The Conservatives have claimed Good Friday

So he used the cross and now some here are using the cross to
score political points,

No - atheists do not classify Jesus the same as father christmas. Jesus is an historical figure

St Nicholas (Santa Claus) was an historical figure too.

It would appear Christians on GN are not offended - just those who disagree with his politics and/or atheists

I still don't understand why we have to eat fish

Jaxjacky

I wouldn’t have seen it if it hadn’t been posted here.

Me neither.

I don't think it's an official poster, it's something some minister concocted and put on his Twitter feed.

A daft thing to do particularly as he has done a good job with the vaccination programme.
What was he thinking?

Thanks for the info suzie

maddyone

I’m not entirely sure what the poster means. Where is it?

It’s on Twitter and it means that the Conservatives have plumbed new depths

Beckett

It seems what people here are "offended" by is the fact it was a Conservative who posted it. Anyone reading his twitter account would be aware of his politics - but don't let that stop the hate fest against him.

I wonder if there would be a similar reaction if a Labour Party shadow minister posted when it is Eid-ul-Adha, Maulid-Al-Nabi or Ramadan and put the Labour logo at the bottom. Probably not, certainly not on GN

I’m not offended - I don’t use that word - I posted it as an example of the utter cynicism of the present government in appropriating anything that suits them and that nothing is off limits. There’s been several posts discussing the difference between Good Friday and the other examples you give.

I didn’t mean the poster as in Gransnetter, I meant the poster, tweet, advert, or whatever it is.

I’m not entirely sure what the poster means. Where is it?

Anniebach - No - atheists do not classify Jesus the same as father christmas. Jesus is an historical figure. One, amongst many at that time and place, who saw themselves as some sort of saviour for their oppressed countrypeople (suppose rather like Farage now!!). Okay,maybe a lot nicer than Farage!!!

Yes, we would classify father christmas, the tooth fairy and god(s) in the same way. Along with Unicorns, etc.

GrannyGravy13

suziewoozie

Septimia

It's clearly a misunderstanding of the relevance of Good Friday to Christians.

The Eid and Passover ones are acknowledging a celebration.

Zahawi has missed the point here and should have waited to post a Happy Easter meassage.

This absolutely - but he hasn’t missed the point has he ? He’s deliberately associated the Conservatives with the ultimate Christian message of Good Friday. Wishing someone Happy Eid/Easter/Diwali is not the same (as you say).

But he didn’t wish people a happy Good Friday did he?

No where on that poster (that I can see) does it say Happy Good Friday ?

No of course he didn’t- terms no such thing as a Happy Good Friday . If he’d left it to Monday it coukd have been Happy Easter - and that encompasses bunnies, Easter eggs and whatever else religious or otherwise you want to take from it. Good Friday is of a totally different order and symbolism. He could have tweeted it without the word Conservative on and their logo and just about got away with it as just the usual jumping on the religious bandwagon but he turned the graphic of the Good Friday cross into a party political poster.

Yes, it's back to this 1000 words in a picture thing.
Both use the symbol of the cross to convey a different message about which I am puzzled.

"many don't reflect on the meaning of Easter because we don't believe in that" as was acknowledged in my post Galaxy.

It seems what people here are "offended" by is the fact it was a Conservative who posted it. Anyone reading his twitter account would be aware of his politics - but don't let that stop the hate fest against him.

I wonder if there would be a similar reaction if a Labour Party shadow minister posted when it is Eid-ul-Adha, Maulid-Al-Nabi or Ramadan and put the Labour logo at the bottom. Probably not, certainly not on GN

Ellianne

Thank you Jane. I put the two images side by side to compare from a visual point of view. The colour and graphics say two very different things but I won't bore anyone.

The message is also very different isn’t it not just the graphics and colour.

Thank you Jane. I put the two images side by side to compare from a visual point of view. The colour and graphics say two very different things but I won't bore anyone.

suziewoozie

Septimia

It's clearly a misunderstanding of the relevance of Good Friday to Christians.

The Eid and Passover ones are acknowledging a celebration.

Zahawi has missed the point here and should have waited to post a Happy Easter meassage.

This absolutely - but he hasn’t missed the point has he ? He’s deliberately associated the Conservatives with the ultimate Christian message of Good Friday. Wishing someone Happy Eid/Easter/Diwali is not the same (as you say).

But he didn’t wish people a happy Good Friday did he?

No where on that poster (that I can see) does it say Happy Good Friday ?

janeainsworth

I’ll just leave this here.....perhaps we should leave the politicians to their dirty point scoring and cultural appropriation and let them get on with it.

This is quite different and you know it.

Septimia

It's clearly a misunderstanding of the relevance of Good Friday to Christians.

The Eid and Passover ones are acknowledging a celebration.

Zahawi has missed the point here and should have waited to post a Happy Easter meassage.

This absolutely - but he hasn’t missed the point has he ? He’s deliberately associated the Conservatives with the ultimate Christian message of Good Friday. Wishing someone Happy Eid/Easter/Diwali is not the same (as you say).

Smileless many of dont reflect on the meaning of Easter because we dont believe in that.

We know about the misogyny racism etc on Twitter. Some of us have watched it for years so dont really need it explaining. That doesnt mean it doesnt have an enormous reach.

Ellianne
When was the green and yellow one posted Jane? Is it 2021 or just an old stock image?

I’ve just checked & it was posted on Facebook in 2019.
Obviously the cultural appropriation’s been going on for a while

I understand that Ellianne, I've certainly not seen anything like it before and I wouldn't have seen this had it not been here on GN.

Many enjoy the Easter break and Christmas without any thought to what they are in celebration of. Maybe some who see this will reflect on the true meaning of Easter especially after such a difficult year.

If this wasn't unusual because it's rarely seen unless it's outside a church or other places of worship, perhaps there would be a less cynical reaction.

Oh FGS. I know the Queen doesn't update her own Twitter account. But the Firm obviously think that having a twitter account is important for communicating with the population and have set one up in her name. Ergo, there are people and organisations who consider Twitter to be important and "not" a cess pit.

I have no idea of the racial abuse? You have no idea what I have an idea about. How patronising.