I loved the old school Thomas the Tank Engine with Ringo Starr and George Carlin when I was a kid.
Progressives want to replace every last rivet of our society with something else.
Posted on 12/23/2017 5:42:09 AM PST by KC_Lion
CNN called Thomas the Tank Engine and Paw Patrol “fascist cartoons” in an article on Friday, days before children around the globe will find toys from the popular shows under the Christmas tree.
In the article, titled “Why kids love ‘fascist’ cartoons like ‘Paw Patrol’ and ‘Thomas,'” CNN contributor Elissa Strauss claimed children are “drawn to worlds in which identities are fixed, order trumps imagination and transgressions are met with routine punishment.”
“This clash between what parents desire for their children and what children desire for themselves is most easily observable in cartoon preferences. So often, the more parents dislike a show, the more their children love it,” Strauss claimed. “‘Thomas,’ the long-running television franchise about a group of working trains chugging away on the Island of Sodor, has been called a ‘premodern corporate-totalitarian dystopia’ in the New Yorker, imperialist and sinister in Slate, and classist, sexist and anti-environmentalist in the Guardian. And yet people —presumably parents — spend $1 billion on ‘Thomas’ merchandise every year.”
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I loved the old school Thomas the Tank Engine with Ringo Starr and George Carlin when I was a kid.
Progressives want to replace every last rivet of our society with something else.
For your interest.
Seems that CNN loves dictators like Castro, Hussain, Barak and Mao so why would they not support Thomas the Train?
“Progressives want to replace every last rivet of our society with something else.”
Yes, that is the intention. There is no organized attempt to fight back; to maintain the American ideals or values. The best we can do is not consume what the Left is selling. CNN has abysmal ratings and that affects their pocketbook. Other “wins” have been low box office sales of the Left’s products and the NFL brouhaha. They aren’t winning across the board and their wins have been anything but total. There is hope.
The attempt to attack Trump with allegations of sexual malfeasance thirty years ago has resulted in fantastic liberal collateral damage with no gains on their part. Lately, it’s been popcorn time watching the Left shoot itself in the foot and the groin. (I’m going to have to buy the unbuttered kind as I am gaining too much weight.)
I can’t say what I am thinking.
My grandkids love Thomas and Paw Patrol!!
Ringo’s a nazi! LOL!!!
They should meet Thomas’ cousin Gustav the railway cannon.
I think we’re approaching the point where we can punch Leftists in the face whenever they say stupid stuff. And when it goes to court, the court should issue a fine against the Leftist for saying stupid stuff.
““To them, Ryder isn’t a megalomaniac, and Sir Topham Hatt of ‘Thomas’ isn’t a neocolonial autocrat. They’re just the guys delegating responsibilities to their eager inferiors,””
Sir Topham Hatt is mostly lost, and knows he needs the rest to run the railroad. He even loves and appreciates the equipment itself, knowing that without them the rail would stop. He says this often throughout the show.
So the author only says this because of the way that he dresses. Just like a good little leftist they know a person who judges a book by it’s cover by judging that person by their cover.
Insane. Literally insane people. How did these chumps get a voice ?!
Just tell them one of the trains is gay and they’ll be fine with it. Wonder what letters the author “identifies with”.
In which CNN describes its political beliefs and defines those beliefs as fascist.
I'm a journalist and essayist who writes about women's issues, primarily the politics and culture of parenthood. (Not parenting; I have no idea how you should be raising your children.) I'm a regular contributor to CNN, and my work has been published in a number of publications including the New York Times, Glamour, ELLE, and Longreads. Previously, I was a contributing writer covering women's issues at Slate and TheWeek.com.
Long story short; she is a self-aware idiot who has no control over what she says or writes. And no sense of irony. (As in "Irony, it's so ironical")
When the Progressives say:
Our civilization’s a disgrace!
We say STFU!
We say STFU!
Right in their stupid face!
For to live Politicially Correct,
Is such a cowardly way.
So we say STFU!
Say STFU!
Right in their stupid face!
I don’t think a fine is enough. I think they should be euthanized for being too stupid to live.
“CNN contributor Elissa Strauss claimed children are “drawn to worlds in which identities are fixed, order trumps imagination and transgressions are met with routine punishment.”
Children start out normal and then liberal parents screw up their minds. Normal children know a boy is not a girl and a girl is not a boy. They also know a fairy tale is just pretending. And yes, normal kids also want to know their limits so they have stability in their lives.
I declared that CNN is off its rocker. My siblings love Thomas and Paw Patrol. I’m wearing a Thomas T shirt.
“Just tell them one of the trains is gay and they’ll be fine with it. “
I have two 20 yr olds who loved Thomas back in the day - Ringo and George Carlin hosting.
I now have a 3 yr old who watches the ‘new’ Thomases. I swear, every engine sounds gay. It’s dreadful. And pretty P.C.
She must hate the “Cars” movies too, since they are also built around a world where identities are fixed, order trumps imagination, and transgressions are met with routine punishment.
It must be such a strain having to go through life being outraged at everything.
What. The. F. Is. Wrong. With. These. People?
“What. The. F. Is. Wrong. With. These. People?”
How much time do you have for an answer?
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