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College Students Across America Protest Santa Claus

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Satire courtesy of Omid Malekan

College Students Across America Protest Santa Claus

After weeks of preparation by an umbrella group that calls itself the Santa Claus Repudiation Organization Offering Greater Education, students at campuses across America spent Christmas Eve protesting what they consider a dangerous symbol of everything that is wrong with the world today.

For some, the fact that Santa is a white male was reason enough to be angry. As one student put it: “Why can’t a mythical figure invented in Christian Europe be Middle Eastern looking or of Asian descent? Clearly Santa got the job thanks to white privilege”

More economically minded students objected to the exploitation of the Elf population of the North Pole. Comparing Santa’s Workshop to a sweat shop, one student complained “What’s the minimum wage that an Elf is paid? and how safe are the work conditions? Do they get health insurance or will they be forced to suffer with Obamacare?”

Sometimes factions within the protest group conflicted on the pluses and minuses of St Nick. One sticking point was his use of a reindeer drawn sleigh, which although criticized by animal rights activists as cruel, was applauded by others for its low carbon footprint. Another sticking point was Israel, and the fact that Santa doesn’t make many deliveries to the Jewish State.  As one appreciative Middle Eastern Studies major told us, “it must be because he too is opposed to the Settlements.”

But the one thing virtually all protesters were angry about was Santa’s use of a list of who has been naughty and who has been nice. Many believed this is a form of class segregation, and called it a form of post-colonial suppression. A community college freshman said “the list is culturally biased, like the SAT test that I did poorly on.” Another student, a Senior at an Ivy League University, had a more positive way of putting it. “When my trust fund opens up next year I get the money regardless of whether I’ve been good or bad,” she said. “That’s how it should be for everyone.”

 

 

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Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:36 | 5591827 sun tzu
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It's funny because it will be true in the near future

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:01 | 5591876 Troll Magnet
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WHAT? You're telling me this isn't real??? Get the fuck outta here...

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:10 | 5591897 Jeff the Terrible
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Santa Claus is white

 

http://y2u.be/VI6tBwVjyOY

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:57 | 5591980 0b1knob
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The article is a satire.   Sadly this one is not.

http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/5214308-it-s-a-holly-jolly-feminist...

More proof that feminists have NO SENSE OF HUMOR.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:19 | 5592002 ebworthen
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Doesn't say "The Onion" so I'm not sure ;-)

Problem being, there is no shortage of young and dumb to make this perfectly believable, especially the "less carbon/animal cruelty" debate about Reindeer.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:22 | 5592133 jbvtme
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santa, lance armstrong, bill cosby...is nothing sacred anymore?

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 09:13 | 5592678 fedupwhiteguy
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EB,

I'm pretty sure it is satire. It comes from the satire column in this blog.

 

btw, I hope all you ZH'ers have a Merry, White Christmas. We trimmed our real evergreen tree with the usual lights and sparkly glass ornaments, enjoyed a prime beef main course Christmas dinner in our unapproved Agenda 21 3500 sq ft home which is heated with that pesky climate changing wood burning fireplace. Oh my aching white priviledge!!!

:)

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:01 | 5592099 OldPhart
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Damn, what a bitch!

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:29 | 5592328 Eahudimac
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I bet she can't iron a shirt to save her life.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 12:11 | 5593253 Crash Overide
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I am glad the youth of today is taking a stand for... wait, wtf?

The central banks and FED is starving the planet through debt slavery and these fucking kids get mad about the political correctness of Santa Clause?

Debt slavery and greed know no color...

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 12:14 | 5593259 Crash Overide
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I do like the part where there is concern for elf wages and working conditions though.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:58 | 5592372 Parrotile
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>More proof that feminists have NO SENSE OF HUMOR.

"Latham Hunter is a writer and professor of communications and cultural studies". - the continuing proliferation of "Touchy-Feely", mostly "pretend" Degree courses - the effect of which is to slowly but surely degrade the perceived value of ALL Degrees, not just the Social Studies cohort.

As my Grandmother would say, "with a face like that, she could turn milk sour!"

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:19 | 5592127 noben
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Santa Claus is a secularized version of Saint Nicholas.

The real Saint Nick was a Church Bishop, and his birthday is observed on Dec.6... Feast of St. Nicholas.

The modern US version is a total product of Hollywood and Madison Ave., by the Usual Suspects.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:50 | 5592173 Payne
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Santa Claus is Odin  much older than Saint Nick.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:57 | 5592373 mc888
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“Why can’t a mythical figure invented in Christian Europe be Middle Eastern looking or of Asian descent? Clearly Santa got the job thanks to white privilege”

 

Because a) he was not invented in xian europe, he came from pre-xian Scandinavia; and b) the people of Finland had never seen an arab, asian, or african.

Santa Claus is Joulupukki.

One of many fine pagan traditions usurped and homogenized by the fascist xian invaders.

 

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 10:13 | 5592795 earnulf
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ANd yet the "war on Christmas" places Santa as the prime suspect in the fall of morals in "christian" nations.

 

I'm not sure if the "war" or this satirical piece is more funny.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:02 | 5591880 NidStyles
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Can't be bothered to protest the bankers, but sure as hell can protest a mythical figure based on a murderous Prussian.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:16 | 5591905 Larry Dallas
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I read this thinking it was written in The Onion. Especially the last sentence about the trust fund. Sadly for society, it wasn't.

Perhaps a major war would do this generation well. What else do you do at this point?

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:26 | 5591924 NidStyles
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I usually go fry up some bacon and eat breakfast.

I don't let morons and sophists get under my skin.Lifes easier when you just accept that everyone around you is probably a moron or sophist. Let them confirm their condition when they open their mouth.

 

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:20 | 5592012 TheFourthStooge-ing
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Ungrateful bastards. Don't they know that Santa died for their credit lines?

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:22 | 5592017 DaddyO
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So it's true, that it's better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt?

DaddyO

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 23:42 | 5592255 Handful of Dust
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A few doors down from me lives a Cultural Anthropoly professor at a local univeristy who always seems bombed. I wondered why he drank so much until he handed me some of his students' term papers to read.

 

Now I understand why he's rapidly becomming an alcoholic. I don't think these kids will be jobless beause they may major in Cultiural Anthropolgy; no one will hire them [in the private sector] because they are clearly stupid and obviously very lazy.  Their only hope is a simple high-payng, full benefits,  'you-can-never-fire-me' Gubmint job.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:51 | 5592077 29.5
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They should man up and trek to the north pole to protest at Santa's workshop. That would have more of an impact. Oh, and tell them to pack their over priced North Face jackets they bought with their student loans.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 23:47 | 5592265 Son of Loki
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What a great place to pick up chicks … they’re all hot and bothered about some social injustice or whatever … their hormones off the chart and their nipples hard … all stressed out just begging for a good shagging.

 

Of course, that’s just my view of this protest situation.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:16 | 5592311 Vampyroteuthis ...
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What a great place to pick up chicks 

Hairy legged ones who look like Hitlery? No way in hell!!!

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 09:31 | 5592714 fedupwhiteguy
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Lar,

It was satire. See my post above.

:)

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 23:03 | 5592193 beartoe
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So sad...At least nature knows what to do with waste....recycle for something more productive. It just cannot happen soon enough...

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:41 | 5591841 zaphod
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Will be?

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:42 | 5591842 ShrNfr
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They should be organizing and protesting under the banner of SCREWED.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:22 | 5592016 TheFourthStooge-ing
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...or Santa Claus Resenters Of The Upper Midwest.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:23 | 5592018 DaddyO
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+100

Best laugh of the day!!

DaddyO

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 23:37 | 5592246 swmnguy
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I believe that group was originated at Macalester College here in the Twin Cities.  (That's a little joke for my fellow Minnesotans on the Hedge; one or two might find that worth a chuckle).

For the rest of you, Macalester is a very good private liberal arts college in St. Paul, that is known for being indulgent of young-adult earnest nonsense.  I remember a couple of times, decades ago, enduring some really foolish but well-intentioned philosophical idealist talk until nearly dawn, at which point I realized I wasn't going to get laid anyway so I went on about my business.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:41 | 5591835 Ahoy Polloi
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Did Tall Tom organize this? [onion satire noted]

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:42 | 5591840 Sudden Debt
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They just still have unresolved issues because they didn’t got the donkey kong when they where kids.

Love it or hate it, i’s up to you but why protest about it? 

I mean, there’s thousands of more topics worth protesting about and where the fuck where they on black friday?

 

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:44 | 5591845 Bohm Squad
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I was under the impression Santa was captured years ago by the NSA...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A_VT9YGA10

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:43 | 5591846 SAT 800
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Number one problem. Islam. Considering that their master plan calls for killing all of you who resist and using the left-overs as slaves. Quite a bit more serious than Christmas.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:02 | 5591881 TungstenBars
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Number one problem?

A problem yes, but not #1. We could isolate that one. How about crony capitalism? fascism?

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:12 | 5591900 GoldSilverBitcoinBug
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Also, how about Zionism, free masonry, secularism, socialism, the first responsible of the un-christianization of Europe ?

Islam, Islam, Islam, putting everything that thing, easy no ?

Want Islam going back ? Re-christianize Europe, problem solved.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:26 | 5591925 shovelhead
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The Charlemagne Society.

That would be a real advantage.

They wouldn't be like Jehovah's Witnesses that hand you a pamphlet and walk away.

They come visiting with swords and a very persuasive argument that Jesus loves you and you're going to love him back.

Or else.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:57 | 5592570 SAT 800
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I don't care how you solve the problem; just get to work on it; because right now, Europe is a perfect example of a frog being cooked in a slowly heating Islam Kettle.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 15:08 | 5593899 Prober
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How about #1 = coercive collectivism = socialism =>> 60% of government spending is ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:54 | 5591976 loregnum
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The world's billion+ Muslims want to kill everyone? News to me!

It's interesting how Christians, Jews and just western people in general go all fear mongering when it comes to Islam and imply the entire religion's followers want to wipe out everyone simply because some CIA created groups claim to be religious when they supposedly carry out terrorist acts. If some Christian serial killers went on a rampage killing non Christians and kept leaving notes about how they're doing it because of their faith would all the idiots then say Christianity's master plan is to wipe out everyone? Im guessing not yet there we are with people implying that shit regarding Islam. 

This world is a fucking embarrassment. I wish there was some hardcore alien life that could just eliminate the human species because it has shown it is too stupid to deserve to keep fucking up everything...oh and I'm not religious at all so better now say atheists and agnostics want to kill everyone!

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:17 | 5592544 Prober
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Why does the "world", ie human species, need any islamic cult worshipers at all ?

What is the value and contribution of islamic cult worshipers to human evolution, improvement and achievement ?

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:53 | 5592567 SAT 800
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Exactly.  The word "Islam" means "submission"; those who don't submit are food for the sword. It's all written down and it's being taught to hundreds of thousands of school age children every day; mostly courtesy of the Saudi funding.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 07:17 | 5592578 jameslevi11
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Fighting terrorist is very different than fighting an army.  Killing a terrorist who is willing to kill himself is not a deterrent. Targets need to be reassessed.  You can't expect to win the war on terror as long as muslim school teachers, imams and politicians continue to produce and support terrorism without consequence. 

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 13:14 | 5593492 Prober
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I agree. Policy whould be to treat islamic cult worship as the cultural equivalent of malignant cancer. It should be hunted down, rooted out, and destroyed everywhere that it exists in all its forms. Destroy all records of its existence, all places and all people who teach and practice, pulverize all islamic cult shrines, etc. In other words, do unto islam what islam preaches doing, HAS DONE, AND IS DOING, unto others.

I would make good use of the free market by placing a cash bounty on the head of any perpetrator - just bring the evidence and head and collect the cash, AND the bounty hunters get to keep all the assets owned by the perpetrators. I would open training centers for bounty hunters in all non-islamic countries, especially those where the islamic cult worshipers are guilty of centuries of atrocities against others, eg Hindus, and Buddhists. In the Indian subcontinent the islamic cult almost wiped out Buddhism.

This simple but effective method would get it eradicated very quickly, plus boost the global economy and make many poor people financially self-sufficient. If this program were implemented, it would become my occupation and I would harvest billions.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:51 | 5592562 SAT 800
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No fear mongering involved; a simple statement of fact based on their own literature and what they're teaching the children today in the religious "schools". Your failure to understand is caused by your failure to study your enemy; and his guiding principles, laid out in his own texts. What I said is literally correct. period. it's not an opinion.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:52 | 5592563 SAT 800
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When you say it's news to you; you're simply admitting that you haven't done your homework.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:05 | 5592103 Savyindallas
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CIA/zionist  sponsored ISIS Muslims fit that mold -You sound like a real asshole  -totally ignorant or a Zio troll

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:44 | 5592165 falconflight
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How deep do you take it in Deep Ellum?

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:48 | 5591850 Sudden Debt
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In Europe we have the saint nicolaus who’s a saint that also gives presents to the kids and who has a lot of black slaves who carry his bags.

we never found that insulting untill some american idiots showed up and called it racist and brought it to court!

Thank god justice prevailed and those idiots got the boot in their balls but why do we suddenly want to fight these beautifull traditions?

I love traditions! Even the 6000 year old kind! 

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 19:59 | 5591873 IridiumRebel
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ONLY GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE FREE STUFF AWAY!

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:20 | 5591911 amadeus39
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NOTHING the government gives us is ever free...not even the shaft!

 

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:02 | 5591879 Peter Pan
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St Nicholas of Myra and St Basil the Great are the ones we need as role models. Read about the lives of these and other saints and wake up to how twisted, contorted and misguided we have become as so called Chrstians.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:03 | 5591882 Karaio
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There is nothing burning or flying stones, that's just a ride.

hehe.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:03 | 5591883 fxrxexexdxoxmx
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Santa Claus to students: No job for you go live with your parents.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:06 | 5591884 GoldSilverBitcoinBug
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What's wrong with millennials, I'm a millennial too but that entitled generation and whiner always annoyed me...

Fuck you with your "male white Christian privilege" (and I say as a mixed race) just move your asses, take risk if you want something or stay with your parents and stop annoying the fucking world.

Do you think Chinese guys in China whine about their privilege ? No they just work and go forward ! Geez...

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:05 | 5591889 falconflight
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Leftist pigs, not good for anything but alligator feed.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:08 | 5591892 Pantalone
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I can't wreathe. 

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 01:47 | 5592414 NotApplicable
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+1 Would LOL again!!!!

"Hey! Hey!

Ho! Ho!

This Santa Claus has got to go!"

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:12 | 5591899 Caleb Abell
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This demonstration provides valuable research material.  It shows that you can be a college student without having to know or learn anything.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:21 | 5592131 cynicalskeptic
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Don't blame the sheep.  Was a Cointelpro led demonstration to hannel collegiate energy into meaningless protests.... God forbid they notice how badly they're getting screwed with student loans and tuition increases.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:14 | 5591904 DIgnified
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St Nicholas, being born in Greece, should of course be black.  Fucking retards.   

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:38 | 5591940 shovelhead
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I don't know about being black but he's definitely Greek.

Works one day a year, hands out bribes and everybody loves him because he's charming.

Yasou.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 07:03 | 5592571 SAT 800
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Not bad; was a great Harley Engine, too. Last of the decent single Cam V-Twins.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:22 | 5591915 yellowsub
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Santa didn't add them to his naughty list but to his shit list!

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:35 | 5591937 bmr22
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Gosh people must really really be bored in this country. So sad I shake my head in disgust everyday over crap like this.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:49 | 5591962 shovelhead
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Look at the bright side...

You won't feel any different tomorrow either.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:39 | 5591942 fuck_wad
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I had a Jewish girlfriend and she wanted me to wear a Santa hat while I fucked her in the missionary position.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:45 | 5591959 22winmag
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If she were Catholic, the sex would be much better and she'd deny having it, at least willingly.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 11:42 | 5593113 Shitgum Suicide
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Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa!

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:47 | 5591961 Reptil
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Santa comes from the shamanic tradition of the magic mushroom
that's where the red and white come from.

Terrence McKenna thought that using psychotropic substances elevated consciousness of early man. I think humanity is due for another dose. :-P

Merry Christmas!

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:41 | 5592144 layman_please
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mckenna was FBI, ergo, santa has to be government conpiracy. merry christmas indeed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oj1yFZRmFsw#t=15714

“when I reached La Churerra in 1971 I had a price on my head by the FBI, I was running out of money, I was at the end of my rope. And then “THEY” recruited me. And said, you know, with a mouth like yours there’s a place for you in our organization. And, uh, I’ve worked in deep background positions about which the less said the better. And then about 15 years ago they shifted me into public relations and I’ve been there to the present.” – Terence McKenna

 

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 07:09 | 5592573 SAT 800
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You mis-interpreted what he said. it was a conversation about "aliens' and the fact that McKenna represented an ancient cultural tradition that was totally "alien" to modern life. The They he was referring to was the Psychedelic Plants; He's been doing PR for the psychedelic plants, and for whatever remains of the ancient "high mind"; not for the FBI.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 09:56 | 5592754 layman_please
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i didn't mis-interpreted anything. cmon. he was fucking with us. which doesn't mean he was joking. 

i just left out the sarc tag.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:50 | 5591969 22winmag
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Christmas humor?

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:53 | 5591973 Manipuflation
Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:58 | 5591983 Robert.Paulson
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9UbtPHtok

Those santa lists are like those Army kill lists.

But those drones got no reindeers. Because it's da future biatchez. ;o)

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:01 | 5591984 Grouchy Marx
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Thu, 12/25/2014 - 20:58 | 5591985 Grouchy Marx
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My only beef with old Nick is that he clearly has outsourced everything to China.

Elves have the lowest labor participation rate ever, but the unemployment rate still reads zero because elves cannot collect unemployment, so they aren't counted.

Meanwhile, stock valuation for North Pole industrials has reached new highs.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:13 | 5591996 Radical Marijuana
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The best humour tends to be both funny because it is true, as well as terrible because it is true. Here is another version of a "politically correct" Santa Claus:

A 'Politically Correct' 'Night Before Christmas'

By James Finn Garner

--from "Politically Correct Holiday Stories"

Twas the night before solstice and all through the co-op
Not a creature was messing the calm status quo up.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
Dreaming of lentils and warm whole-grain breads.
We'd welcomed the winter that day after school
By dancing and drumming and burning the Yule,

A more meaningful gesture to honor the planet
Than buying more trinkets for Mom or Aunt Janet,
Or choosing a tree just to murder and stump it
And dress it all up like a seasonal strumpet.

My lifemate and I, having turned down the heat,
Slipped under the covers for a well-deserved sleep,
When out on the lawn there came such a roar
I fell from my futon and rolled to the floor.

I crawled to the window and pulled back the latch,
And muttered, "Aw, where is that Neighborhood Watch?"
I saw there below through the murk of the night
A sleigh and eight reindeer of non-standard height.

At the reins of that sleigh sat a mean-hearted knave
Who treated each deer like his personal slave.
I'd seen him before in some ads for car loans,
Plus fast food and soft drinks and cellular phones.

He must have cashed in from his mercantile chores,
Since self-satisfaction just oozed from his pores.
He called each by name, as if he were right
To treat them like humans, entrenching his might:

"Now Donner, now Blitzen," and other such aliases,
Showing his true Eurocentrical biases.
With a snap of his fingers away they all flew,
Like lumberjacks served up a plate of tofu.

Up to the rooftop they carried the sleigh
(The holes in the shingles are there to this day).
Out bounded the man, who sent straight to the flue.
I knew in an instant just what I should do.

After donning my slippers, downstairs did I dash
to see this trespasser emerge from the ash.
His clothes were all covered with soot, but of course,
From our wood-fueled alternative energy source.

Through the grime I distinguished the make of his duds--
He was dressed all in fur, fairly dripping with blood.
"We're a cruelty-free house!" I proclaimed with such heat
He was startled and tripped on the logs at his feet.

He stood back up dazed, but with mirth in his eyes.
It was then that I noticed his unhealthy size.
He was almost as wide as when standing erect,
A lover of fatty fried foods, I suspect.

But that wasn't all to make sane persons choke:
In his teeth sat a pipe that was belching out smoke!
I could scarcely believe what invaded our house.
This carcinogenic and overweight louse

Was so red in the face from his energy spent,
I expected a heart attack right there and then.
Behind him he toted a red velvet bag
Full to exploding with sinister swag.

He asked, "Where is your tree?" with a face somewhat long.
I said, "Out in the yard, which is where it belongs."
"But where will I put all the presents I've brought?"
I looked at him squarely and said, "Take the lot

"To some frivolous people who think that they need
to succumb to the sickness of commerce and greed,
"Whose only joy comes from the act of consuming,
Thus sending the stock of the retailers booming."

He blinked and said, "Ho, ho, ho! But you're kidding."
I gave him a stare that was stern and forbidding.
"Surely children need something with which to have fun?
It's like childhood's over before it's begun."

He looked in my eyes for some sign of assent,
But I strengthened my will and refused to relent.
"They have plenty of fun," I cut to the gist,
"And your mindless distractions have never been missed.

"They take CPR so that they can save lives,
And go door-to-door for the used clothing drives.
"They recycle, renew, reuse -- and reveal
For saving the planet a laudable zeal.

"When they padlock themselves to a fence to protest
Against nuclear power, we think they're the best."
He said, "But they're children -- lo, when do they play?"
I countered, "Is that why you've driven your sleigh,

"To bring joy to the hearts of each child and tot?
All right, open your bag; let's see what you've got."
He sheepishly did as I'd asked and behold!
A Malibu Barbie in a skirt made of gold.

"You think that my girls will like playing with this,
An icon of sexist, consumerist kitsch?
"With it's unnatural figure and airheaded grin,
This trollop makes every girl yearn to be thin,

"And take up fad diets and bingeing and purging
Instead of respecting her own body's urging
"To welcome the shape that her body has found
And rejoice to be lanky, short, skinny, or round."

Deep in his satchel he searched for a toy,
Saying, "This is a hit with most little boys."
And what did he put in my trembling hand
But a gun from the BrainBlaster Power Command!

"It's a 'hit,' to be sure," I sneered in his face,
"And a plague to infect the whole human race!
"How 'bout grenades or some working bazookas
To turn all of our kids into half-wit palookas?"

I seized on his bag just to see for myself
The filth being spread by this odious elf.
An Easy-Bake Oven -- ah, goddess, what perfidy!
To hoodwink young girls into household captivity!

Plus an archer play set with shafts that fly out,
The very thing needed to put your eye out.
And toy metal tractors, steam shovels, and cranes
For tearing down woodlands and scarring the plains,

Plus "games" like Monopoly, Pay Day, and Tycoon,
As if lessons in greed can't start up too soon.
And even more weapons from BrainBlasters Co.,
Like cannons and nunchucks and ray guns that glow.

That's all I could find in his red velvet sack --
Perverseness and mayhem to set us all back.
(But I did find one book that caused me to ponder --
Some fine bedtime tales by a fellow named Garner.)

"We need none of this," I announced in a huff,
"No 'business-as-usual' holiday stuff.
"We sow in our offspring more virtue than this.
Your 'toys' offer some things they never will miss."

The big man's expression was a trifle bereaved
As he shouldered his pack and got ready to leave.
"I pity the kids who grow up around here,
Who're never permitted to be of good cheer,

"Who aren't allowed leisure for leisure's own sake,
But must fret every minute -- it makes my heart break!"
"Enough histrionics! Don't pity our kids
If they don't do as Macy's or Toys 'R' Us bids.

"They live by their principles first and foremost
And know what's important," to him did I boast.
"Pray, could I meet them" "Oh no, they're not here.
They're up on the roof, liberating your deer!"

Then Santa Claus sputtered and pointed his finger
But, mad as he was, he had no time to linger.
He flew up the chimney like smoke from a fire,
And up on the roof I heard voices get higher.

I ran outside the co-op to see him react
To my children's responsible, kindhearted act.
He chased them away, and disheartened, dismayed,
He rehitched his reindeer (who'd docilely stayed).

I watched with delight as he scooted off then.
He'd be too embarrassed to come back again.
But with parting disdain, do you know what he said,
When this overweight huckster took off in his sled?

This reindeer enslaver, this exploiter of elves?
"Happy Christmas to all, but get over yourselves!!"

_________________________________________

Claude Lévi-Strauss believed there was not one "authentic" version of a myth. Rather, all the versions of the myth combined ARE the myth.

One of my favourite versions of Santa Claus:

http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2003/12/18/psychedelic-secrets-Santa-Claus

The Psychedelic Secrets of Santa Claus

By Dana Larsen, December 18, 2003.

That "modern Christmas traditions were based on ancient mushroom-using shamans" can be backed up by lots of other sources, listed under that article, as well as a review of the role of the pineal gland and the mushroom images by guys like David Wilcock, etc. ...

Anyway, that article I linked above explicitly states:

Some psychologists have discussed the "cognitive dissonance" which occurs when children are encouraged to believe in the literal existence of Santa Claus, only to have their parents' lie revealed when they are older. By so deceiving our children we rob them of a richer heritage, for the actual origin of these ancient rituals is rooted deep in our history and our collective unconscious. By better understanding the truths within these popular celebrations, we can better understand the modern world, and our place in it.

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2014-01-01/santa-claus-lie-–-gateway-drug-collective-self-deception

The Santa Claus Lie – A Gateway Drug to Collective (Self) Deception

LEGALIZED LIES

BACKED UP WITH

LEGALIZED VIOLENCE.

By themselves, the lies would be amusing absurdities.

BUT, when the frauds are enforced, then they matter!

As I like to ask:

"How far down the rabbit hole does Alice go?"

or "How far up the tornado does Dorothy go?"

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:46 | 5592067 Vuke
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R U saying there is NO Santa Claus?  Your ost should be pulled.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 15:14 | 5593916 Radical Marijuana
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Vuke, there may be an archetypal Santa Claus, whose attributes are displayed through various degrees of incarnations that manifest those attributes. As I wrote, quoting Levi-Strauss, ALL THE VERSIONS OF THE MYTH ARE THE MYTH. All the versions of Santa Claus combined ARE Santa Claus. No one version is by itself enough.

There is a Santa to the degree that there is that archetype. The existence of such archetypes raises interesting philosophical questions which appear impossible to provide any final answers to.

P.S.

Personally, I look so much like the archetypal Santa Claus that some stranger says so to me almost every day. Very, very often, young children will see me in a public place and spontaneously point and say "Santa Claus." Therefore, I believe, to that degree, that I am Santa Claus, to the extent that I share in the attributes of the idealized archetype of what Santa should be. (Of course, I am not magical enough to be able to do anything else than look like the archetypal Santa is supposed to look like.)

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:16 | 5592003 shovelhead
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Satire? Maybe.

But you can bet with odds on that somewhere, somebody is thinking that this is an important issue that needs to be addressed.

Usually by the same person who tried to start the doggie diaper movement or some equally inane attempt to improve the world.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 21:36 | 5592053 ULLR
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  Santa is a big, psychedelic mushroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:06 | 5592105 Billy Shears
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You forgot the "/sarc" tag.

Thu, 12/25/2014 - 22:54 | 5592176 TheObsoleteMan
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Students today believe in Santa: he is the mulatto who lives in the White House who makes everything "equal and fair". He brings them student loans, Pell Grants, stipends and free birth control at the campus clinics.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:03 | 5592287 John Wilmot
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Is it wrong that it took me quite a while to realize this was a joke?

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 07:12 | 5592577 SAT 800
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No, you're alright, John. It;s the culture that's demonstrably insane.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:07 | 5592297 tarabel
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It's time for a constitutional amendment to end silly acronyms.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:52 | 5592360 Yen Cross
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 Useless Eaters /

 Welcome to Cuba Bitchez

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:57 | 5592361 Joe A
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I should have known it was satire before reading it when I saw the header "college students across America protest" (without Santa Claus added). The only thing students nowadays would protest over is their right to see the Interview or if someone would ban selfies on colleges.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:51 | 5592364 Fuku Ben
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If you think explaining a White Santa to a Black kid is hard

Try explaining a Black Santa to an Asian kid

We need a One World Santa that's all the colors of the rainbow. It will fit right in with the One World Government since Santa is an anagram for satan anyway. They're just out to unite everyone under the rule of androgynous peace and love so it fits

Instead of reindeer Rainbow Santa will have Unicorns driving his sleigh with rainbows shooting out their every orifice

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:57 | 5592370 Yen Cross
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 Children are colorblind. Santa could be a Parrot.

 It's about the values that are instilled.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 00:59 | 5592376 DipshitMiddleCl...
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xmas is a jewish holiday

 

all the goyim buy presents and make the jews rich

 

 

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 01:13 | 5592386 q99x2
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They pay me around $1896 for 11 weeks plus  $6K for showing up. I think I'm getting better. I don't think in words any more. I almost finished my software program that allows me to increase or decrease awareness based on how many philosophical concepts are generated dependent on how complex Hamlet's external conditions get.

This is really important stuff.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 01:14 | 5592393 Tachyon5321
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I should point out that Oblin College(picture above) also graduated Lena Dunham with a degree in Creative Writing. Lena then goes on to write a book that discribes how she sexual abused her little sister.  So you have to consider the souce of all these nut job people and move on...

 

 

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 04:50 | 5592515 SoDamnMad
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OK  The white Santa has been laid off and th coupons for paying off the hundreds of thousands of student loans have been returned to the philanthropists who provided them. 

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:12 | 5592540 Prober
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This is living proof why the future will be much worse than the past :-((

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:52 | 5592564 LikeyMikey
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I wonder how many of the protestors were carrying IPhones made in a Chinese Suicide Sweat Shop?

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 06:56 | 5592569 presidentsarkozy
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Bring back the CocaColla Santa Claus !!

Santa delivering " coke" by the truckload for Christmas
.... top man !!!

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 11:02 | 5592952 Mike Honcho
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A white kid protesting white people, that level of brainwashing is awe inspiring.  Willing to put up the Harley and bet all these dolts think the Civil War was started over slavery.

If my son (imaginary) came home spouting this garbage he would be gone as quick as if he said "Dad, meet my lover, Gregory"

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 12:08 | 5593235 MasterControl
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Santa Claus, SinterKlass, Wodan.  All the same white guy.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 13:09 | 5593466 moneybots
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“Why can’t a mythical figure invented in Christian Europe be Middle Eastern looking or of Asian descent? Clearly Santa got the job thanks to white privilege”

 

Phoney and baloney.

Fri, 12/26/2014 - 13:13 | 5593485 moneybots
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“When my trust fund opens up next year I get the money regardless of whether I’ve been good or bad,” she said. “That’s how it should be for everyone.”

 

What if the trust fund turns out to be a lump of coal?

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