My Little Dear, It’s Not Warm Outside! (standard:humor, 905 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 16 2018	Views/Reads: 1603/1110	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I refuse to let people who are offended by everything direct my path. My trust is not in man, but rather “in the Lord.”

Once again, it is the Christmas season, which means I have to put up
with people offended by everything, particularly that pertains to 
Christmas. 

When I was young, we had a little saying, “Sticks and stones may break
your bones but words will never hurt you.” And as far as I understand, 
we stood by that saying. 

Most people today have never heard that saying and maybe somebody ought
to educate them on some of the realities of life. If words are hurting 
you, something is wrong with “you.” 

Everybody is offended by something. I am offended by people who are
offended by things I say, which makes no sense whatsoever to me. 

Where people got this offend-itis disease is beyond me. I wonder if
there is any cure for this kind of disease? 

I was in the restaurant the other day and behind me, a person sneezed.
Instinctively, I turned around and said, “God bless you.” 

Of course, I was not ready for the reply when the man said to me, “I'm
an atheist don't you dare use that word ‘God' around me.” 

I am a gentleman otherwise I might have been tempted to say something
like, “Well, then, God curse you.” Thankfully, I did not say anything 
like that. I wonder if unspoken thoughts really matter along this line? 


What puzzles me is why somebody who does not believe in God is offended
by the word “GOD.” The fact that he was offended by that word tells me 
that somewhere deep inside of him he believes there is a God. 
Otherwise, it would never have offended him. 

If I was an atheist and someone said to me “God bless you,” I would
laugh it off because I do not believe in God. To be offended by 
something you do not believe has to be the epitome of stupidity. 

Another offensive phrase is, “Merry Christmas.” I happened to mention
this to a person I was passing in the store and they looked at me kind 
of Scrooge-like and said, “Don't you dare wish me a Merry Christmas.” 

I would like to know why two words like “Merry Christmas” are offensive
to anyone? 

Being an amateur wordsmith, I like to research words and try to find out
their original meaning. There is no way I have found that the two words 
“Merry” and “Christmas” have anything whatsoever offensive to them. 
Those offended by those two words have a chimney that is not smoking. 

If you are offended by those two words, maybe you should consider the
fact that I may be offended by you being offended by those words. What 
offends one person does not make any sense to someone else. This is 
America so keep your offending attitude to yourself. 

Just the other day I was going into a store and there was a lady behind
me, so as a gentleman, I opened the door for her and said, “Ladies 
first.” I would have a hard time understanding the offensiveness of 
those two words. 

The lady looked at me and said, “That is the most sexist thing I have
heard all day.” 

I have been trying to find out what is sexist about those two words. 

I am either homophobic (whatever that means), racist or sexist. I do not
know if I am all of these things at different times or what. I never 
know if I am one of these until somebody tells me I am one. 

There are Christmas songs that we cannot play on the radio anymore,
movies that we cannot watch at Christmas time, decorations that we 
cannot put outside our home anymore. 

I heard recently that the song, “Baby, It's Cold Outside,” is offensive
to some people. I have listened to that for years and cannot figure out 


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