Liberal journalist ripped for complaining about flight attendant wishing her a ‘blessed’ night: 'Grow up'

Social media users mocked Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery aft she publically complained astir a formation attendant wishing her and different passengers a "blessed" nighttime astatine the extremity of a caller flight.

Jeffery ridiculed the formation attendant successful a caller X post, saying her sendoff was grounds of "creeping Christian nationalism" successful the state and pointing retired each the different little Christian adjectives she could person used.

"How bittersweet and impoverished is your beingness that you’re offended by idiosyncratic blessing you? Get a grip," wrote Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen successful effect to Jeffery’s post.

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A wide writer precocious blasted an Alaska Airlines formation attendant for wishing passengers a "blessed" nighttime earlier they disembarked. (iStock)

The Mother Jones writer wrote went aft the formation attendant connected the societal media level Friday night, writing, "Creeping Christian nationalism alert: @AlaskaAir formation attendant conscionable wished america a ‘blessed’ nighttime arsenic we landed successful SFO (!) to groans. Other adjectives that would person sufficed: great, awesome, fabulous, amazing, fantastic…"

She added, "As my rowmate said, ‘this ain’t Montgomery, sweetie.’"

The captious station went viral, getting implicit 3 cardinal views on X successful a fewer hours, arsenic good arsenic a deluge of comments from salient users – some blimpish and wide – outraged that Jeffery could find responsibility with idiosyncratic being polite.

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Kamala Harris run fundraiser Armand Domalewski rebuked Jeffery, writing, "Respectfully, I’m a beauteous left-leaning feline and I privation folks a blessed time reasonably often. It’s conscionable a bully happening to say."

His remark prompted a effect from the editor-in-chief, who replied, "Eh. It’s a substance of respect for the assemblage earlier you. Respecting their abstraction and norms and wishes. Dominant cultures ever consciousness they person a close to enforce their norms and intents. And…way disconnected @AlaskaAir’s brand."

However, Domalewski disputed her point, adding, "As a practicing Catholic, I don’t consciousness similar being publically Christian is truly the ascendant civilization present successful SF lol." Jeffery did not occurrence back.

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Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery accused the formation attendant of promoting Christian nationalism. (Stephen Brashear / Stringer)

The Blaze’s Jessica O’Donnell slammed the editor-in-chief, posting, "You person issues greater than a formation attendant’s good wishes."

Canadian blimpish activistic Billboard Chris shared aged posts of Jeffery’s successful which she herself utilized "God bless" oregon praised others for utilizing akin language. 

In the database helium shared was Jeffery’s station from 2020 successful which she praised erstwhile President Obama’s usage of the operation "God Bless" successful a code honoring the precocious Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.

"‘God bless you all, God bless America, God bless this gentle psyche that pulled it person to its promise.’ Now that's a kicker," she wrote astatine the time.

The Dispatch editor-in-chief and L.A. Times columnist Jonah Goldberg ripped Jeffery, writing, "This is simply a bizarre and beauteous indefensible overreaction, imo."

Pollster Frank Luntz asked the journalist, "Do you get alarmed if radical accidental ‘bless you’ aft you sneeze?"

The Washington Examiner contributor Kimberly Ross denounced Jeffery’s post, stating, "This is not ‘creeping Christian nationalism.’ This is idiosyncratic showing kindness to others. It’s not offensive. It’s not a request for spiritual conversion. The contented present is you processed it arsenic a occupation that requires a nationalist ailment portion tagging the airline. Time to turn up."

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