Looks like their issue tracker has devolved to pro-christmas hat spam.
Someone got the Christmas Hat from VSCode removed because the hat was offensive to them
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Looks like their issue tracker has devolved to pro-christmas hat spam.
Imagine taking that offense to this conclusion:
LOL I mean they're clearly trolling.
You mean the red winter hat with the white band and pom pom? I dunno, seems pretty religious and intolerant to me
honestly, it's so absurd that this is where I land at as well.
This seems very mean spirited when the elves are the ones that do all the hard work of programming all the millions upon millions of toys at the North Pole and this is the only time of the year they get any recognition
The comment itself is clearly some alt-right war on christmas bullshit and never should have been taken seriously
The comment itself is clearly some alt-right war on christmas bullshit and never should have been taken seriously
Am I historically ignorant of some Christmas event involving killing masses of Jews? Like, what does that sentence refer to? Holocaust?
I mean... if this person is not trolling that is... what does he do every year at christmas? With all the decorations, products, people, shows, banners, ads, commercials, movies, books, etc.?
I honestly would like to know. I have never heard anything like this...
It's like being offended by the sun just because it can give people sunburns.
I honestly would like to know. I have never heard anything like this...
It's like being offended by the sun just because it can give people sunburns.
When you drop "santa hats are as bad as swastikas", you're either A) power-trolling or B) completely fucking nuts.
It should be removed because of its relation to capitalism and the denial of its victims with religion at best being its facilitator.
But not as a troll effort.
But not as a troll effort.
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Santa hats are religious now? I mean Santa Claus in his modern incarnation is nothing more than a cartoon character.
What religion are Christmas Hats?
Christianity was not celebrated by American Christians for a very long time and it was even banned in parts of the US at one time.
Wasn't even a "Holiday" until...what....like the 1870s?
Christian's considered being "merry" and partying wrong.....for a long time. Heck, they even consider "Santa Claus" to be the wrong "symbol" of Christmas (it's supposed to be Jesus).
Christianity was not celebrated by American Christians for a very long time and it was even banned in parts of the US at one time.
Wasn't even a "Holiday" until...what....like the 1870s?
Christian's considered being "merry" and partying wrong.....for a long time. Heck, they even consider "Santa Claus" to be the wrong "symbol" of Christmas (it's supposed to be Jesus).
Factcheck:
- Xmas has not cost millions of Jews their lives over the centuries, linking the historical persecution of Jews to the existence of Christmas (a holiday originally celebrated by Jews) is a bizarre stretch.
- A Santa Hat is not a religious symbol, it is a secular symbol
The person who penned the issue links to this website which is ... not ... reliable with it's history at all, and has a lot of very bizarre statements linking Christmas and Hitler, notably likening Christmas to "Celebrating Hitlerday on April 20," and also declaring that the existence of Christmas is a "24 hour declaration that Judaism is not valid," and that Christmas is a celebration to "rescue mankind from the curse of the Torah."
The birth of Jesus as described in the Bible, as recorded by the 1st and 2nd century Jews was a fulfillment of the Torah. Some Jews chose not to believe that Jesus was the fulfillment of the scriptures, some Jews chose to believe that he was, and here, 2000 years later, both religions coexist happily. It is a strange type of religious extremism that believes that the existence of other religions are declarations that your's are invalid; you're entitled to believe what you want to believe, and because belief is a deeply personal thing, the beliefs of someone else are not delarations that your beliefs are invalid because they're you're beliefs.
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here's an article the guy links regarding the connection and upset: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/51928?lang=bi
The right has completely ruined the word "snowflake", but this is the guy who it was coined for. Fucking hell.
I'm almost certain the term wasn't coined for trolls. Because that guy is 0% serious. I refuse to even entertain the notion.
Is it though? This website is a lot of effort just to troll.
Rest of this guy's profile checks out, doesn't have any history of trolling issues, I went to his site despite the expired certificate (doin gods work for ya'll) and it checks out as legitimate, found his 8 year old Stack Overflow profile and similarly, no trollish behavior on there. I legit think he got the early alpha release of VSCode and felt offended by the santa hat and legitimately believes the things he shared.
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I think the fact that some people still view Christmas as a religious holiday, makes those that are not Christians feel uncomfortable.
The article the guy links is absolutely unhinged. It claims Christmas is analogous to celebrating Hitler because the Nazis celebrated Christmas, and that's just the first paragraph.
Also claiming Christmas is a 24-hour celebration of saying "Judaism is no longer valid" as if the point of EVERY religion isn't that other religions are wrong? By the same logic every Jewish holiday is insulting Christians and Muslims and every other religion as well...
Also claiming Christmas is a 24-hour celebration of saying "Judaism is no longer valid" as if the point of EVERY religion isn't that other religions are wrong? By the same logic every Jewish holiday is insulting Christians and Muslims and every other religion as well...
Is this some false flag nonsense to push hatred of Jewish people? Reminds me of all the uproar in the UK (and elsewhere) over changing the name of Christmas in shopping centres to something non religious to appease the Muslim community when I don't think anyone in the Muslim community gave two fucks, and it fuelled all the gammon "PC nonsense" idiots and gave them something to rant about.
Imagine feeling discomfort at the idea of someone else celebrating a holiday that's important to them.
This person is clearly trolling. I'm surprised they took the bait, it's not even remotely subtle.
It happens. One year in the office, many years ago, someone complained about anything that mentioned christmas, the very next day everything was taken down and only things that said holiday was put up in its place.
I thought he was saying Hitler day was near Christmas or something, its in April. I don't know what to make of that stuff.