The Culture War
Ok, I'm about to reveal myself as one of "them". One of those backwards people who got pissed off about Janet Jackson's nudity at the Super Bowl, enough so to send an email to CBS. One of those who agrees that PBS shouldn't be showing lesbian couples on a kid's show, one who, indeed, thinks that the gay lifestyle is deviant and unnatural. One of those who thinks it should be illegal for a woman to have an abortion. Yes, one of those.
I haven't blogged on this subject much, but this column by Frank Rich brought it all to the surface and I must comment. Frank is distressed by the government's heavy-handed response to the Super Bowl halftime show "wardrobe malfunction" and the chilling effect it has had on TV in general.
Now, I wasn't the only one to complain about the incident. Millions of people called or emailed to complain. Was it that I think it will scar my kids for life? No, the point is that it should be my decision what my kids get to see and what they don't. Why do I have to defend or rationalize that decision? If a family can't sit down to watch the Super Bowl together, then what is safe to turn on?
And as to the PBS episode of Postcards From Buster, it was set in Vermont, right? Well, what if, instead of Buster meeting a family with two Mommies, he instead met a family where the father and son go shooting together, and they take Buster to the range and teach him how to safely handle a firearm? I mean, after all, Vermont is a big gun-rights state, and I would think meeting this type of family would be more likely than a family with two Mommies. How would Mr. Rich feel about that?
The fact is, the left would have a fit. And throws fits regularly, just as the right does. Remember Michael Savage?
So, based on these observations, I have an idea that should make everyone happy. Let's shut down the Dept. of Education, scale back the FCC so they only deal with regulatory matters they were meant to, and push the cultural decisions down to families and communities. That way, New York and L.A. can have their standards, and Des Moines and Birmingham can have theirs. And I can have mine. What a novel concept.
I haven't blogged on this subject much, but this column by Frank Rich brought it all to the surface and I must comment. Frank is distressed by the government's heavy-handed response to the Super Bowl halftime show "wardrobe malfunction" and the chilling effect it has had on TV in general.
Now, I wasn't the only one to complain about the incident. Millions of people called or emailed to complain. Was it that I think it will scar my kids for life? No, the point is that it should be my decision what my kids get to see and what they don't. Why do I have to defend or rationalize that decision? If a family can't sit down to watch the Super Bowl together, then what is safe to turn on?
And as to the PBS episode of Postcards From Buster, it was set in Vermont, right? Well, what if, instead of Buster meeting a family with two Mommies, he instead met a family where the father and son go shooting together, and they take Buster to the range and teach him how to safely handle a firearm? I mean, after all, Vermont is a big gun-rights state, and I would think meeting this type of family would be more likely than a family with two Mommies. How would Mr. Rich feel about that?
The fact is, the left would have a fit. And throws fits regularly, just as the right does. Remember Michael Savage?
So, based on these observations, I have an idea that should make everyone happy. Let's shut down the Dept. of Education, scale back the FCC so they only deal with regulatory matters they were meant to, and push the cultural decisions down to families and communities. That way, New York and L.A. can have their standards, and Des Moines and Birmingham can have theirs. And I can have mine. What a novel concept.
posted by The Man at 10:53 AM
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