A number of conventional media outlets, including CNN and NBC News, have once again started referring to Christians as” Easter worshippers” as their most sacred time approaches.
The reference was made in response to a horrible accident in South Africa, in which 45 people died on Thursday when a vehicle fell off a rock in Limpopo state. When the injury happened, the victims were traveling to an Easter conference, leaving only one seriously hurt survivor.
Social media users took issue with the ridiculous usage of the term” Easter worshippers” rather than Catholics, yet. ” Van carrying Easter believers falls off mountain killing 45 people in South Africa”, reads CNN’s article. Similar articles were used by Persons Magazine, NBC News and lots of others.
” They’re doing this again. We are Catholics, certainly’ Easter worshippers,'” said electoral and elections researcher Red Eagle Politics. ” We do n’t devotion’ Easter,’ we worship Christ”.
Hundreds of Christians were killed during Easter festivities in Sri Lanka in 2019, which sparked controversy with the name. ” Sri Lankans who worship at Easter and travelers are the target of a massacre,” said one critic. On a day devoted to enjoy, forgiveness, and regeneration, we pray for the patients and remain with the citizens of Sri Lanka”, said former President Barack Obama at the time.
Hilary Clinton was one of the many more media outlets and elected leaders who used the word, too.
How do President Obama and Secretary Clinton use Easter-observers in their comments about Sri Lankan deaths? It’s strange that they both use the same word on the same day, according to previous House Speaker Newt Gingrich. ” Is Easter Worshipper the public’s new way to avoid the word Christian? Pathetic”.
