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struggle4progress

(118,039 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 08:45 PM Mar 2013

Google takes Easter heat over Cesar Chavez doodle

Rather than Easter, Google's doodle today commemorates farm labor leader Cesar Chavez's birthday. That's brought much criticism, although Chavez himself was a devout Christian.
By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer / March 31, 2013

Google is taking heat for its Easter Sunday doodle – that cartoon modification of its logo that changes from day to day.

Like many such doodles, it comes on the birthday of the subject. Mr. Chavez was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona.

But appearing on Easter – one of the holiest days for hundreds of millions of Christians around the world – the Chavez Google doodle has set off a mini-storm of protest, including (inevitably) in the twitterverse ...


http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0331/Google-takes-Easter-heat-over-Cesar-Chavez-doodle


Google can do whatever it wants with its daily doodle IMO. People like myself who choose to celebrate Easter have no right to expect Google to promote our religious beliefs: should I want my ideas about Easter promulgated, then it's my responsibility to promulgate them

And Cesar Chavez was a great man: Happy birthday, Cesar! We miss you!
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Google takes Easter heat over Cesar Chavez doodle (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2013 OP
Yeah, I don't care either. goldent Mar 2013 #1
i have no doubt they did it just to win brand loyalty. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #2
The real weapons-grade stupid: backscatter712 Apr 2013 #3
Does Jesus have a US Navy ship named for him? Bad Thoughts Apr 2013 #4
Sure: muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #6
Named for the city Lordquinton Apr 2013 #8
Fred Clark's take on this: muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #5
Great response. n/t trotsky Apr 2013 #7
 

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)
2. i have no doubt they did it just to win brand loyalty.
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 12:04 AM
Apr 2013

they know their consumers.. they've got the best learning machine algorithms on the planet.

no wonder china hates them. they have the second best.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
3. The real weapons-grade stupid:
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 02:10 AM
Apr 2013

Bunches of teabaggers thought that Google was honoring Hugo Chavez, rather than Cesar.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,154 posts)
5. Fred Clark's take on this:
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 08:56 AM
Apr 2013


Google and white Christians’ search for ‘persecution’

...
Chavez was a church-going Roman Catholic — a member in good standing of Team Christian.

Now, the rules of the Game clearly state that any snub or slight, however minor, against any member of Team Christian is grounds for Outrage. And collecting Outrage points is even better than winning.

Chavez’s birthday, March 31, is thus a good date for savvy players of the Game to keep in mind. Did the godless liberal media fail to honor this distinguished member of Team Christian on his birthday this year? If so, don’t miss the chance to collect those Outrage points.

Unfortunately for Team Christian players, Google honored Chavez with a lovely Google Doodle on its homepage. Such respectful tribute to a devout Christian is a nice gesture, I suppose, but respectful tributes don’t win you any Outrage points. This would all seem terribly deflating for players of the Game — like when the store clerk says “Merry Christmas,” depriving you of the chance to rack up some War on Christmas Outrage points — except that, by a happy coincidence, Passover came early this year. And that meant that this year, Cesar Chavez’s birthday also happened to be Easter Sunday.
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2013/04/02/google-and-white-christians-search-for-persecution/
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