By Charlie Loran • Published: 24 Dec 2020 • 7:15
A DOCTOR was shocked by the amount of abuse he received after he posted a video to social media, captioned with the message ‘Merry Christmas’.
Dr Vincent Candrawinata, from Sydney, was hit with abuse for wishing his Facebook friends ‘Merry Christmas’ instead of posting a message more inclusive of other religions, such as ‘Happy Holidays’.
Dr Vincent was told his post was not very reflective of religious diversity in Australia.
The post has sparked fierce debate online, with one commentator pointing out “more than 28 religions celebrate a festival in December”.
One user wrote, “Saying Happy Holidays is one little inclusive gesture to throw out into this muddled world”.
Another accused the doctor of discrimination, “I’m not Christian so I’m excluded from your best wishes. That’s discrimination at its worst”.
The doctor however stuck to his guns saying, “If other people would prefer to say Happy Holidays that is their prerogative – but I am going to keep saying Merry Christmas.”
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By this twisted logic no one is allowed to say Happy Diwali any more either. My God, the world is going bananas. Welcome to the brain-dead craziness of liberal censorship.
This outrageous outburst over a simple greeting demonstrates for all who have eyes and a brain in their head the disastrous result of a ” multicultural society “. No matter what you say theses days someone, somewhere is sure to be insulted and will immediately take to Twitter to take issue! Sooner we return to a monoculture society the better.
Yes you are totally correct but how would that be possible to achieve? Why do people travel to live in another country when they have no intention of adapting to the ways of that country? Someone please form a body so all people wishing for a monoclture society can join up and bring about change.
If they dont like The Christmas Greeting, go to another place far away from normality.
Where I grew up ‘ holidays’ is when one travels to their summer or winter destinations to have a holiday…Merry Christmas has simply become an excepted international phrase for an anniversary festivity which is now celebrated worldwide mostly due to its massive retail profits..nothing to do with religion…is Santa Claus a Christian?
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