Sri Lanka

It is not "more concise". It is incorrect. The object of people's worship is not Easter. The object of worship is Christ.

Please tell how Twitter "rewards" people for using less than the allowed 280 characters?

 

I have no problem comprehending a meaning of “people who are worshipping on Easter Sunday,” but it smells of “agreed-upon” talking points to me -- in that so many used it, and that I have never before noticed it to be a common usage.

Barack Obama: “The attacks on tourists and Easter worshippers in Sri Lanka are an attack on humanity. On a day devoted to love, redemption, and renewal, we pray for the victims and stand with the people of Sri Lanka.”
Hillary Clinton: “On this holy weekend for many faiths, we must stand united against hatred and violence. I’m praying for everyone affected by today’s horrific attacks on Easter worshippers and travelers in Sri Lanka.”
Julián Castro: “On a day of redemption and hope, the evil of these attacks on Easter worshippers and tourists in Sri Lanka is deeply saddening. My prayers today are with the dead and injured, and their families. May we find grace.”

 

Duh.

I think only people grasping at ways to be offended would take it that way. If my church had both Saturday and Sunday services, I might refer to the regulars on Sunday morning as “Sunday worshippers” without meaning that they worship that day of the week.

President Trump and his supporters are perhaps the most easily triggered people I have ever seen. Is this supposed to be your safe space? Does the bad man who calls you out on it need to go away?

Twitter started with 140 characters, so many uses of Twitter craft their messages to be as brief as possible. Those of us who draft statements for the public and have page limits are used to loading meaning into short phrases.

Short tweets and comments attract more readers since there is less “cost” (in terms of time*) or commitment to read and comprehend them.

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* I had to explain the meaning carefully so you and others won’t accuse me of saying that Twitter requires users to pay for services. I don’t want to trigger anyone.

 

In terms of simple economy, I notice that "Easter worshippers" has 17 letters and a space, while "Christians" has 10 letters.

Of course, I am assuming that “people who are worshipping on Easter Sunday” are probably at least nominally Christians.

 

Any offense I take is grammatical, not theological or political

Lighten up.

Obama used the term "Easter worshippers" on Twitter. About 3 hours later Hillary Clinton used the same term. So did Julian Castro, a Democrat running for President. I'd say the odds are pretty good that they both follow Obama on Twitter. Again, my objection is not political, it is grammatical. I believe it was Newsweek that used the phrase Easter worshippers. Maybe that's where Obama picked it up. Anyway, I expect a professional copywriter to use correct grammar and be accurate in their descriptions. I would hope a graduate of Harvard Law School would too.

Just today in my local paper I read of an effort by the Minneapolis park board to plant seeds for native plants along a shoreline of a lake within the city. They called it "construction". Wrong. Planting seeds is not construction.

I've been on Twitter since 2009. I know they started with 140 characters maximum. Still wondering how Twitter rewards people for using less than 140 characters. If you are suggesting more followers is a reward from Twitter, and people get more followers if they create tweets of less than 140 characters you might have a point, but it's very tenuous.

 

So, Black Friday shoppers?
People that go shopping on Black Friday? Or people looking to buy a Black Friday?

Consumer watchdogs?

Radioactive waste whistleblowers?

 

Naaaaa! They have been eradicated according to fat Donnie.

 

Incorrect. Trump only claims that ISIS has been decimated in Syria and Iraq, not that they've been fully eradicated.

 

Painfully obvious to everyone but Trump haters and muslim terrorist apologists.

 

I am embarrassed for you, Really!

 

So they still exist.... meaning they still can bomb us. However I rest comfortably knowing Dono is on the job.

 

Actually you are correct it was AlQaeda.

 

Liberals just cannot say the word "Christians", but boy oh boy can they say the words "Muslim worshippers" as they commented on that mosque shooting in New Zealand.

 

So if the bombings had occurred on a Saturday, you would have used the term "Saturday worshippers"? That makes no sense at all. The report or comment by anyone should read: "On Saturday, 300 Christians at worship were killed by a bombing....". Not, "In the USA, 300 Saturday worshippers were killed.....". That makes no sense at all and does not describe accurately who was worshipping.

Contrast that with the killings in New Zealand. All the reports were like this: "Today, 49 Muslims were shot by a white supremacist while they were worshipping". And Hillary said: "My heart breaks for New Zealand and the global Muslim community....". While Obama said: "Michelle and I send our condolences to the people of New Zealand. We grieve with you and the Muslim community".

Did you notice how neither of them used the term "Friday worshippers", but used the correct term "Muslims"?

 

That does make an interesting comparison.

Barack Obama: “Michelle and I send our condolences to the people of New Zealand. We grieve with you and the Muslim community. All of us must stand against hatred in all its forms.”
Barack Obama: “The attacks on tourists and Easter worshippers in Sri Lanka are an attack on humanity. On a day devoted to love, redemption, and renewal, we pray for the victims and stand with the people of Sri Lanka.”

Hillary Clinton: “My heart breaks for New Zealand & the global Muslim community. We must continue to fight the perpetuation and normalization of Islamophobia and racism in all its forms.”
Hillary Clinton: “On this holy weekend for many faiths, we must stand united against hatred and violence. I’m praying for everyone affected by today’s horrific attacks on Easter worshippers and travelers in Sri Lanka.”

Julián Castro: “My heart is with the people of New Zealand and the entire Muslim community this morning. We must always stand against acts of terror and hate.”
Julián Castro: “On a day of redemption and hope, the evil of these attacks on Easter worshippers and tourists in Sri Lanka is deeply saddening. My prayers today are with the dead and injured, and their families. May we find grace.”

In fairness, while looking for this I ran across two articles that claimed that President Trump failed to use “Muslim” or “Islam” in addressing the killings in New Zealand.

 

Are elites setting the stage for a global crackdown on Biblical Christianity?

Exactly.

 

ISIS have claimed responsibility but in a very vague sort of way which is quite unlike them, so the jury's still out as far as I;m concerned

 

I think we can safely say that it was Jihadists.

Coming here to the USA soon!?