(12-27-2022 04:29 PM)AlwaysSunny Wrote: (12-23-2022 07:52 PM)Golden Jedi Knight Wrote: I'm annoyed that Disney+ keeps putting woke references into several of their newer programs. Sometimes, they seem to be more subtle about it, but the far left political messaging is there. They need to knock it off with their phony virtue signaling.
Can you explain what these "woke" references are? Because usually when people use that word it's just a way of saying something else without actually saying it.
For one thing, I don't think most people want to see a reference to gay and lesbian couples in so many shows and movies, particularly in those geared for young children such as the "Lightyear" movie or the "Big Hero Six" show where Baymax meets a man buying tampons for himself in a store. If you've seen the video of the shareholder meeting when one of the Disney execs openly said she wants to push a "gay agenda," (her words, not mine) then you know what's been pushed by Disney, and if I know the company as well as I think I do (I was a Cast Member years ago), they may be cutting back on the wokeness now but will increase the push again whenever they feel the time is right. Never mind that a wide diversity of people are members of religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam that don't agree with the left's position on issues like marriage, abortion, and other topics. Not even all atheists, gay or lesbian or bisexual people, and other groups agree with the left on all this. The left does crap to manipulate more people, particularly younger ones who are more impressionable, into joining their political side.
You can call me names and hate me for saying all this if you want, I don't care. A society that brushes aside the concept of a nuclear family of having a mom and a dad at home teaching kids values that will help them become contributing members of society, insists that we live under an intersectional system in which how you get treated depends on your skin color/sexual preference/gender more than on your merit, and demands, not asks, but demands that everyone celebrate Pride Month or whatever other dates they want to add to what is basically a left-wing liturgical calendar . . . oh, and make sure you use the right pronouns no matter how devoid of any sense of reality they are . . . and try to eliminate any sort of debate about it is a dying society.
I understand people don't like talking politics on a sports board or other places, but as long as institutions are having players wear BLM shirts or make DEI announcements in pre-game (like what happened at UCF home football games this season shortly before kickoff) or whatever, then politics in sports are unavoidable. The word "politics" refers to the public; it's more than just about which politicians you like best. You can't dodge talking about controversial subjects affecting your community all the time. Having said that, I think we should tell these institutions to stop pushing radical political views and go back to figuring out what unifies sports fans, movie fans, etc. instead of what divides them.
Does this answer your question, AlwaysSunny?
