
<p>Those who claim the “War on Christmas” is a right-wing hoax ought to take a visit to Dedham, Massachusetts, where a female member of the city’s so-called “Human Rights Commission” was forced to step down, after she posted a profanity-laced rant on social media about the town’s library putting up its annual Christmas Tree. ;</p>



<p>It all started in the comment section of a Facebook post where Lisa Desmond, supervisor of the Endicott branch of Dedham&#8217;s libraries regretted to inform town residents that the library would not be putting up a tree this year.</p>



<p>Apparently, the decision was made because last year, there were apparently complaints made that people were “uncomfortable” with the presence of the tree. However, Desmond wrote in her post that in her 28 years at the library, she&#8217;s &#8220;never heard a negative comment. We have celebrated and included everyone in our community. In fact, I was asked to emcee Juneteenth this year. What an honor. Those who know me and my family know we celebrate Christmas-Hanukkah. My Muslim friends and Western Indian friends invite me to their celebrations. What an amazing gift. &#8230; Those who know me know I lead with positive intentions. I’m not feeling very positive today. Please bring Christmas back to my beautiful library. And always lead with love in your heart.&#8221;</p>



<p>Hundreds of comments under her post and several other related posts on Desmond&#8217;s Facebook page were squarely against banning Christmas trees in the town&#8217;s public libraries – that is except for one.</p>



<p>A member of the Human Rights Commission in Dedham commented that Christians believe in &#8220;happy horseshit&#8221; and a &#8220;magic sky daddy&#8221; as part of an unhinged, profanity-laced rant about the library tree. ;</p>



<p>The Commission member, Diane Loud, called Desmond a &#8220;selfish, f***ing bitch who does not care about anyone else but herself. For a tree? A motherf***ing TREE? You have put people&#8217;s lives in a lot of danger. A lot of danger. For a motherf***ing Christmas tree.&#8221;</p>



<p>The inexplicably angry tirade read, &#8220;I hope that you — who claim to believe in Christ or whatever happy horses**t you&#8217;re trying to hide behind — are the least gracious, most hateful, most disgusting trash in the world. Is this what you think your magic sky daddy wants? Where in the Bible was this again?&#8221;</p>



<p>And there was even more to the unhinged diatribe: &#8220;In closing I would like to add a final round of F*** YOU, YOU PIECES OF TRASH. I hate each and every one of you, and I do wish great suffering on you. You are terrible, terrible people.&#8221;</p>



<p>Interestingly, the rant&#8217;s author prefaced it all by saying, &#8220;I know there&#8217;s no way to survive whatever sanctions you&#8217;ll ask the select board to put my participation in commissions that actually try to make people&#8217;s lives better, so I might as well go for it.&#8221;</p>



<p>Desmond said in her Facebook post that &#8220;police have been notified&#8221; about the rant, and she also called for the rant&#8217;s author to resign from the town&#8217;s Human Rights Commission.</p>



<p>Loud has since resigned after the unbelievably anti-Christian post.</p>



<p>A mere two days after Desmond shared Loud&#8217;s rant, it was announced that Loud &#8220;has stepped down from her position on the Dedham Human Rights Commission. We sincerely appreciate Diane&#8217;s service and look forward to working with the Commission on Disabilities to find a representative to take her place.&#8221;</p>



<p>As for the tree, after Loud’s ugly post and massive pushback against the Christmas tree ban, the library director soon said they were putting up the trees after all.</p>



<p>Library Director Amber Moroney said in a statement that &#8220;Christmas trees will be put up&#8221; at both of Dedham&#8217;s public libraries.</p>

Human Rights Commission Member Resigns After Profanity-Laced Anti-Christian Rant
