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Unbelievable: The liberal PC police are now going after Thomas the Tank Engine
Young Conservatives ^ | July 23, 2014 | Cameron Khansarinia

Posted on 07/23/2014 6:38:45 PM PDT by BulletBobCo

We’ve grown accustomed to senseless liberal logic insinuating that anything that has to do with the color spectrum is somehow racist or racially charged, however; the most recent attack by The Guardian filth-spiller, Tracy van Slyke, is so stupid it just made me chuckle.

Check out what she said about the demonic Thomas the Tank Engine.

From The Guardian:

For the record, all the “villains” on Thomas and Friends are the dirty diesel engines. I’d like to think there was a good environmental message in there, but when the good engines pump out white smoke and the bad engines pump out black smoke – and they are all pumping out smoke – it’s not hard to make the leap into the race territory.

As a kid I watched Thomas all the time, I had a life-sized Thomas and a play board for all the trains to travel around on. I loved trains. That’s why I loved the show. The characters and the plots also instilled a message of friendship and hard work, but racism? Ms. van Slyke must be inhaling some of that racist steam she is ranting about.

(Excerpt) Read more at youngcons.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: engine; pbs; pc; tank; thomas
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas-the-tank-engine-children-parents?CMP=twt_gu
1 posted on 07/23/2014 6:38:45 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: BulletBobCo

STFU Tracy van Slyke


2 posted on 07/23/2014 6:40:47 PM PDT by ransacked
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To: BulletBobCo

I liked the dude that was always “cross”

Didn’t want to piss that guy off!


3 posted on 07/23/2014 6:42:14 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: BulletBobCo

My 4 year old grandson loves Thomas the Tank engine. I’ll get him another one.


4 posted on 07/23/2014 6:42:47 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: BulletBobCo

How long will it take the left to want to take Spongebob Squarepants off the air..after all, he’s a sponge, he lives under the sea..probably polluting the water with all his friends..you know its coming


5 posted on 07/23/2014 6:42:51 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BulletBobCo

Anything black is racist. I wonder if 0bama motors will continue to make black cars.


6 posted on 07/23/2014 6:43:05 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

> How long will it take the left to want to take Spongebob Squarepants off the air..after all, he’s a sponge, he lives under the sea..probably polluting the water with all his friends..you know its coming

He acts pretty gay though so they’ll probably give him a pass...


7 posted on 07/23/2014 6:44:34 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

How about Mr. Krabs..he loves making money, they will probably want to get rid of his character since he’s a Capitalist


8 posted on 07/23/2014 6:46:55 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BulletBobCo
but when the good engines pump out white smoke and the bad engines pump out black smoke

Freudian racism? White smoke = good; black smoke = bad?

9 posted on 07/23/2014 6:47:15 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: BulletBobCo

The white smoke is steam. It’s pointless to look for deep underlying messages in Thomas.


10 posted on 07/23/2014 6:57:31 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: jsanders2001

Yes Sponge Bob is gay.


11 posted on 07/23/2014 6:58:34 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: BulletBobCo

The Soviet Bolshevik Commies were the inventors of political correctness, created in order to muzzle the masses and to convince them from being critical of the power grabs of elites. It is a highly dangerous self serving concept intended to take power from the masses and give it to the elites.

http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness/


12 posted on 07/23/2014 6:59:02 PM PDT by apoliticalone (Global corporatism is the threat to freedom and rights. They want your sovereignty and politicians.)
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To: BulletBobCo

I always found that show to be way to condescending and was glad my kids didn’t like it. However, the real, hidden issue for the leftist is that Thomas the Tank Engine was written by a Methodist Minister (I Think)

It isn’t the weirdly implied racism the author objects to it is the ever so gently applied Christian morality, and general world view contained in the series that the left doesn’t like.

They are just not smart enough to realize why they don’t like the show and because - for them- everything boils down to skin color they call it racist.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 6:59:50 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: stevio

Patrick did ask SB if he wanted to get naked once. I found that a little surprising for a kid’s show.


14 posted on 07/23/2014 7:03:33 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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but when the good engines pump out white smoke and the bad engines pump out black smoke

It's the way of nature. I noticed that my pet bird will eagerly inspect light-colored food, and quickly eat it if edible, but dark-colored or black food doesn't even get the eye. Only a few exceptions like sunflower seeds, which seem to have a built-in attraction.

15 posted on 07/23/2014 7:04:32 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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16 posted on 07/23/2014 7:05:50 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: freedomfiter2

Steam doesn’t come out the smokestack of a coal burning steam engine, smoke does. The steam is release at the cylinders.


17 posted on 07/23/2014 7:16:35 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: SkyDancer

All the weight of the car is carried on BLACK tires!

The BLACK tires take all the abuse and when you are finished with them you throw them away and BUY yourself some new BLACK tires!

Dat be slabery!

You and your car are both racist!


18 posted on 07/23/2014 7:17:34 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

Hey that’s a goodun’


19 posted on 07/23/2014 7:23:02 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: BulletBobCo

BLACK LUNG Disease......

whats to do Done about THAT??


20 posted on 07/23/2014 7:31:25 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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