Apparently
the right wing crazies are up in arms again about the fact that it
happens to be a Muslim holiday - Eid al-Adha. In fact Muslims have been
having holidays for the past 1430 years so perhaps it's not that big of
a deal if a store like say, Best Buy, wants to acknowledge the fact.
As it turns out, this is probably the first time a retailer has sent out such Islamic holy day greetings, according to CAIR (Council on Islamic Relations). And what happened?
Vitriolic spewing by hateful narrow-minded people who have no respect for others, such as this Best Buy forum demonstrates. Why is it either Christmas or Eid. Either Hannukah or holiday? This article at Right Pundits
pretty much sums up their thinking. In my opinion, exploit them all! On
one hand people complain about the commercialization of [fill in
holiday here] and on the other, everyone wants a piece of the action.
Go ahead, sell your soul. Let companies and corporations exploit your
holy day for profit and consumerist values. Of course, they should also
have sent out Happy Thanksgiving ones. And maybe they did, it's
unclear. I know I haven't seen any Eid flyers but I've seen so many
"Thanksgiving Sale" ads that it's hard to keep track of whether I'm
supposed to wake up at 4 am or 5 am to get the big sale. What?! Do
"they" really want me to get up that early to shop?!
Anyway, happy Thanksgiving to all Americans, happy Eid to all Muslims
and happy whatever to whomever you are and want recognition :)
* Thanks to John Biggs at Crunch Gear for the picture of the ad
Apparently
the right wing crazies are up in arms again about the fact that it
happens to be a Muslim holiday - Eid al-Adha. In fact Muslims have been
having holidays for the past 1430 years so perhaps it's not that big of
a deal if a store like say, Best Buy, wants to acknowledge the fact. 
