Just looked at your posts and they are all respectable, which I value greatly!
But why, if you are so opposed to the democratization of television and the liberal slant that is on TV here and now, would you even bother to click on the link for this thread that deals specifically with television unless you wanted to tell us how great thou art?
Personally, I despise Rap music...And if I see a thread referencing R Kelly and all the good he has done or not done for children's welfare in banging out that freakin' obnoxious Rap music I hate so much, I generally tend to skip that thread.
I say Generally because sometimes I do click on threads that go against my norms...
Yet honestly, once I read that thread I do not post my opinion. If I did, I am just going to be a curmudgeon. I already know how most like minded people think.
I "Live and let live" when it comes to other's lifestyles and opinions when that opinion matters absolutely ZERO to me. I have no need to appear to be "Holier Than Thou"...I just need to be ME.
Television, with all of its evil has been an incredible benefit to the majority of "we" folks. Not only a benefit, but a form of much needed entertainment. You are the minority...please consider remaining the "silent" of those, please. Enjoy your uniqueness. You are special among millions of folks, but certainly not the norm.
I, however, will be honored to come help you split logs for your cabin and bring salt for tanning hides. But please, sir, click on other threads where you can ad positively.
I think a large part of what is wrong with America today is cause by people that watch liberal programming on commercial television.
I certainly don't mind being part of a minority that refuses to watch liberal drivel on television.
/johnny
He's no longer with us.
/johnny
Sometimes we watch a series because we have been hooked in by the plot device, but it can be really annoying when that is used by the writers/director/suits to give us a dose of propaganda, usually a put down of people like ourselves or a poster of zerO or some throwaway “we’re all in on it” line demeaning Sarah Palin. It is, actually, why we stopped watching Discovery and History: at exactly 56 minutes to the hour, they felt obliged to add their political take of the day, always progressive and usually in support of AGW.
At some point, we realized we couldn’t watch the drivel any longer and we dropped satellite TV. By that time, it had also been over 4 years since we had watched any alphabet channels, so there was a slew of series we had missed. Those series and the movies we also stopped supporting, due mostly to economics, the discomfort of the big screen theaters, as well as political issues, have now become our entertainment. We also read and, obviously, spend time online.
I think that if the networks and the producers had any respect for the audience and understood why someone like Johnny, who is certainly not an isolated instance of progressive entertainment fatigue, the quality of film/video would improve. Markets should be grown, not shrunk. If entertainment were truly *democratized*, there would be thoughtful, engaging, clever and well-produced fare for conservatives. Instead, they insult us with Swamp People and Storage Wars....both of which I recall viewing for under 5 minutes, once. OTOH, through Netflix, I have discovered Brit, South African and Aussie production and much of it is quite good and way less obviously political, to boot. That, IMO, is real democratization.
None of us are required to participate in our own abuse. Even a movie buff or a series junkie can simply stop watching and millions do so every day. It isn’t out of line for those who have stopped watching to tell others why they did so. As you discovered, Johnny has interesting things to contribute to many threads. I see no reason for him or anyone else to *stifle* just because they post against the grain on a particular thread. Shutting up opposing views is a very progressive tactic. If all you want is an Amen chorus, FR must certainly be a challenging forum for you.