I have tried to bite my tongue. I have tried to keep my sense of humor. If you haven't heard the news that I broke my arm last month, you'll understand what a trial this is to type when my left arm is protesting being at an uncomfortable angle, rather than resting against my pillow or my body. But I can no longer keep silent about recent events.
****WARNING: Trigger-Alert To The Easily Offended****
I'm serious; if you're easily offended by any humor pre-2019, STOP READING AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! This is MY blog, MY opinion, and MY 1st amendment right to express my feelings.
Okay. Still here? Good.
If you're a regular reader of any of my blogs, you know I'm a fan of Song of the South, and wondered why critics weren't yelling over Peter Pan and the depiction of the Indians. Well, apparently someone caught on to my sarcasm, because now this CANCEL CULTURE has not only banned SOTS (though, if you buy the whole library, as advertised on FB, you can own a copy! I bought it, and yes, paid nearly $100, just so my kids and grandkids will always have access to it, should DVDs never disappear), but now PP, Dumbo (OMG, the crows. REALLY??), The Aristocats (OMG....the 'junkyard cats' scene, with the Chinese cat playing the piano with chopsticks. SERIOUSLY???), and Swiss Family Robinson (no clue; have never seen that version).
Other media have come under fire. Remember about ten or so years ago, Sesame Street released 'classic' episodes with a warning, 'May be hazardous to your child'? Well now, six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be sold, due to 'offensive' content. I've been told it's because of a Chinese character portrayed much like the cat in Aristocats. Other cartoons depict animals being whipped, and 'good' colorful characters being mean to 'bad' colorful characters. I've only read one of the now-banned books, and it's been so long ago, I didn't even remember the supposed controversial character.
Remember last year, when CC decided TWO CARTOONS, Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd were 'no longer to have their guns'? Now Pepe Le Pew has come under fire for promoting 'rape culture'. WTH....he's a CARTOON! When is the movie 9-5 going to be banned, because the women get back at their boss for the same thing? (Yes, I'm being sarcastic....I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!)
Oh, and another thing.....apparently a soda company has decided they're 'too white'. Give me a break....and the only drink I like by this company is their bottled water.
Now, a NY charter/private school is saying the kids and staff are no longer to refer to parents as 'Mom/Dad'. I'm not even going to get into the whole gender/non-gender issue; I think it's stupid. We're raising an entire generation of kids who worry about their sexuality WAAAY too early (there was even a stupid parent claiming her 6 m/o was 'gay'.....give me a break!). So now any late bloomer will be labeled LGBTQ? I didn't date until I was 19.....but I had a boyfriend at 12, a serious crush at 14, and walked the halls with my boyfriend in HS. The only 'dates' I went on were to the HS dances, and on band trips with my boyfriend, where we'd eat together, snuggle on the bus, and yes (gasp!) change clothes in front of each other. Perfectly innocent, back in the early 80s.
Yep.....my blood pressure is up over the STUPIDITY I see going on around in this 'woke' society.
Society needs to take a step back and get a clue, a sense of humor, and stop letting the children run the country. Where are the adults? Is out government too full of entitled people, raised by single parents who were too busy to raise their children properly? Where is the sense of values, CHRISTIAN VALUES, that once ruled this country?
I'm watching for the day that people 'wake up' to the fact they've made a mistake, and I can quietly post on social media....'Be careful what you wish for; you might get it.'
NEW TOPIC:
Unless you've been under a rock since this weekend, you know the whole hullaballoo with the Royal Family. Poor Meg....realizing an American Princess meant RULES? OMG....and someone had the audacity to wonder OUT LOUD what her baby's skin tone would be? Shocking.....and even more shocking.....that she felt so isolated, she considered suicide? OMG....
But wait a minute....she is an actress, and knows when to milk the camera, and to gain sympathy.
Maybe she honestly didn't realize what she was getting into? Maybe she thought things would magically change?
Stupid, stupid. You've duped the most eligible bachelor into marriage, and now you've managed to distance him from his family.....manipulate him into your socialistic beliefs....and whining on camera about how 'tough' your life has become. Entitled snob (b**ch).
Grow up.
And kudos to a Piers Morgan for standing up for his opinion. I don't always agree with you, but in this case, I'm right there with ya!
3-13-21:
Now there's another kerfluffle: Apparently, if ANYONE stands behind with PM, now we're 'racist by association'?
Just saw an article where now a major network is 'investigating' an incident in which hosts of a popular TALK show had a disagreement when one of the hosts said she agreed with PM. The A.A. host took offense, because now, "What would you say to people who may feel that while you're standing by your friend, it appears you gave validation or safe haven to something that he has uttered that is racist, even if you don't agree?"
And... "it is not the exact words of racism, it's the implication and the reaction to it."
Wha-at???
"To not want to address that because she is a Black woman, and to try to dismiss it or to make it seem less than what it is, that's what makes it racist. But right now, I'm talking to a woman I believe is my friend and I don't want anybody here to watch this and think we are attacking you for being racist."
To add insult to injury (imho), the other host issued an apology for accidentally 'supporting racism'.
Someone explain it to me???
