Is any TV show immune to the left's agenda?

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You’re forgetting about concupiscence which is always present in the human nature in this life.
 
It is a contributing factor, to be sure, particularly on a personal level. But I don’t think concupiscence alone explains the large scale effort to corrupt children in America today.
I pray for the children, that God will ring them with angels to fight, fight, fight the demons who wish to degrade them, through the agency of human beings with intellects darkened by sin, who have subordinated their will to that of Satan and who are most certainly often willing to surrender to their own concupiscence.
 
It is the end result of a slow, gradual process to corrupt hearts and minds that took 50 years to reach this point. First, a little bad then more graphic bad. Destroy the family, destroy authentic male-female relationships. Legalize abortion and no-fault divorce.

When the media becomes the mouth-piece for all that then most of what they say has to be rejected.
 
Absolutely. And we know who is being allowed to rule the world, spiritually. For a time at least.
 
Ok, just to address a few points that seem to be a bit odd.
  1. Media companies exist to generate profit by producing content audiences want to consume, that is definitely not a leftist idea. It sounds like a pretty capitalist idea to me.
  2. Post #80, is it an American thing to think that the climate crisis is a Left/Right issue rather than just an issue that will really need people to reach across the aisle to get a grip of.
  3. Same sex relationships and marriages exist in the real world, it’s a part of everyday life (and I work in automotive manufacturing). Expecting the media industry to ignore a small but sizable chunk of the population, when there’s money to be made from them, seems a bit anti-capitalist to me.
  4. With regard to Drag Queens, there is such a thing as a Bio Queen, which is a cisgender woman who performs as a Drag Queen. Also straight men perform Drag as well. Surely it’s a good thing for children to be aware that not people are the same and that all people should be treated with dignity and respect?
 
  1. Your media company is global and worth billions of dollars. How can you spend your day?
    a) Look out the window and chat with friends. Conduct a little business.
    b) Enforce your agenda on the public, whatever it is.
    c) Feel the pressure of outside groups who want you to embrace their agenda.
I look at the sludge currently being attempted by the streaming services smaller than Disney. It will give way to established, old IPs.

They have no choice if they want to make money. Their customers will not return if they don’t give them what they want. However, they all live in a stifling atmosphere that makes demands on them.
  1. Same-sex relationships exist in the real world and have for a very long time. Introducing LGBT characters is very new and is not about money.
 
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Surely it’s a good thing for children to be aware that not people are the same and that all people should be treated with dignity and respect?
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As if that’s all these hellish library events are about. :roll_eyes:
Anybody believes that, I’ll sell you a Rolex real cheap.
 
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Your media company is global and worth billions of dollars. How can you spend your day?
a) Look out the window and chat with friends. Conduct a little business.
b) Enforce your agenda on the public, whatever it is.
c) Feel the pressure of outside groups who want you to embrace your agenda.
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Ok fine, but which of these agendas are left wing? Just because someone has an agenda doesn’t make it automatically Leftist. The likes of Fox News have an agenda and its definitely not Left Wing.
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I look at the sludge currently being attempted by the streaming services smaller than Disney. It will give way to established, old IPs.

They have no choice if they want to make money. Their customers will not return if they don’t give them what they want. However, they all live in a stifling atmosphere that makes demands on them.
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So you agree that the primary driver for media groups is profit? Again that’s not Leftist.
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Same-sex relationships exist in the real world and have for a very long time. Introducing LGBT characters is very new and is not about money.
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For the record, the first same sex kiss recorded for a Hollywood film was in the 1930 Marlene Dietrich film Morocco, I’m not sure that counts as very new.
 
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I know of quite a few anime without anything LGBTQ related. One being Full Metal Alchemist, one of the most popular anime out there. Others I’ve seen include Violet Evergarden, Death Note, Erased, The Promised Neverland, and Rising of the Sheild Hero. Even the anime I have seen with LGBTQ related content, there’s no agenda being pushed, it’s just sort of there in the background.
 
Trust me. There’s an agenda. Nothing appears on TV or in anime by accident.
 
Primary driver is profit? If it were, there would be no topics about what they’re doing right now.
 
Most of the population is rejecting Hollywood, little by little. Which is great news. Netflix declining. Movie ticket sales down.

People are tired of getting lectured by the left at movies. Nothing they make is enjoyable.
 
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  1. Same-sex relationships exist in the real world and have for a very long time. Introducing LGBT characters is very new and is not about money.
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LGBT people have indeed existed in the real world for a very long time, but they weren’t usually shown as normal characters in films or on TV. Instead, as noted by Wikipedia, when they appeared at all, they were “depicted in mainstream films as dangerous misfits who needed to be cured or killed.” Or homosexuality was depicted “as an insult or a joke.” I’m glad that gay men like me are now being depicted in movies as normal people, not as “dangerous misfits” or as a joke.

One of the big sea changes that happened in our society was that hundreds of thousands or even millions of gay men and lesbians started coming out to their families and friends and co-workers who realized that most gay men and lesbians don’t fit all the negative stereotypes that they had previously been exposed to in films. People discovering that they already know someone in their family or at their church or at work who is gay has done more to change public opinion about LGBT people and about homosexuality than gay characters in TV shows or films. Nevertheless, I’m still glad that Hollywood has changed how they depict LGBT people.
 
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LGBT people have indeed existed in the real world for a very long time, but they weren’t usually shown as normal characters in films or on TV. Instead, as noted by Wikipedia, when they appeared at all, they were “depicted in mainstream films as dangerous misfits who needed to be cured or killed.” Or homosexuality was depicted “as an insult or a joke.” I’m glad that gay men like me are now being depicted in movies as normal people, not as “dangerous misfits” or as a joke.

One of the big sea changes that happened in our society was that hundreds of thousands or even millions of gay men and lesbians started coming out to their families and friends and co-workers who realized that most gay men and lesbians don’t fit all the negative stereotypes that they had previously been exposed to in films. People discovering that they already know someone in their family or at their church or at work who is gay has done more to change public opinion about LGBT people and about homosexuality than gay characters in TV shows or films. Nevertheless, I’m still glad that Hollywood has changed how they depict LGBT people.
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That’s exactly right.

That all makes me think of this short (public domain) 1961 film someone posted a link to a few years ago:

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This was presented as an educational film for teenage boys, warning them about “the homosexual” and depicting gay men as predators going around looking for teenage boys. Thank goodness that we’re at least beyond that today.
 
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No, there were no sea changes. Today, the media is nothing more than a promotional vehicle for Leftist ideas. It is hoped people will listen and accept. When that does not happen to the desired degree, all other available outlets are used.
 
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No, there were no sea changes. Today, the media is nothing more than a promotional vehicle for Leftist ideas. It is hoped people will listen and accept. When that does not happen to the desired degree, all other available outlets are used.
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There’s no doubt that there has been a sea change (“a profound or notable transformation”) in how the public at large views LGBT people. You can see this profound transformation by looking at polls that ask about homosexuality over the last 30 or 40 years. Hollywood has no doubt played some part in this transformation, but I still think that LGBT people coming out has been more important. Just looking at my own extended family and various family friends, the fact that I’m gay and am no longer in the closet has probably done more to change how many of them view gay people than what Hollywood has.

And my coming out and the coming out of many other LGBT people is not just part of some “Leftist” agenda. I know a number of out gay men who are Republicans (although I can’t fathom how any gay person could belong to that party).
 
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Yes, I watched the dedicated campaign to bring the numbers up. I question how the public was convinced of anything. I saw a photo of one person going door to door and I am aware of other expensive and time-consuming methods used. Because of that, there is greater awareness but not much else. I do not know how widespread this awareness is among parents and friends of gay people.

I have zero political affiliation but I recognize manipulation when I see it. People don’t like being manipulated. Would you?
 
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