Timothy Birdnow

They're doing it again!

As I've recently chronicled, the Intersectional Left, that merry band of endlessly chipping shoulders, has declared war on the duet Baby it's Cold Outside, and have driven the post-War song from the airwaves in many places. This is part of a general War on Christmas that Conservatives have been resisting for some time (which includes saying "Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas, the almost total banishment of religious Christmas songs, and a plethora of other things - like calling it a "winter holiday" or banning Nativity scenes in public places.) Every time we think they have reached Peak Scrooge they manage to dig deep and find just a little more in them.

Now they are going after the Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer television special. Yes, they really are criticizing a sixties-era television show featuring moving stuffed figures.

From the article:

"Some argue that Hermey has, well, a rather questionable character, due to his strange obsession with dentistry — and the issue of where he gets the teeth he uses for his dolls.

Moreover, there’s increasing concern over Rudolph and Clarice’s relationship, which is being criticized for being extremely shallow.

According to some, Rudolph "needs to slow his roll”, as rescuing someone you haven’t seen in a long time doesn’t mean they owe you affection at the end."

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Hermey is a maladjusted elf who doesn't like making toys but rather wants to be a dentist. Now it can be argued that all dentists are sadists in their own way, but if people didn't go into dentistry we'd all be gumming our food. There is nothing abnormal about a kid wanting to be a dentist.

And as for Rudolf needing to "slow his roll" how do you do that in a half-hour special? And reindeer aren't exactly noted for having "deep" relationships.

This article gives us some of the social media criticism:

"The criticism and debate is growing everywhere on social media, with some expressing concerns over the ‘moral of the story’ the popular special teaches children — while others defend it wholeheartedly.

This Twitter user argues that the Christmas special teaches children that "People are d*** until they need something from you.”

Twitter comment

Others have argued that the 30-minute special appears to condone bullying — with bullying revealed within the first five minutes of the movie — and even Santa partaking in some cruel mockery.

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Uh, that is the whole point. Rudolf is a screed against bullying. Rudolf is mistreated by everyone in the show except Clarissa and his future friends - Hermie, Yukon Cornelius, and the toys and King Moonracer on the Island of Misfit Toys. The point of the show was that it gets better and you can't just run away from your problems. Rudolf runs away and it leads to bad things. Only when he faces his problems can he fix them. And everyone - even Santa - realize in the end they were wrong in how they treated him.

This is the antithesis of promoting bullying. And if viewers think it would be better to portray a "safe space" world then they are truly nuts.

Actually, I'm surprised we didn't hear from PETA over this show; they wouldn't like the part where Hermie pulls all of the Abominable Snowman's teeth.

There is nothing the left won't try to pollute. And there is nothing from American tradition they won't seek to vandalize.

This also points out how Americans have way too much free time to be trying to find fault with a little children's show. That they are going to all this trouble to worry about something like this illustrates the fact that Americans really have piddly problems - or none at all - and have to borrow troubles. One of the odd contradictions in American life these days is that suffering is seen as a badge of honor (provided it's as part of an aggrieved class) but few actually do suffer much, so they have to create new causes for pain. Instead of looking to fix real pain so much of our society gets it's back up over immaterial and unserious things. Lacking the real challenges of the past they seek to find their own in things that past generations would have laughed at. Imagine the Second World War generation, forged in the Great Depression and in fire and blood, worrying about something like this! The Millenials have had such easy lives with so little to actually fight for that they go trolling for any sort of battle, any war that might serve to make them feel like their lives actually matter.

There can be great comfort in perceived persecution. Otherwise you sink or swim on your own. And there is much to be gained by leaders who can promote the idea that you are persecuted, even if you are not.



This makes Don Quixote seem like a true warrior.

Actually, the true radicals who seek to fundamentally alter the human condition (the ones behind the War on Christmas) hope to erase Christmas one carol and evening special at a time. They are going to keep picking at everything we cherish until it is all gone, replaced by a more political, post-modern, atheistic culture. As was said in "Dr. Zhivago" "the personal life is dead". To kill it you have to kill tradition. That is what these attacks are all about.

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