{"id":9794,"date":"2011-12-13T11:19:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T16:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=9794"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:07:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:07:56","slug":"rights-absurd-fight-against-childrens-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/cultural-correspondent\/12\/13\/rights-absurd-fight-against-childrens-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right\u2019s Absurd Fight Against Children’s Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture this: a United States where school cafeteria workers lackadaisically dump \u201cvegetable\u201d paste onto the mystery meat du jour while 9-year-old janitors wipe up the debris in an effort to showcase their budding work ethic and sanitary savvy. A United States where smiling creatures of the puppet and Pixar ilk have long been collecting dust as a consequence of their blatant and shameful promotion of Marxist collectivism, environmental responsibility and intercultural tolerance. A United States where the only remaining puppets are the ones on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

Sound a bit far fetched? That\u2019s because it is. However, as hyperbole seems to have the growing conservative base in a veritable chokehold as of late, that is precisely where the right wing wants the United States to be headed.<\/p>\n

According to more vocal members of today\u2019s GOP, the children\u2019s movie \u201cCars 2\u201d wrongfully and absurdly pits the oil industry as its villain and \u201cHappy Feet 2\u201d is not a children\u2019s film about pirouetting penguins but rather the United States potentially bailing out Greece amid its financial crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n