Bell Ringers: Tony can be a bit of a racist butt, let relieve us of our guilt!

Reactionaries can spout all they want about sovereignty and strengthening the borders and very valid political religious points.  That doesn't mean a thing when it comes to taking away X-mas from a kid because of  his/her skin color, poverty, stupid parent (s) , or somebody's draconian stance toward immigration. 

Yada yada yada, then Tony of TKC whines:

So, I won't be giving a dime to the Salvation Army. Instead, my spare change will be passed on to Downtown Kansas City homeless with the specific request that they treat themselves to a drink. I'm just trying to bring holiday cheer to everyone on without reinforcing oppressive elements of the status quo.

RMAN:  Let's face it, Tony's a pretty Mexican guy and if his brownish brethren don't get their 'fair share',  well he's all pissed off. 

Ringing in your GUILT as you shop!  I've noticed most of this year's bell ringers have been told to say something to each person coming and going (from Oak Park to a northland Walmart)  like "Merry Christmas" to give us materialistic butt heads a major guilt trip.  No, God, and his Salvation Army have used Guilt for YEARS!  The Catholics are the most EXPERT and dishing out guilt to get you to repent and show up every week... (and also drop a few bucks in the basket, of course!)

RMAN observes: Oh well, these days, isn't everyone ad-sophisticated enough to know the tools to manipulate public opinion on the internet?   So then. Let's not be surprised or gullible to the tactics now commonly practiced by everyone wanting to separate us from our money, whether for greed or loving giving!  Pay attention!

I  don't notice if Bell Ringers are Mexicans or old retired white guys, because let's face it, I don't want to make actual EYE CONTACT and then have to stop from my hurried mission, dig deep, and give them spare change on the way into the store.

   I want to go into the store, buy what I want and get home and warm back up!  Yup, I grew up feeling guilt when those guys sit there in the cold, bundled up wanting my money before the shopping center gets it!  It's a religious thing.  I can handle it.  I can ignore the right thing to do with the BEST of em!

Facing St Peter someday.  But hey. We deserve it. These guys aren't CEO's bundled up, ringing their bells in the freezing cold.  They're probably the very minimum wage guys who will inherit the Kingdom of God while the rest of us languish in our retirement income, investments, high priced toys to spoil our kids, and name brand cars to impress our coworkers and friends.

Of course, paying the penalty for our materialism is why we hope we live forever and don't think about the hereafter until the last possible moment.  We're all counting on that Godly MERCY for our bad habits, aren't we?  So lets skip all that and live for TODAY, Oh YAAY!

COURSE I FEEL GUILTY. I don't even LOOK at price tags. I buy what I want! I'll give to Salvarion Army eventually, but not every time I go shopping. One guy will get my check, and that's my contribution.

Don't diss these Salvation Army bellringer folks. They get it far more than most of us do and of c ourse they're always in our face when we're in a spending mood!