There have been quite a few angry Americans who have voiced their feelings of victimhood at the hands of corporations that choose to celebrate the "holidays" during December instead of exclusively Christmas. The idea has been labelled the "War On Christmas" and has been promoted by conservative Christian commentators across the nation. It appears Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol is the latest crusader in the War on Christmas, hypothesizing a leftist conspiracy to make Christians "look stupid" with Starbucks' new, controversial red cups.
Anger over the Starbucks holiday coffee apparently began when evangelical-conservative commentator Joshua Feuerstein posted a video imploring all Christians to give baristas the name "Merry Christmas" to force the chain into saying the phrase. Mr. Feuerstein was enraged over the plain red decour of the cup, saying that Starbucks removed all Christmas or holiday imagery because they hate Jesus.
In the video, the vlogger says, "Starbucks wanted to take Christ--and Christmas off their brand new cups." He continues, "...and Starbucks, you know what? Just to offend you, I made sure to wear my Jesus Christ shirt into your store, and since you hate the Second Amendment , I even carried my gun...yikes."
As Ifyouonlynews.com points out, Starbucks sells advent calendars, has its own Christmas blend, sells ornaments, and generally celebrates the holiday spirit. Further, it is not a Christian company, and never had religious ornamentation on its cups. To this point, Bristol Palin agrees. The outrage over the cups, says Bristol, was manufactured by the left to paint conservatives as "stupid." She argues the media, "used one small group's opinion about the cups and began attributing it to the greater Christian community." She continued, "It is just another attempt by the left to make Christians look stupid."
Who is right? Feuerstein or Palin? O'Reilly or Uyguy (Young Turks Host)? Is there a War on Christmas, or is this another example of media creating hype over a nonexistent phenomenon?
