As Twitchy told you earlier, GQ correspondent and real-life Grinch Julia Ioffe asked people to stop wishing her a Merry Christmas because she doesn’t celebrate it and is therefore apparently incapable of graciously accepting someone else’s warm wishes:
People, please stop wishing me a merry Christmas. It’s wonderful if you celebrate it, but I don’t and I don’t feel like explaining that to you either.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) December 20, 2018
That’s fine, because we don’t feel like listening to your explanation.
Going to start wishing you all a happy new year in September and see if you’re merry or confused.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) December 20, 2018
Because that’s totally the same thing.
Well anyway, actress Jane Lynch has some advice for Ioffe should she ever decide to put away the bitter victim card:
— Jane Lynch (@janemarielynch) December 20, 2018
Seems reasonable to us.
This! https://t.co/bhWKIfR1aJ
— Ge?rge Wept (@GeorgeWept) December 20, 2018
Exactly.
— Mommy Esq (@Catatonic11) December 20, 2018
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— Keith Wiley (@krwlos1) December 20, 2018
1000% this
— Charles Pacek (@charlieOP) December 20, 2018
Absolutely.
— Jeffrey B (@Tucsonred) December 20, 2018
Amen!
— ??ladykrystyna?? (@ladykrystyna) December 20, 2018
You give me hope Jane Lynch. pic.twitter.com/HvzDfHPmPE
— The UnPolled ⚙️ (@TheUnPolled) December 20, 2018
This. 1000% this. I celebrate Hanukkah with my Jewish friends, and Christmas with family and other friends. It’s just rewarding to have good times with people regardless of their affiliation.
— Charles Pacek (@charlieOP) December 20, 2018
Nailed it in one simple image!
— ? Atreyeu ? (@Atreyeu_) December 20, 2018
?Excellent – clear instructions that even Oscar the Grouch can follow.
— ?????? ? ????? (@Javier_Llora) December 20, 2018
Is this really so difficult for Julia Ioffe? Apparently it is:
(For the record, I always say "Thank you. You, too." But the omnipresence of Christmas for a whole month is deeply wearying and alienating to some of us who do not celebrate. If you want me respect you, please respect me, too.)
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) December 20, 2018
Sorry, Julia, but to get respect, you have to earn it.
