Bill O'Reily: I don't believe most people who aren't Christian are offended by the words "Merry Christmas."
[later]
Interviewer: But saying "Seasons Greetings" and "Happy Holidays" doesn't offend Christians.
Bill O'Reily: Yes it does! Absolutely does!

I try to understand, I really do - but sometimes it's all too much for me. I initially saw those quotes, in that context, on The Daily Show. But you know me, I'm always skeptical of out of context things that seem to make no sense at all.

So I went off and figured out what he really said. It turns out that the quotes above are accurate, but a little less non-sensical, when I listened to the whole thing. What Bill really wants is to not have any of this inclusive dilution. He claims "Happy Holidays" is offensive to Jewish people and "Happy Hanukka" is unoffensive to Christians. The problem for him is in the generalization. That's a theory I can at least follow.

I can rarely listen to something Bill O'Reilly says without rolling my eyes - but I will give him that he's a smart guy and I can typically understand where he's coming from (although I very rarely agree with him.) I'm glad to see this was no exception. He's still innane, but at least I can see where he's coming from. For more, read the transcript (complete with colorful commentary, I couldn't find and official one.)

Just in general though, I'm having a hard time with all this "Christian persecution" stuff...

The Daily Show had one other great gem last night:
Just to reiterate: America is not less progressive than South Africa.

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