Posted on 07/23/2017 2:02:30 AM PDT by iowamark
Very true. Today’s military simply cannot take the average taught-to-hate-America, dumbed down to 2nd grade level, sexually/gender perverted public school high school “graduate.”
Practically every kid nowadays is “Autistic Spectrum.” I believe the crap they watch has a lot to do with it. I tried to wean my stepkids off of Spongebob and Icarly, but by then it was too late. Their mom (who is her kids FRIEND and makes them her “mini spouses”) and my husband who became overly permissive for fear of his ex and the court system had already done the damage.
Today they are teen academic failures with”learning disabilities” They have no problem expressing themselves, however, in “texting language” on social media.
My own kids are grown and productive citizens—I raised them on classic cartoons for entertainment, but mostly educational games and viewing.
ThanKs for the tip.
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You raise a point I have never considered.
Great article! We can’t forget comic books, In my day everyone could read pretty well by 4 because of Comic Books.
They honed the wit of two generations with quips and sight gags such as, and I quote: “ I tot I taw a puddy tat! I’d did! I did taw a puddy tat!”
I feel so fortunate to have grown up with these cartoons. Early shorts of flowers growing set to a catchy tune, the Bugs Bunny cartoons, Fantasia. Daffy duck and the Taz mania devil that could n I nly be soothed by music..hahaha...and Bugs always won. There were US vs. Russia aspects (Bruno, the stupid Russian bear in the circus is a favorite) as well as WWII references in the older ones. Just a better quality overall...and funny as heck.
You won’t get this from the likes of paw patrol..while some had a good vs. Bad aspect in them, they strike me more as coaching socially acceptable behavior. The kids aren’t laughing at these cartoons the way we did Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck..
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I do remember classic comics, we had them along with the Illustrated Classics. These books and magazines allowed cultural information to be transmitted to all at whatever level... for example the term “great white whale” was understood throughout the spectrum of the populace.
The one classic movie that is never shown? Gunga Din. Maybe occasionally on TCM, but when you consider it was one of the Oscar nominees in the year of Stagecoach and Gone with the Wind, it reeks of political correctness.
Cartoons are also a great way to learn basics of a foreign language.
Simple sentence structure, pictures to help, situational context etc . . .
“Kindersprache” makes for simple translations.
AND if you’ve seen the same episode in English, you’re miles ahead already.
May not be a “classic” but I can still recite those Multiplication Rock songs rolling around in my head.
Wasn’t that supposed to be the original “Gift of Television”, a tool to educate the world?
Guess generations have missed that episode.
ACME.....the cartoon equivalent of Amazon. You can get anything from a giant slingshot to a pair of atomic powered roller skates.
Are you talking about the deaths of committed conservative Christian men in the military?
I see it all around me.
And get it delivered in mere seconds
Annie...would you like some cheese with that WHINE?
Grow the F*** up, people. I’ll bet she’s one of those who objected to the “Road Runner” because “Wylie Coyote” was being “abused”.
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