Posted on 12/27/2017 7:47:03 AM PST by MtnClimber
A conservative cynic from birth, I foolishly thought I had seen it all when it came to leftist madness. But then I saw, posted on CNN’s website, “Why kids love 'fascist' cartoons like 'Paw Patrol' and 'Thomas'.” The article referenced several other articles that described Thomas as “a premodern corporate-totalitarian dystopia,” “imperialist racist and sinister,” and “classist, sexist, and anti-environmentalist.”
This caught my attention because my six-year-old boy -- like children all over the world -- loves stories of Thomas the Train. I recently took my children to Thomasland in Massachusetts and now my boy wants to visit the Thomasland in Japan. The Thomas cartoon is so popular that 1 billion dollars of merchandise related to the show is sold every year.
Reverend Wilbert Audrey, creator of Thomas the Train, has recounted how, when his 3-year-old son was ill with the measles, he told him stories about trains. Audrey says that in his own childhood he had to read boring books about perfect children so that he would learn from their moral example. He decided to write interesting books about engines with human characteristics in a fictional island he called Sodor. The trains would push the envelope until they got in trouble, be punished, and after making amends would be “bought back into the family so to speak.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
How does a leftist have time for this when they are howling about Trump?
Too bad George Carlin isn’t alive to tear these ignorant, psychotic leftards a new one...
Leftists clearly have way too much spare time on their hands.
that cat is really cute...
[Too bad George Carlin isn’t alive to tear these ignorant, psychotic leftards a new one...]
I love to watch Carlin’s piece on “Saving the Earth” and how stupid the whole meme is when you hear various jeers and boos coming from the audience.
Carlin himself went full psycho leftard at the end of his life. Went to see one of his shows after 9/11 and he was just ranting about Bush for an hour, not funny at all.
Well they ditched reruns of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood because ol’ Fred was just too heteronormative.
A girl will one day be a lady, and a boy will grow to be a man? Can’t have THAT now, can we?
You just delayed breakfast by 10 minutes.
I read some of the article to my wife and then showed her your picture. She’s out in the kitchen, doubled over and laughing.
You owe me. :-)
We’ve seen this before in the past. It is part of World History.
May I direct your attention to the Bolshevics at the beginning of it’s socialist-communist take-over of Russia?
*smiles*....
It’s a good thing Captain Kangaroo is dead and buried or they’d be going after him too.
They’d find SOME reason or another...
A couple of other postings on Thomas, different sources
if anyone cares to scan thru them
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3616277/posts
CNN: ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ and ‘Paw Patrol’ Are ‘Fascist Cartoons’ ^
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3616397/posts
Why kids love ‘fascist’ cartoons like ‘Paw Patrol’ and ‘Thomas’ ^
These are nothing but a bunch of two-bit pseudo intellectuals constantly making up new liberal junk phrases and memes to fulfill some perverted antisocial need.
Nobody has a problem with Thomas, except liberal pajama boys in their parents basements and the liberal media that promote their garbage.
He was a white male.
More proof that leftist’s want to control all thought from cradle to the grave.
Well, we already know these barking moonbats hate Thomas’ owner Sir Toppem Hatt for the exploiting capitalist pig he is.
That animated GIF sums up perfectly what’s totally wrong with the Establishment Media nowadays.
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