Google doodle on Easter Sunday honored Cesar Chavez not Easter

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   MomsTreasureChestposted 12 years ago

   Does that bother you?

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      Sarra Garrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes.  What does chavez have to do with Jesus?!

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      Josakposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Nope not only do businesses have every right to be secular but most Americans don't know who Cesar Chavez is and should. Not to mention that Easter is a co-opted holiday stolen from pagans so really we should have Ishtar or Gaia up there if anyone.

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         Zelkiiroposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         This. Where's my Ishtar portrait?!
         
         Guess this page will have to do...

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            Education Answerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            It's an interesting choice that annoys me for religious reasons.  It does not surprise me though.  Had Google selected Jesus or something Christian, it would have been criticized, so this was really not a situation where Google could win.

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               A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Google did win. The nonsense spouted by the religious right in disgust and dismay to Googles choice shows they are simply far removed from reality and incredibly arrogant in their zealotry.
               
               People everywhere are laughing hysterically at them.

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                  Education Answerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  It's interesting that so many call it the "religious right."  There are plenty of democrats who are religious too, and many of them were not thrilled with Google.  This may just have more to do with religion than politics.

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   WriteAngledposted 12 years ago

   No

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   Hollie Thomasposted 12 years ago

   Not at all.

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   Gcrhoads64posted 12 years ago

   Nope. I can find more important things to be bothered about.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 12 years ago

   I was wondering who that Google Guy was.
   
   ...sooooo, we should care about this why, exactly??

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   No.  They get tp honor whomever they wish.  If they start marking holy days as a matter of course, then they will be left with no days to do anything else.  Every day is a holy day for someone.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/111127

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   SmartAndFunposted 12 years ago

   Does not bother me in the least -- I think it was a fitting choice. I think Jesus would have approved.

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   rebekahELLEposted 12 years ago

   I don't get why people are so upset about it.  I've come to the conclusion that some feel that everything has to be about religion and the US.  So, would they prefer the pagan (rural, country-like) representation of a fertile goddess symbolized as a cute bunny rabbit? 
   
   Google has only done one Easter doodle, back in 2000.

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    tirelesstravelerposted 12 years ago

    I thought it was a creepy picture,  I agree it really was more to do with religion than politics.
    Personally I almost preferred him to some picture of the Easter Bunny..

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    Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

    Cesar Chavez was a great American...

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       Education Answerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Wasn't Cesar Chavez a socialist?

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          John Holdenposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          So that bars him from being a great American! Heck, there are big lumps of America that are socialist!

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          Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          No, he wasn't.

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          WriteAngledposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          According to my understanding, he promoted human rights and, like Gandhi, used the tactics of non-violence to try and achieve his ends.
          
          This seems a totally admirable cause, however one would define it in political terms.

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    maxoxam41posted 12 years ago

    I prefer to honor good people versus whatever religious symbol eggs and bunnies represent.

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