Conservatives Freak Out After Google Honors Cesar Chavez on Easter

[Straight Shooter]

So how is much of the Christian world celebrating Easter? By sitting down at their computers and venting outrage at Google, of course. The Internet giant's decision to feature the late labor leader Cesar Chavez (it's his birthday, folks) in its Doodle display rather than a certain someone more closely associated with the resurrection — or at the very least the Easter bunny — has triggered some pushback from Christians, much of it spurred by conservative websites. Which has been inevitably followed by some pushback to the pushback. The real outrage? Clueless tweeps who think Google is honoring Hugo Chavez. That's what search engines are for, folks.

How dare Google not celebrate Easter! I am outraged! Man, Americans can be fucking idiots sometimes

 

[ApolloBalboa]

I never see anything on Google celebrating Jewish holidays, so can I get outraged at Christians for only thinking of themselves?

 

[Elwood70]

It's also a Pagan holiday, at least half of it.Where's the outrage?

 

[meesterperfect]

Ok, No Jesus, No Easter Bunny, No decorated eggs........But Cesar Chavez?
c'mon his main gig was to promote mexicans crossing the border illegally and the only reason the GOV makes a big deal out of him now is to pander for the mexican vote.

 

[meesterperfect]

How dare Google not celebrate Easter! I am outraged! Man, Americans can be fucking idiots sometimes

Maybe Because Easter is not only a Christian holiday but an American tradition.
Traditions, you know , those things that people like you want to destroy to fit your own view on how things should be.
See you have a problem with Easter. I have a problem with giving a person who really didn't accomplish much a national holiday because of political correctness.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Ok, No Jesus, No Easter Bunny, No decorated eggs........But Cesar Chavez?
c'mon his main gig was to promote mexicans crossing the border illegally and the only reason the GOV makes a big deal out of him now is to pander for the mexican vote.

I knew I could count on you to talk out of your ass, as you usually do. I can tell you know absolutely nothing about Chavez and his movement because if you did you'd know that the UFW was actually committed to restricting immigration, the reason being that it undermined U.S workers and exploited migrant workers. His movement wasn't about immigration, it was a labor movement meant to bring attention to the plight of farmworkers.

 

[Jeep!]

Wait wait wait wait wait. Conservatives aren't happy that a labour unionist is being shown respect? BREAKING NEWS.

 

[Rattrap]

This would be an opportunity for Will to come in saying Google should leave America and minutes later post something about how the Government should keep its hands off business...but I digress.

I just got done telling a number of my European friends that where I'm from Easter is surprisingly not a big thing. Coming from a family that never even did the chocolate bunny/egg thing, the only reason I was even aware of it is that it happened to be right around some important birthdays. My first Easter in England I went out shopping and wondered why everything was shut.

Having now spent an Easter in England, Italy, and Germany, it must be a holiday that varies widely in its tradition throughout the USA. Because it's really not much of a thing in my neck of the woods and I can't imagine that being the case in places that are far more religious than the first three mentioned countries.

As for the specific outrage, well...it just sounds like more of the same attempt to control what others do. Standard stuff from the demographic I wager these outraged folk come from.

 

[vodkazvictim]

Interesting fact; the media under Chavez was permitted to incite people to kill him (and the right-wing media did).
Try inciting people to kill the president in american media. See where it gets you.

 

[Philbert]

Interesting fact; the media under Chavez was permitted to incite people to kill him (and the right-wing media did).
Try inciting people to kill the president in american media. See where it gets you.

Georges was right...!

 

[Philbert]

I never see anything on Google celebrating Jewish holidays, so can I get outraged at Christians for only thinking of themselves?

It's called "the tyranny of the majority"...come to think of it I didn't see any Matzo or dancing Hassidim in Google's logo Passover night! Hey.....

 

[meesterperfect]

I knew I could count on you to talk out of your ass, as you usually do. I can tell you know absolutely nothing about Chavez and his movement because if you did you'd know that the UFW was actually committed to restricting immigration, the reason being that it undermined U.S workers and exploited migrant workers. His movement wasn't about immigration, it was a labor movement meant to bring attention to the plight of farmworkers.

youre right, i was a little rough on cesar.
his main gig was workers rights, which is good.
A truck used to come into the neighborhood and pick up kids to go pick fruit all day, back in the late 40's, early 50's.
my dad never learned to swim until he was like 50 because he was picking fruit all summer long.
there was no cesar for him, too bad.
but workers rights are good, to a point, look what happened to hostess.
I still feel that giving him a holiday is just politically correct pandering but i agree his intentions were good.

 

[vodkazvictim]

Georges was right...!

Elaborate.

It's called "the tyranny of the majority"...come to think of it I didn't see any Matzo or dancing Hassidim in Google's logo Passover night! Hey.....

'cos if they did that then people would start realising that google and the whole world is controlled by that great Jewish conspiracy; the elders of Zion.

 

[Philbert]

Elaborate.

'cos if they did that then people would start realising that google and the whole world is controlled by that great Jewish conspiracy; the elders of Zion.

Hey...that is so bullshit.
I'm still living in my tiny apartment waiting for MY check.

 

[Mr. Hyde]

I hardly ever step into this board, and I don't care that much....BUT....

On that day, there were apparently, two possible things that Google could have chosen to highlight....Cesar Chavez, or the most important holiday in the Christian tradition (and one that also happens to have, like Christmas, become somewhat secular in its following).

And they chose Chavez. At the least, it's a head-scratcher.

 

[meesterperfect]

I hardly ever step into this board, and I don't care that much....BUT....

Why nor Mr Hyde?
The politics section is where its at man.
Anybody can comment on chicks boobs or what hand do they masturbate with.......but not just anybody can comment on topics like Transgender toilets and Whats wrong with Mitch Mcconnells face?
It takes a special breed.

 

[vodkazvictim]

Hey...that is so bullshit.
I'm still living in my tiny apartment waiting for MY check.

Obviously you're not a real Jew then.
You're not a real Jew until you can eat (oh boy, what do Jews like? Salmon?) Salmon and shit dredels.