Social media users mocked Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery after she publicly complained about a flight attendant wishing her and other passengers a “blessed” night at the end of a recent flight.
Jeffery ridiculed the flight attendant in a recent X post, saying her sendoff was evidence of “creeping Christian nationalism” in the country and pointing out all the other less Christian adjectives she could have used.
“How sad and impoverished is your life that you’re offended by someone blessing you? Get a grip,” wrote Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen in response to Jeffery’s post.
The Mother Jones journalist went after the flight attendant on the social media platform Friday night, writing, “Creeping Christian nationalism alert: @AlaskaAir flight attendant just wished us a ‘blessed’ night as we landed in SFO (!) to groans. Other adjectives that …