record, I definitely don't feel that way). Most every Witch/Pagan/Wiccan I know celebrates Halloween with gusto. I will also do a separate Samhain ritual tonight, but much like the women in the article, I see participating in Halloween as part of that ritual. I wouldn't say that this article is representative of the community as a whole (much in the same way that not every article that interviews 2 or 3 Christians represents that religion)

 

[BillBrasky]

And I claim that Wiccans are as fake as the Lumbee Indians.

Not every weirdo gets to claim religious persecution.

 

[RicoSuave]

Can't we all just get along?

 

[Deacfreak07]

Well done tagger. well done.

Also, I think the comparison was dressing up as a green warty witch is the same to some Witches as blackface, not that Halloween itself is (which for the record, I definitely don't feel that way). Most every Witch/Pagan/Wiccan I know celebrates Halloween with gusto. I will also do a separate Samhain ritual tonight, but much like the women in the article, I see participating in Halloween as part of that ritual. I wouldn't say that this article is representative of the community as a whole (much in the same way that not every article that interviews 2 or 3 Christians represents that religion)

And I claim that Wiccans are as fake as the Lumbee Indians.

Not every weirdo gets to claim religious persecution.

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[TownieDeac]

I think there's more outrage at the outrage than there is outrage. I'm typically pretty outraged at the outrage of the outrage, even if I'm not outraged to begin with.

 

[BillBrasky]

To be fair, I posted before I read Chic's response. Didn't realize she was Wica, or whatever affiliation she has.

So it wasn't meant as a personal attack. However, my point stands. Not everyone in this country has to be a persecuted minority.

 

[Deacon923]

I think there's more outrage at the outrage than there is outrage. I'm typically pretty outraged at the outrage of the outrage, even if I'm not outraged to begin with.

 

[ThinkingWithMyDeac]

Everyone always persecuted, always angry, always blaming someone.

 

[bym051d]

To be fair, I posted before I read Chic's response. Didn't realize she was Wica, or whatever affiliation she has.

So it wasn't meant as a personal attack. However, my point stands. Not everyone in this country has to be a persecuted minority.

Yeah, when I said they're all losers, it was before I found out that I knew one.

 

[JDawg]

To be fair, chic IS a weirdo/loser. After all, she married Mett.

 

[Deacfreak07]

To be fair, I posted before I read Chic's response. Didn't realize she was Wica, or whatever affiliation she has.

So it wasn't meant as a personal attack. However, my point stands. Not everyone in this country has to be a persecuted minority.

Isn't your indignation in a way persecuting a minority group (ie those who practice Wicca or identify as Lumbee)?

 

[Deacfreak07]

Really would like to hear from Boogity on this one.

 

[tsywake]

To be fair, I posted before I read Chic's response. Didn't realize she was Wica, or whatever affiliation she has.

So it wasn't meant as a personal attack. However, my point stands. Not everyone in this country has to be a persecuted minority.

 

[ChicdeaC]

To be fair, chic IS a weirdo/loser. After all, she married Mett.

I was going to say it was because I was from Maryland.

 

[bigdoublezero]

OMG WAR ON HALLOWEEN

 

[BillBrasky]

Isn't your indignation in a way persecuting a minority group (ie those who practice Wicca or identify as Lumbee)?

You know what DF07, I never thought about it like that.

My random message board comment calling them out on their BS must be so hard for them. I'm so, so sorry.

 

[ChicdeaC]

To be fair, I posted before I read Chic's response. Didn't realize she was Wica, or whatever affiliation she has.

So it wasn't meant as a personal attack. However, my point stands. Not everyone in this country has to be a persecuted minority.

I thought your point was that Wiccans were fake, not that they weren't a persecuted minority (which again, obviously I'm not in the broom closet, I wear pentacles and have stickers on my car, and have never felt persecuted so I am not saying that point isn't valid, just that I don't think that was your point)

 

[Deacfreak07]

Brasky, just out of curiosity what the protocol for a minority group to gain legitimacy?

 

[BeachBumDeac]

Brasky bitches and whines way more than the people he claims bitch and whine too much.