Posted on 04/20/2002 12:51:20 PM PDT by JediGirl
Recently, a batch of comics have come to my attention. A batch that stands out for a variety of reasons, but particularly because they seek to impose outdated and immoral morals on children. Now, I'm all for teaching our children well, as David Crosby so eloquently stated in-between his massive drug binges and liver transplants. But I have a problem with these particular books, and the organization behind them.
You see, instead of teaching tolerance and values that actually contribute positively to our society, a group calling itself "The Truth For Youth" is distributing devoutly intolerant "Christian" comic books across the country, handing it out to however many children they can. Led by Tim Todd ("The last four letters of the word 'AMERICAN' are 'I-CAN' not 'I-RAN'!"), among the group's typical social welfare literature like anti-drugs and anti-drinking books are such comic books railing against homosexuality, rock music, evolution, and pornography. Of course, even in the seemingly innocent "School Violence" comic, the group manages to turn it into an anti-Separation of Church & State crusade. "Hey Timmy, there's nothing on the blackboard that says 'Thou Shall Not Kill.' That means it's alright!! Bleed them all!"
For clarification's sake, let me say this is an opinion article, and nothing I say represents Slush or its editorial staff or writers. And if you count yourself as a member of the American Taliban, this would probably be a good point to stop reading. However, if you believe that teaching intolerance of people different than you is wrong, then you've come to the right place. For today, children, we're going to look at the hateful, insidious, damaging, and downright ridiculous comic books distributed by "The Truth For Youth."
I should also quickly thank Sharkey from BadAssMoFo.com for first making us aware of this bunch of crazy stuck-up white people. So, without further ado, hang on tight, and get ready to laugh and learn.
THE TRUTH ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY: PARENTAL CONTROLS
In this comic, a sex-craved Mexican ex-con with squinty eyes and a bad 1970s disco haircut allows his son Marty to access pornography on the family's computer. When Marty invites his blonde-hair, blue-eyed friend Jesse over, he thinks it'd be simply awesome to pull up some naked women. WHOA, MARTY, WHOA!!! And thus begins Jesse's tirade against the evils of pornography. Not because it's degrading to women, of course, but because it's sinful.
At this point I'm going to include the first page of the comic, so you can get a feel of what I'm talking about, and then I'll continue.
"Please go back to that soccer site we were viewing!" I like how Marty has the earring with the shaved sides. Very current. I guess the artist was watching old Mexican snuff films for inspiration or something. There's not much I can say about this comic on the pornography front. While I disagree with their pornography is sinful stance, I'm not going to say they can't propagate that. However, this comic has the underlying tone of racism, and that rubbed me the wrong way (no pun intended). The second page consists of Marty's father, looking like he just walked off a bull-fighting rink, telling Jesse how he allows his kid to view anything he wants because he feels it's good to educate him. And then Marty tells Jesse how his father was arrested and jailed for sleeping with a 16 year-old. Boy, those Mexicans sure love sex, huh? I can't believe Jesse's parents allowed their son to play with one!
This brings me to a fundamental thrust: why did this group use Mexicans as the "bad guys?" Is there any point whatsoever to making them dark skinned as opposed to someone who looks like Jesse? Or do people who look like Jesse never wack off to pictures from Seventeen. While this may earn me a cease-and-desist letter from the group, I'm outright saying that this comic smacks of racism. You can read the entire comic by clicking here.
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C'mon! No.. really?
A couple of recent examples from Marvel Comics: 1) The Punisher, a sociopathic good guy who recently confronted George W. Bush (who was sitting in the Oval Office drinking whiskey) and threatened him severely. The only reason he didn't kill him was because of his position as Commander-in-Chief, one was led to believe. 2) X-Force--in a recent issue it was revealed that a number of deathrow inmates in a Texas state penitentiary did not die in a prison fire as everyone thought--no, they became the Bush Rangers--mostly black prisoners who were turned into mutants so they could do the bidding of the US government.
Don't even ask about DC comics The Preacher--you don't want to go there.
I suppose it is to the good that after 400 years, the Pope embraced Galileo -- and then only took 100 years to accede to Darwin. But what the heck were thinking people supposed to do while the religious authorities dithered? Such science had to proceed outside the blessings of the Church -- for generations!
When spirituality and science mix, spirituality always loses in the end -- they may fight it kicking and screaming for hundreds of years -- but ultimately science prevails.
We know, we know. You keep telling us that. You keep demonstrating that.
Indeed, when their counterpart pedagouges on the other side of the argument could have saved them from their ignorant superstitions and a life full of Puritanical sobriety and charity...pity, that.
How priceless to see these sentences appear together. Physician, heal thyself!
Excuse me, you are being intolerant of my intolerance.
My children don't read comics, they read books. I understand now where you have developed your outlook on people.
Look this is stupid and REALLLY bothers me. You're basically saying that any time any minority is cast as the bad guy it's racism. Which means that only white people can play the villians. Don't you realize that this is an even more virulent form of racism when only one race is allowed to be portrayed negatively?
Now THAT'S disgusting.
Gee look whats on TV again, another Hollywood movie with evil corporate white guys as the villains, because thats the only politically correct target these days.
Well, you asked for it- the answer is: "Being stupid enough to construct the fallacious and risible argument that YOU have posted"!!!!
Why not just be honest with yourself, and admit that you take "creationism" on faith alone- after all, it's not as if anyone really CARES what you believe, is it? You are free to believe any silly thing you want- just don't try to mandate that it be taught as fact in the schools.
Celebrating what? Or do you mean Adolf's birthday?
This is a hilarious little snippet that demonstrates a complete and total lack of scientific understanding. The ancient greeks believed all matter was composed of only 4 elements while later scientists were divided on the ultimate number of elements. Still only an imbecile would conclude that the ancient greeks were more correct because they only had one theory.
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