Stop Being Offended By Non-Offensive Things

I am not a coffee drinker and I don't go to Starbucks.  Mostly because I'm not a coffee drinker and I refuse to pay their overinflated prices for a cup of hot tea.  However, I've been bombarded for a month with all the hate on Starbucks. 


First it was the plain red cups.  Christians lost their damn minds that Starbucks didn't include snowflakes and other assorted winter decorations on their cups this year.  They claimed it was a war on Christmas!  Since when is a snowflake a symbol of Christmas?  It's not. 


The latest thing is the polar bear cookies.  Take a look.

It is a polar bear, wearing a red scarf.  What kind of sick, depraved, psychopathic mind looks at this and says "OMG, Starbucks is selling cookies depicting a polar bear with it's throat cut!"?  Also, declaring this is war on Christianity is incredibly stupid.  Polar bears are not a symbol of Christmas.  Santa is.  Jesus is.  Christmas trees are.  POLAR BEARS ARE NOT. 


Additionally?  This cookie hasn't been sold at any Starbucks anywhere since 2010.  They rotate their holiday season cookies each year and this one hasn't been sold since 2010.  So, that tells me, the ignorant, sheeple majority are now going out of their way to invent reasons to be angry and offended. 


Why not be angry and offended about things that matter?  The homeless, the millions of children in this country that don't have enough to eat?  How about disease?  How about ridiculous violence and death?  Why does that happy little bear get your panties in a twist? 


Stop be offended by EVERYTHING people.  Also, please do remember that this is NOT a Christian country.  This country was founded on the principles of religious freedom because we originally hopped the cruise ship and motored over here from Europe to escape religious persecution.  You realize that means we left there so we could freely practice the religion we choose, rather than the one that is forced upon us.  That includes Christianity.  I could be a Jew, I could celebrate Kwanza, I could worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I could choose to worship NOTHING and it is all my right and my privilege to do so.    (please, get a damn history book and educate yourselves) 


It is ALSO absolutely acceptable to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" because not everyone celebrates Christmas.  This is a melting pot country, full of every nationality and religion on this planet.  It's diverse.  It's beautiful.  You over zealous, my way or no way at all Christians, are killing it.  Stop being so damn arrogant, assuming that everyone you meet is a Christian. 


And for God's sake, please go seek medical help for whatever is wrong with your brain.  He's wearing a fucking scarf, nothing more. 


/end rant