Conservative outraged was sparked today, Easter Sunday, when Google decided to post a sketch (seen above) of Cesar Chavez, civil rights activist, instead of something Easter-related.

Cesar Chavez was a Mexican-American activist that gained fame through battles for workers’ rights. In fact, in some states — California, Colorado and Texas — ‘Cesar Chavez Day’ is a state holiday that falls on March 31, Chavez’ birthday. Instead of showing an Easter-inspired background image today, Google went with an image of Chavez.

That’s easily understandable, especially considering that the two holidays don’t usually align, and Chavez’ legacy is certainly worthy to be remembered by anyone thankful for the good unions have done for workers’ rights. Not all would agree, however, as can be seen as conservatives’ heads detonate all across the internet. Raw Story reports on it:

One man declared that Google had alienated “all Christians in America today.” Others promised to switch to Microsoft’s search engine Bing, which featured Easter Eggs on its website. Radio host Glenn Beck also joined the chorus of conservative outrage on Twitter, writing, “Cool for Google to not celebrate Easter but really?!!? Go to http://google.com . HAPPY Caesar Chavez day everybody! #HELIVES!” The Chicano labor leader gained iconic status after co-founding the United Farm Workers to fight against unfair labor conditions. The conservative publication Breitbart.com described Chavez as a “cult figure in California” and complained it was “not the first time that Google has chosen to honor leftists over tradition.”

The one written by the Breitbrat, Ben Shapiro (last paragraph from above excerpt) was probably my favorite. An article titled “#GoogleMottos: Google’s Easter insult sparks Twittery backlash, mockery” appeared on Michelle Malkin’s website, with exciting notes in the comments section such as, “I honored you, Google, by deleting my accounts with you. Had enough of your bigotry toward Christians.”





Oh, yeah, because deciding not to celebrate a holiday is bigotry now…. especially when they did nothing of the thing.

Google does not do repeat doodles, covering the same topic twice in its little banner over the search bar. It did cover Easter, back in 2000, and has been finding other topics to include in its banner every year since:

So, if you or someone you know is upset that Google did not include Easter, then you now can see for yourself that Google did include Easter.