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Umm, o-kay

If you watch television or read political weblogs, you may be aware that some of the stupider right-wing "pundits" out there have decided that the whole notion of separation of church and state is an evil communist plot against the christopaths, and that they are being discriminated against if anyone dares wish them Happy Holidays! during the Saturnalia season. And, because these are stupid right-wing pundits, they are busily threatening pogroms against those people (with a side order of violence against organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, which, admirably, repeatedly goes to the mat to defend fascists and worse when some "well meaning" citizens try to muzzle them.)

Now some of the dimmer right-wing idiots on the net have, apparently, thought of what they think is the q00lest idea ever. They want to send Christmas cards to the director of the ACLU.

Nnnmmmm, okay, and this will do exactly what? If they're Christmas cards (and they won't be. Remember that this is right wingers who are plotting this, so it's likely to be a torrent of hatemail and outright threats of violence [with christmas stamps on the letters, of course! To a right-winger, that counts as a christmas card!]) they'll either be an unexpected nice gesture during the holiday season or they'll be junk mail. Certainly as a "boy, we're so clever!" gesture it doesn't make much sense; being able to send someone Christmas cards is part of that freedom of speech thing that the ACLU has spent so much time and effort defending.

But they should certainly go ahead; wasting Scaife's (et alii) money on postage will make the post office happy, and the greeting card companies can certainly use the extra sales. But as a statement, well, it's the sort of dumber-than-a-rock spectacle that I've come to expect from the right wing kookoosphere in the United States.