A progressive journalist has been mocked online after making a public post criticizing a flight attendant who wished her and other passengers a “blessed night.”
Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery posted in X that she found the Alaska Air flight attendant’s language to be similar to “creeping Christian nationalism” after landing in San Francisco.
Jeffrey wrote that replacement words like “great” or “fantastic” would have worked just as well, adding that someone sitting in his row said, “This isn’t Montgomery, honey.” That was an apparent reference to the Alabama city often associated with anti-black racism.
But his post prompted many to respond and defend what they described as “kindness.”
Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery received backlash after a post on X about a flight attendant telling her to have a “blessed day.”
The publication caught the attention of all users, liberal or Republican, who described her complaint as “petty” and “miserable”, while some took the opportunity to dig up old posts where she herself had used the word “blessed.”
Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen wrote: ‘How sad and impoverished is your life that you are offended when someone blesses you? Control yourself.
One user, J Valentine, responded by saying: ‘Mother Jones editor offers another great example of why normatives hate progressives.
“Being ‘progressive’ is often just an excuse for being an insufferable jerk.”
‘Respectfully, I’m a pretty left-wing guy and I wish people a blessed day quite often. “It’s a very nice thing to say,” wrote Armand Domalewski.
Jeffery criticized Alaska Air flight attendant’s language, comparing it to ‘disturbing Christian nationalism’
Jeffery responded by saying, ‘Hey. It is a matter of respect for the audience in front of you.
‘Respecting your space and your rules and wishes. Dominant cultures always feel they have the right to enforce their norms and intentions. And… a long way from the @AlaskaAir brand.’
Domalewski further refuted her point by saying, “As a practicing Catholic, I don’t feel like being publicly Christian is really the dominant culture here in SF lol.”
Jeffrey didn’t respond.
Canadian conservative activist Billboard Chris even went so far as to link to old posts in which Jeffrey used phrases like “God Bless” and other similar language.
American political consultant Frank Luntz intervened to ask him if he would be alarmed if people said “bless him” when he sneezed.
One user turned the tables and wished Jeffery “a most hellish and torturous evening.”
‘It’s not offensive. It is not a requirement for religious conversion,” said Kimberly Ross of the Washington Examiner.
‘The problem here is that you processed it as an issue requiring a public complaint while labeling the airline. It’s time to grow up.’
