Posted on 11/23/2001 11:42:14 AM PST by StarfireIV
Greetings friends, freepers, and right minded thinkers:
Since moving to the West Coast, I have had the distinct pleasure of having access to TV much more than in previous years. This is thanks to my roomate.
Unfortunately, however I seem to be somewhat dismayed at the content of some channels. Make no mistake, The History Channel feeds my love for the culture of ancient Egypt on a daily basis, and some of what gets presented with regards to US history finds its way to my classroom each and every day.
Lifetime, is another matter entirely. It seems every day this channel is presenting material programmed toward the ridicule, criticism, and outright demonization of the male and corporate culture, either simultaneously in some programs, or consecutively in others. A corucopia of "based on true" stories depicting the ugly side of masculinity, corporate abuse, and feminine victimhood seems to fill the roster of programming of this channel on a daily basis. This happens with a frequency and intensity too pronounced to be simply shrugged off or ignored. I am of the opinion that when presented with such distortions and generalizations on a regular basis, even the most steadfast among us may begin to be affected by such garbage.
I think women are best at combatting the liberal things that have been foisted upon other women.
...and they look at you dumbly, and say, "Why, don't you?".........
LOL!!!
LOL! Yes actually. As usual, they took only the facts that they deemed PC to attack GW's character.
For example, while it is true that on the rare occasions he used profanity with such vigor that his troops could not but help admire him, it is that rarity of use that makes it notable. However, in "The Crossing" his every utterance is full of vulgar, scatalogical language. Laughable, except that so many now believe the lie.
Even more pathetic, was the ending. Not content with hitting us over the head with the fact that the Battle of Trenton was a surprise CHRISTMAS DAY attack, a note at the end of the movie practically apologizes to the Hessians for their defeat since...after all, they were 'sold' by their Lords into the service. Well yes, that would be THE KING's SERVICE!!!!! Maybe just another justification for the 9/11 attacks.
PS Sorry for shouting. :-)
No need.
I really need to get a hobby.
How does that help our case.If they ain't making us look like brutes,they make us to be wimps-no in betweens.
They do have some swishy charactors on there, don't they?
At least Lifetime shows Unsolved Mysteries reruns. I love that show.
Lifetime gets so over the edge they've wasted money on films which are now unshowable. Remember a few years back, when lots of upper middle class girls would go to a therapist, complain that their work or love lives weren't working out, and the therapists would tell them that proved their dads had molested them? And that they were supposed to obsess over this idea until their mind started producing images or dreams about their dad molesting them, the images and dreams then being produced as evidence in court that they were in fact incest victims? And how 40+ states changed their laws to reflect the concept of "Repressed Memories" (which does exist, but not in anything like the form Roseanne, "the courage to heal" lesbian lovers, and other popularizers promulgated). Before too many years passed, False Memory Sydrome as a reality could no longer be denied, and the horrendously exaggerated form of Repressed Memory Sydrome was debunked and discarded ...But not before Lifetime did several films in which heroic lady psychologists diagnosed their clients as molest victims, based on their clothing, voice, etc, after one hour session. Always the client would tearfully admit (sooner or later) that she had indeed been victimized, and "How could you tell? (Quavery voice .) None of those films has been shown on Lifetime for 3-5 years now, because the (wildly exaggerated) concept of RMS has been so thoroughly debunked , primarily by the clinical psychiatrists who actually studied memories and the way the mind works. Though not in time to save some people, almost certainly innocent, from losing their retirement funds, their homes, or their freedom to their vengeful daughters (or do they simply get tired of waiting to inherit?) and their incompetent "therapists".
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