Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller may be taking the so-called “war on Christmas” a little too literally.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Republican official said that he would “slap” anyone who wished him “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”
“If one more person says Happy Holidays to me I just might slap them. Either tell me Merry Christmas or just don’t say anything,” Miller wrote.
The message included a photo of a cowboy riding a bull in front of a sign that read: “We Will Never Take Christ Out Of Christmas.”
The post had been liked over 7,000 times by Thursday morning.
However, hundreds of people responded to Miller’s post by wishing him Happy Holidays, including a GIF from the Texas Democratic Party.
The Houston Chronicle pointed out that Miller had a history of posting controversial remarks on Facebook. In one post, he called for nuking the “Muslim world.” In another post, he compared Syrian refugees to “rattlesnakes.”
Towleroad also noted that Miller had backed anti-gay comments made by Duck Dynasty ‘s Phil Robertson.
“Phil Robertson has every right to express his personal opinions about his Christian faith and against the homosexual lifestyle,” he insisted. “For a television network to cater to and then run scared of the radical gay community is a shame and a disgrace. It demonstrates just what the liberal-left agenda is going to do to our country – rot it from the inside out by killing off American values.”
At least he didn't threaten to shoot the next person who says "Happy Holidays" to him, which he easily could have done.
Here are your options:
1 - acknowledge Christ when you reference Dec. 25
2 - shut the fuck up
3 - get slapped
And once again, Texas spawns a bad news story.
Brave Ben Carson is “Not Afraid” to Wish You a Merry Christmas
Fearless leader and hopeful 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson has braved the terrifying wrath of America’s atheist power structure (which is a whopping 3.1% of the population ) to post a defiant Christmas message on facebook.
No doubt risking his life to send his festive greetings during the gruesome ‘War on Christmas’, Carson has proven yet again that he is not a man to be messed with :
Hear that atheists? Ben Carson is not afraid of your Godless ways!
Now, THAT is courage!!