Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Things that annoy me when it comes to social conservatives.

 As said by a poster named Athena Carson about a rape scene in Game of Thrones (tv series),
Actually, I see this occurrence = endorsement much more often in conservative Christian circles, trying to scare parents into sanitizing their homes of every last scrap of popular culture. Over the last several years I have seen much ridiculous debate about how Frozen is corrupting our children, how Brave is corrupting our children, about the (supposed) hidden Satanic messages in Harry Potter.
Invariably, the non-conservative Christian types (which may or may not overlap with the more liberal progressive types) sensibly take down these ridiculous objections, only to have their commentary fall on deaf ears (of course).
The "sanitize" type of parents have a more compelling argument against Frozen (not that I agree with them) than with Harry Potter. I have always felt that "HP is evil!" parents, though well-meaning, are an embarrassment to sensible social conservatives. Harry Potter isn't evil, though the author of the series is the one you should be critical of since she's basically a modern day liberal when it comes to social issues (defends Islam, shallow defense for the LGBT community).

"Leave Harry alone!"

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