Posted on 10/25/2013 6:26:54 AM PDT by Kaslin
The media elites glowed as they reported a judge had forced New Jersey to become the 14th state to honor and celebrate the "gay marriage" concept. When homosexuals marry in Hoboken, the gay left will be -- should be -- thanking Hollywood.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has issued a new report boasting that "TV hasn't merely reflected the changes in social attitudes; it has also had an important role in bringing them about. Time and again, it's been shown that personally knowing an LGBT person is one of the most influential factors in shifting one's views on LGBT issues, but in the absence of that, many viewers have first gotten to know us as television characters."
If network executives were honest, they'd be slamming this report. If. Haven't they routinely insisted that TV shows have zero effect on the audience? That's their constant mantra when defending sex and violence on TV. They're silent. They know exactly how much they influence.
GLAAD and The Hollywood Reporter commissioned a poll last fall that found in the past 10 years, about three times as many voters have become more supportive of "marriage equality" (31 percent) as more opposed (10 percent). When asked how television has influenced them, 27 percent said "inclusive" TV shows made them more "inclusive," while six percent were more "anti-marriage equality."
As GLAAD put it, "Telling our stories to a mass audience is an important role that television continues to play."
These cultural trend-enforcers went after the movies this summer, complaining that out of the 101 film releases by the major studios in the 2012 calendar year, "only 14 films contained characters identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual. There were no films containing transgender characters."
America weeps.
The silver-screen people need to catch up, they lectured: "But if the major Hollywood studios want a real barometer of how much has changed in our society and how much catching up they have to do, they need only look at what's become one of the greatest threats to their viability: television."
In the 2012-13 TV season, GLAAD found a record number of LGBT characters -- 4.4 percent, or at least double their actual percentage of the population. Fox was honored for having these characters in 42 percent of their programming hours -- although that wasn't enough for "Excellent" status, merely "Good."
There's no wonder that a Gallup poll in 2011 found that on average, American adults estimate that 25 percent of Americans are homosexual. They're getting that crazy idea from TV.
GLAAD is using that example to proselytize the movie studios: "The 'novelty' of these (TV) characters being LGBT has long since passed, and now they're simply unique personalities making up part of unique character ensembles."
That doesn't mean these guardians of inclusion aren't going to keep pressuring TV. The new gay-focused sitcoms "Partners" and "The New Normal" were canceled, alongside other shows with socially liberal agendas. To compensate, GLAAD is even bashing The History Channel for having zero gay characters.
They don't mean in the Civil War documentaries. History executives have loaded their schedule with fictional and "reality TV" shows, and GLAAD is having a tantrum. "The closest the network seemed to get was on the scripted drama 'Vikings,' which depicted one 'straight' Viking couple sexually propositioning a monk they had enslaved." They even expect Middle Ages dramas to have gay scenes or characters in 42 percent of programming hours.
They want children indoctrinated as well. GLAAD is also not shy when it comes to Teen Nick, Cartoon Network and the Disney Channel. Apparently, children also desperately need the propaganda of gay characters in 42 percent of programming hours. They're extremely happy with the liberalism of "ABC Family" and have relayed that Disney Channel executives promised GLAAD they will "introduce LGBT characters in an episode of its original series 'Good Luck Charlie' set to air in 2014, a first for the network." The first of many, they expect.
Here's the catch: Gay characters never face any real opposition to the gay agenda on these so-called "inclusive" programs. There is no measure of Orthodox religious inclusion and no real debates. The victory of the left is assumed without thinking. When a conservative character is created -- like Ellen Barkin's "Nana" in "The New Normal" -- it's a vicious cartoon, the kind that those "against defamation" folks deeply enjoy.
These people are all about tolerance and sensitivity. But if you disagree with them, they will have your head. Ask anyone in Hollywood who's pro-family.
I remember my husband and I went with our 2 sons when they were small in 1966 to a drive in theater in St Augustine, Florida to watch Dracula and the second feature, which was The Walking Dead. Talk about someone scared (me). Since that time I have never watched any Dracula or any other horror movies. Except the comedy with George Hamilton.
What did make my gore come up was Jax and crew “going hero” on the side of the trannie without any character asking “WTF?”
Makes me wish ‘Clay’ Morrow (Ron Perlman)was back as club president
Hollywood has even gone and made Mulan a carpet-licker on Once Upon a Time. Of course they have also made Peter Pan evil.
But I still cheered when the lawyer got eaten.
it is not enough to not watch tv.
ADVERTISERS must pay a financial price.
advertisers have just morphed into push their products to women since women still watch the homosexualized tv.
advertisers need to know it is dangerous financially.
Yeah that was sweet......
Reminds me of the old lawyer joke with the punch line: “A good start”
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They could have made Walt JR gay, and have Walt and Skyler completely supporting his gayness.
But that you have good point. I thought they were going to go that way with Gus, but they never came out an explicitly told us the drug lord/murderer was gay.
I recall that Silence of the Lambs caused fights between gay rights people and the broken glass feminists. And that was the early 90s, I imagine it would be cause a real gay uproar today.
Freegards
42% vs. 3%
Isn’t that a whack stat?
less than 3% of the nation is uhhh gay..
so why does 97 % of us have to watch their crap
Oh wait, we don’t.. well, we can try not to.. but
almost every network show slips gayistic inferences into their scripts.
“There are plenty of channels that don’t show that kind of crap. You must have had a very limited lineup.”
Can you provide some good examples?
Same here. GiBLeT on, channel off.
“This is why we no longer watch any TV.”
Exactly!
And HGTV has to be 98% Gay & Lesbian. Can’t stand them shoving it in my face so just turn it OFF!
The left-wing loons who want us to stay out of their bedrooms are rather interested in trying to shove their bedroom lifestyle in our faces.
“Yeah I guess they could have but they couldn’t have Walt Jr. vicously turned on his dad...Junior became an less than sympathetic figure. “
I reckon we have different takes on it. I think he was very sympathetic. Yes, great show.
Freegards
-——Raylene——
???? is that a Freudian
slip?
Is not Raylene Raylan’s sister? or is she Raylen in drag?
At least that's where he lost it with me.
Your dad's yer dad.(especially one that bought you a very cool car) lol
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