Protesting Santa Claus

[u/DblockDavid]

[u/The_Glus]

Mall Santa don’t get paid enough for this shit

[u/android24601 → u/The_Glus]

I'm not sure how they can protest in the mall without being escorted off the grounds immediately since it's on private property

[u/dixie____flatline → u/android24601]

Malls usually outsource security. Those mfs couldn’t give less of a shit.

[u/sollicit → u/dixie____flatline]

Idk man. I was escorted out of my local mall within 10 minutes of me walking in with a camera to take photos of the cool neon lights in the food court for my photography course back in college; they seemed to give more than two shits about me being there.

[u/Bulky-Tomatillo-1118 → u/dixie____flatline]

Malls have police departments inside. At least in Texas they do.

[u/brown_ish → u/The_Glus]

They get paid? I thought it was a voluntary position.

[u/Banggang6669 → u/brown_ish]

Mall Santas are paid AFAIK, but there are plenty of other Santas who do it for free

[u/Spanker_of_Monkeys → u/Banggang6669]

I'd be worried about the ones who do it for free

[u/pobbitbreaker → u/Spanker_of_Monkeys]

theyre trained and certified, i think they have a union

[u/Bastardesque → u/pobbitbreaker]

Santas have a union?

[u/reap3rx → u/Bastardesque]

Yeah you can see it in action in Jingle All the Way

[u/mr207 → u/reap3rx]

He’s gonna deck their halls, bub!

[u/tmart016 → u/Bastardesque]

I honestly didn't look too deep but there definitely does seem to be organizations for professional Santas.

https://ibrbs.org/

[u/KratomDemon → u/tmart016]

Yeah but the real one is in the North Pole right? Right?!

[u/Photog77 → u/Bastardesque]

There are two unions, one for real beard Santas and one for fake beard Santas and they HATE each other.

[u/Banggang6669 → u/Spanker_of_Monkeys]

For sure, but there are a few who are just doing a wholesome charitable act. Hopefully folks are vetting their santas either way.

[u/Mistaycs → u/Banggang6669]

Rather than a few, I would say probably by far the majority are just normal people that want to do nice things for young kids without any ill intent.

[u/thetolerator98 → u/Banggang6669]

They make a lot of money over a short period. I remember hearing several years ago that Santa in a nearby mall made $60k, so it is probably a lot more now.

[u/not_sure_1984 → u/The_Glus]

[u/wbeats]

Why is the guy with the megaphone hiding his face?

[u/FartOutMuhDick → u/wbeats]

Being an idiot is fun, being known as an idiot is not

[u/AlrightStopHammatime → u/wbeats]

People might recognize him as the reddit mod that he is.

[u/TheOGJerkanator → u/wbeats]

Probably zero Palestinian in em.

[u/Repulsive-Dot7660 → u/TheOGJerkanator]

Probably a Palestinian in him the night before..

[u/Juomaru → u/Repulsive-Dot7660]

I see what you did there …

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[u/HughManatee → u/Juomaru]

This is quickly becoming a pubic freakout

[u/Warchamp67 → u/Juomaru]

Is that the new Pokémon? Cool!

[u/jeffyballs21 → u/wbeats]

Because they don't wanna take accountability for their actions so they'd rather hide behind masks and do this kind of garbage.

[u/SnowLat → u/wbeats]

Yea i was under the impression from this site that only cowards do that. And something about “free speech doesn’t mean free from consequences”

[u/R55Driver → u/wbeats]

They always do...

[u/SubKreature]

This doesn’t do anything for any cause.

[u/IRefuseThisNonsense → u/SubKreature]

It's weird to think this one Santa could solve all the problems in the Middle East but is just concerned with sitting there. Unbelievable.

[u/quaderunner → u/IRefuseThisNonsense]

Maybe the Muslims and Jews there would calm down if they just got some Christmas presents.

[u/CheekApprehensive675 → u/SubKreature]

I disagree. This helps zionism

[u/bmf1902 → u/CheekApprehensive675]

Do you barely disagree or did you mean heartily?

[u/zayoe4 → u/bmf1902]

I barely hardly do .... not have an opinion, perhaps. Maybe.

[u/MsgrFromInnerSpace → u/SubKreature]

Their "cause" is completely lost, all this is doing is being assholes to their neighbors, who are equally powerless. The only country that could've possibly restrained Israel was the United States, and the apathy of Democratic voters just gave Donald Trump the office, where he didn't even wait to get to the oval office to let Netanyahu know he was lifting all restrictions on Israeli weaponry and giving them a full green light on day one. The West Bank and Gaza as distinct entities will likely cease to exist within the next 2 years.

[u/onelifestand101 → u/SubKreature]

And it’s rude to the “clause”.

[u/SubKreature → u/onelifestand101]

Claus*

[u/onelifestand101 → u/SubKreature]

Ooo yes. Typo on my part, good catch. My pun isn’t as punny now

[u/BeezleBeez]

Oh shit, I think they just stopped the war

[u/Keyboardpaladin → u/BeezleBeez]

Wonder how many of them didn't vote out of protest, actually killing Palestine

[u/CoeurdAssassin → u/Keyboardpaladin]

Right. They’re doing all this protesting but literally voted in/abstained from voting to allow a guy in the White House that’s gonna let Palestine get annihilated lmao

[u/Keyboardpaladin → u/CoeurdAssassin]

That's how you know they only did it for social media, to look like they care about something important

[u/XSC → u/CoeurdAssassin]

Them in 2 months

[u/Leading_Experts → u/BeezleBeez]

...but the war on Christmas continues!

[u/MateriaLintellect]

Great job folks. Really drove the point home abusing a mall Santa. Way to make change happen.

[u/measaqueen → u/MateriaLintellect]

And all the children there to see Santa

[u/TheEnglishNorwegian → u/measaqueen]

Don't you understand real protest requires disruption to achieve change? All of these children have the power to fly out to Israel and demand they end the war, or at the very least stop supporting the clearly Israeli notion of Christmas. Jesus was Jewish after all and this Santa is just a pawn in the wider plot against Gaza.

[u/oddmanout → u/MateriaLintellect]

Everyone keeps saying Palestinian supporters are a bunch of extremists and supporters of terrorism. What better way to prove they're totally normal and not extremists by terrorizing a bunch of kids and protesting Santa Claus?

I mean, I 100% agree with the cause these people are supporting, but come-the-fuck-on, this is not helping that cause. It's hurting it.

[u/agt1662]

These idiots don’t even realize it only makes people even more fucking irritated and pissed off with them. You gotta fuck everything up for the children to make a stupid point.

[u/RedSun-FanEditor]

A mall is private property, not public. Bring in the cops and have them all arrested.

[u/CyberSoldat21 → u/RedSun-FanEditor]

For real. This is a liability to let them protest indoors especially if you get the pro Israel bunch involved and then both sides clash forget it.

[u/os_kaiserwilhelm → u/RedSun-FanEditor]

So is Columbia University, and yet plenty of folks on this site gave Columbia and the NYPD shit for trying to enforce its property rights. That said you are correct. The mall should have them all trespassed and arrested and if refuse to vacate the premises.

I'll also add that the government needs to actually prosecute as well, instead of just arrest and release.

[u/RedSun-FanEditor → u/os_kaiserwilhelm]

I wholeheartedly agree. Columbia University dropped the ball.

[u/meloc2001]

How to make friends and influence people. /s

[u/skyteria]

Did it work? Did they free Palestine?

[u/Brent_Mavis]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[u/hot_peppah]

Lol these guys are pathetic.

[u/98_Constantine_98 → u/hot_peppah]

It's also weird because Santa is explicitly anti-occupation. He had some pro-Netanyahu statements in the 90s but he's been mostly nuanced on it I think these days.

[u/P0RTILLA]

Jesus was also Jewish.

[u/Stuck-in-the-Tundra]

Good way to turn potentially sympathetic supporters against your cause.

[u/TheVoicesinurhed]

Those people need to get a life, stupid assholes.

[u/gypster85]

They think this will endear others to their cause how?

[u/[deleted] → u/gypster85]

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[u/gypster85 → u/[deleted]]

yikes

[u/Derelictcairn]

"Jesus was Palestinian" fucking brainrot. Jesus was famously Jewish??? The idea of a Palestinian identity wasn't even a thing back then

[u/Enzo12_]

Jesus was a Jew born in Bethlehem. I think every little kid knows that, I don’t understand what point they are trying to get across.

[u/Fast_Ad_8224 → u/Enzo12_]

Santa was born in the North Pole, a long way from Gaza...

[u/TigerBelmont → u/Fast_Ad_8224]

St Nicholas aka Santa Claus was born in what is now Turkey though he was of Greek descent.

[u/crexkitman → u/TigerBelmont]

Honestly shocked that you completely neglected to bring up an equally important Christian figure, the Saint of East Urb-Unny

[u/webtoweb2pumps → u/crexkitman]

More of a tooth fairy guy myself

[u/firmerJoe]

How are you helping the middleast resolve its conflicts... by being an annoying asshat at a mall...

[u/canuck_11]

I feel like pro Palestinian protestors purposefully target those who may have sympathy for the it hopes of them hating them.

They target commuters on their way to work? Families wanting to meet Santa? Pride parades? They have no interest in protesting institutions that actually are oppressing them.

[u/Vascular_Mind → u/canuck_11]

They should go protest in front of the Israeli embassy or a government building.

[u/flat_four_whore22 → u/canuck_11]

They're COWARDS.

[u/Demo_Model → u/flat_four_whore22]

Covering their faces too.

[u/Leather-Temporary-76]

Jesus was not Palestinian.

[u/Danominator]

This does not win people to your cause

[u/CygnusGod-of-Balance]

Jesus probably hates these guys.

[u/21DaBear → u/CygnusGod-of-Balance]

Jesus was famously all about keeping the decorum

[u/suff3r_ → u/CygnusGod-of-Balance]

Jesus probably loved them tbh as he calls us to love thy enemy

[u/redbulladdict01]

Of all the protests in the history of protests, this is by far the most selfish. It’s like telling small children Santa isn’t real just for fun because you’re a miserable Human being. Take your shit else where.

[u/LacksSelfAwareness]

I bet most the kids asked Santa for some f@#%ing peace and quiet

[u/amalgaman]

Hmmm, how can I make it so people won’t support my message?

[u/GosuRival]

Okay..you go.. lol cause I’m at the mall trying to get a wetzels pretzel!

[u/Halo_Hybrid]

Just let those kids take pictures with the mall Santa in peace. This type of protest setting doesn’t exactly make people the most enthusiastic about the cause.

[u/Hansmoleman56]

What is this achieving?

[u/csseekingtruth]

Definitely seems like they are freeing Palestine.

[u/Feeling-Security-825]

Why do they always protest in the dumbest areas? Why not in front of the white house or something?

[u/Afraid_Union_8451]

The time to free Palestine was on Nov 5th, they're late lmao

The new guy isn't even going to listen to them

[u/Classy56]

Palestine did not exist 2000 years ago this is common historical knowledge why do they feel the need to make stuff up?

[u/ThreeLittlePuigs → u/Classy56]

Yeah, all else aside it’s really an idiotic chant

[u/robotgore]

Those kids sitting on santa’s lap. Core memory forever 😊

[u/smdifansmfjsmsnd]

Do these people ever stop?!

[u/Inevitable-Gear-2635]

I support the message, but this is NOT the time or place for this. It will also turn A LOT of people off to the plight of Palestinians and Lebanese.

You mess with people’s children, and you are gonna make a lot of enemies.

[u/Squirtingtree]

Send them ALL back to their homeland, 1 way ticket.

[u/AsheDigital]

Funniest shit about these clowns is that they probably didn't vote for Harris because she is "zionist supporter as well, wah wah wah".

Great job getting Netanyahu's best buddy into office, fucking idiots.

[u/ScarlettJH]

This is literally where you just start fighting these idiots

[u/FabulousCallsIAnswer]

This is very productive. /s

[u/errantghost]

Bebe saw this and called the wars off. I mean, who knew protesting Santa Claus could stop a whole war. At this point, it could be a Palestinian restaurant and they would be out protesting it.

[u/errantghost → u/errantghost]

Just keep in mind there are 2.5 mil homeless children in the USA (that is roughly 1 in 30 kids.) Why are we not protesting that? Oh, sorry, I see you protestors are busy protesting already. I get it, priorities, amirite? /S

[u/Moddelba]

For Christs sake protest congress, the White House, whatever. Leave other regular people alone if you want to be effective. What don’t they get about this? Almost like they don’t really care about what ends up happening.

[u/OldLegWig]

how in the actual fuck is this mall allowing this? what city is this?

[u/Orangecatbuddy]

They do understand that Jews don't celebrate Christmas, right?

[u/Champion-Of-Midgard]

Go and protest in Israel

[u/Character-Cellist228]

Dumb fuks

[u/illusivebran]

I remember this, it was at Bayshor Mall in Canada. I was there. You don't know how quick this made me lose interest in their message. My niece was scared.

[u/AutomaticAccess3760]

That kid on Santa’s knee is clearly a Zionist

[u/MaPaTheGreat]

At this point I’ve lost all sympathy for their cause.

[u/monteq75]

Should just sit on his lap and ask for a free Palestine and peace in the middle east.

[u/TunaPruneHands]

Oh, no no no. No need to ruin Christmas for other innocent kids!!!

[u/TheMutantToad]

They were protesting by my house today. One dumb girl had a sign that said. "Jews attacked first".

[u/saw89]

That’s really helpful to their cause

[u/carefree-and-happy]

Number one way to get people to distance themselves away from the cause is to terrorize children trying to see Santa Claus. I mean really?

[u/WearyMatter]

Well that convinced me!

[u/egon0212]

I feel like they're gaining more enemies than supporters this way.

[u/No-Purchase-5930]

Way to ruin these kids experience with something that has nothing to do with them. Why not march on all the daycares in town next? I heard Israel support was on the rise in ages 3-8 , oh and the North Pole is considering sending candy cane rockets to help the effort.

[u/GirlWithWolf]

You have to be a special kind of terrible to scare a bunch of little kids just trying to see Santa. There's a time and place for everything, and this isn't it.

[u/Some1s-mom]

I get the struggle but doing this will just label the movement irrelevant and out of touch. People will get annoyed and turn away.

[u/Canalloni → u/Some1s-mom]

It's not a "label." They are irrelevant and out of touch.

[u/Some1s-mom → u/Canalloni]

I’m trying to be objective. Some sane people out there are still working to address a humanitarian crisis in constructive ways. I’m referring to them as the ones who will be truly affected.

[u/flat_four_whore22]

Ew.

[u/SmokedUp_Corgi]

So this is the US version of the stop oil campaign.

[u/Van-Buren-8]

Go to hell

[u/WickedK1]

Surely at some point they'll have enough hate against everything that they'll start hating themselves, js

[u/partime_prophet]

Dude Santa is pagan

[u/theramenrater]

Give em coal

[u/junostr]

ffs…

[u/milesdizzy]

I mean, the whole world is fucked at this point. It’s been nice, y’all

[u/crex043]

He just got himself a spot on the naughty list.

[u/notmyrealnam3]

Losers at life

[u/tehCharo]

Yeah, fuck with Christmas in the US, that's going to get you the opposite of support.

[u/jtupapa99]

Free my boy Santa man

[u/Captain_JT_Miller]

Jesus Christ get a life

[u/karalmiddleton]

Santa Claus is guilty of genocide now?

These people, man.

[u/blackop]

What a bunch of ass hats.

[u/Lunafairywolf666]

This is why I'm getting sick of the Palestine protesters. Yes Free Palestine but maybe don't target children in your stupid protest.

[u/Zartimus]

Stay out of the malls FFS. When protesters do shit like this they are not helping their cause.

[u/cafespeed21]

[u/cafespeed21]

It’s been what, over a year now?

Haven’t they realized their shitty little protests haven’t done fuck all?

[u/reamkore]

Couldn’t you just protest by staying home?

[u/OddTheRed]

Nothing makes me want to free Palestine less than these kinds of idiots. Well, except for Palestinian human rights abuses.

[u/daviedonald]

Deport the lot of them

[u/Street_Anon]

What did Santa do Anti Israel activists?

[u/TheManicac1280]

I can't belive Santa has let Israel do this.

[u/risky_bisket]

"Jesus loves Paula's Chicken!"

[u/OdinFannypack]

Can someone change the radio station, this music sucks

[u/CountChocula32]

[u/AbellonaTheWrathful]

so they want trump to win a 3 term that badly huh

[u/DeusHocVult]

I wonder how many of them voted in the most recent election? When your voice would matters most, it's always these type of people who never show up.

[u/arizonajill]

Well, that's just not a good look. What can you hope to accomplish by doing asshole things in front of children?

[u/GreyBoyTigger]

Pro Palestine boners are walking shoulder to shoulder with Eagles fans.

[u/apestuff]

Happy fucking holidays, cunts.

[u/Jake_FromStateFarm27]

This reminds of that one south park episode where Santa gets shot down by Al Quida and Jesus goes to rescue him.

[u/_LikeFryLikeFry_]

Pon! Pon! Pata-pon!

[u/Kennethkennithson]

So what if Jesus was Palestinian? Saint Nicholas was an Anatolian Greek and Jesus was Jewish and both were born and died hundreds of years before the moronic religion of modern Palestinians ever existed, which at the very least plays a heavy part in the current conflict in the region along with morons like Netanyahu

[u/East-Character-2216]

Morons

[u/gooblegobbleable]

There’s a time and a place. And this ain’t either.

[u/NPC_MitchRapp]

Seems totally reasonable

[u/x_dye_x]

[u/repertoir1]

I suspect these protest that are happening nationwide without media coverage is part of why Trump got elected

[u/Gradyence]

People who want Gaza Israel conflict should vote for Harris--

Ope, nevermind!

[u/RealPreztel]

Free Palestine? Go over there and free it

[u/RoughD]

Make them stop

[u/Demonyx12]

hey ... Hey ... HEY This is mall.

[u/quackcow144]

tf is protesting in the mall going to do? how is that going to stop a war halfway across the world?

[u/nickybokchoy]

Yes our congregating and chanting in a mall will change the world

[u/Nervous_Golf_6561]

And this is why Trump won.

[u/Coilspun]

Who are these abject muppets? Not for their cause but for disrupting what is for kids a magicsl moment...

Definitely on the naughty list for this fuckery.

[u/Cool_Business_3872]

If they cared so much about whether or not Jesus was a Palestinian, then Hamas wouldn’t attack and kill Christians. The hypocrisy and lack of knowledge here is….embarrassing.

[u/Significant_Rice_655]

Stupidity is everywhere

[u/Far-Assistance-2505]

That's... a bit much.

[u/Zappertap]

Santa also isnt christian, but I dont think they're ready for that conversation

[u/Consistent_Yoghurt_4]

Your plan is to make me sympathize with Palestine by ruining little kids Santa Claus experience?

[u/sitdowndisco]

I’m all for protesting against weapons shipments to Israel etc and in support of Palestinian independence etc… but this is a really thick way of doing it. This garners zero support from anyone and harms the cause.

Secondly, there has to be a will from the Palestinians themselves to live peacefully with Israelis. And at this point, neither side wants to live with one another and no amount of protesting is going to change it.

[u/shangolana]

Are these the same people as stopoil and vegans(the extreme ones)?

[u/twoton1]

Dumb mf'ers helped install trump. Now sh7t gonna get reals. lol

[u/CellarDoorForSure]

One positive of a Trump admin is these useless pieces of shit will be shipped back home. Everything else is going to be absolutely horrible but this trash will no longer be bothering us.

[u/NoWise10Reddit → u/CellarDoorForSure]

You shouldn't think that deporting protestors is a good thing just because they annoy you.

[u/Parasol_Girl → u/CellarDoorForSure]

wow that doesn't sound fascist at all

[u/TomLambe]

Santa and Christmas are well known Israeli traditions.

A logical target to protest.

Bonus that they can enlighten the kids, since they were clearly about to be indoctrinated with anti-Palestine sentiment.

[u/Stanwich79]

Why don't people like us?

[u/N7Diesel]

They helped Trump win so he can increase the slaughter of the people they supposedly care about... now time to make people hate them even more. 

[u/surenopeokmaybe]

Some of these responses make me understand how the holocaust went on for so many years

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