I agree with Noah on some aspects. I think that at points christians can be very condescending. Now I do come from a christian background, but not all christians are perfect, including me. One of the biggest moments that I have seen christians get upset is the Starbucks red cup. When Starbucks released their red cup in the beginning of November many christians where mad saying that Starbucks had taken away the symbols of Christmas from the cup and that Starbucks was a bunch of atheist.
Here is a picture of the Starbucks cups from past years. Now to me a fellow christian I am not offended. I see nothing that should be offensive to christians with this new plain red cup. The old Starbucks cups had nothing that symbolized the birth of Jesus. With that being the true reason we celebrate this holiday I honestly find it ridiculous that people would be upset with Starbucks for going with a classy look for their cups. And I think that Ellen does a great job of making that point. Now she does this in a very humorous way, but she is also able to get the point across. She calls the cups "satan sippers" because that is how they are currently being viewed. These cups are just plain red and you would think these cups had something that showed Christmas in a negative way for all the backlash they are receiving. I do blame the age of information for this because I think that social media blew this out of proportion. I think that one person tweeted about this and then someone retweeted it which just fueled the fire. I just hope that people can look past this red cup satan sipper and see the real meaning of Christmas while they drink a nice cup of coffee.
It is true that often times we spread something on before we really understand it ourselves. I've certainly shared an article on Facebook without really reading it myself. Who has time, right? But the consequences are that everything gets reduced down to whatever is most shareable on Facebook, and the nuance is lost.
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