Why is it always conservatives that are supposed to ignore the politics of stuff?
Why is it the consumer who is supposed to "check their politics" at the door?
Why on EARTH are we supposed to keep supporting those who treat us with nothing but contempt, and feel guilty if we point it out?
I understand that conservatives also tend to be more classically polite-- "sex, religion and politics" being off limits, and all-- but come on!
No wonder the tea party is happening; the wonder is that it didn't happen earlier.
I still don't get why folks who are conservative themselves spout this kind of BS.
what is this referencing to?
ReplyDeleteKeeps popping up of late. Generally when someone says "well, I don't really want to be preached at by someone I don't agree with" and someone who likes the movie or whatever wants them to see it.
ReplyDeleteYou can occasionally hear that sort of thing from liberals as well: praise Heinlein's Starship Troopers and that's a typical reaction...
ReplyDeleteUgh. I haven't seen it, but I'll take your word on it-- I'm just VERY tired of hearing it. Over, and over, and over again.
ReplyDelete"Sure, it has the Catholic Church as a homicidal priesthood in service of satan, but if you put that aside it's a great movie!"
"Sure, the heroes chop of innocent little kids, but if you ignore that it's a great book!"
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It doesn't help that I can think of about one author who preaches constantly but still writes good stories, and half of her stuff I can't finish anyways.
Foxfier, I am totally with you on this. It makes no sense for conservatives to pay to see movies that bash their beliefs just to be entertained. I don't even have a TV.
ReplyDelete"Why is it always conservatives that are supposed to ignore the politics of stuff?"
ReplyDeleteReally. An acquaintance from college "unfriended" me on Facebook after I pointed out that we conservatives and/or Christians dare not "take a day off" from paying attention to politics. I mean, that was the ultimate prompt of his decision; the proximate prompting was that I dared point out the sanctimonious nature (*) of his response to my explanation for why the “good idea” he was trying to help promote wasn’t at all a good idea.
(*) You know, one of those totally inappropriate and/or out-of-context references to something in the Bible … the practical effect of which is to assert one’s own holiness over against the incipient ungodliness of the person against whom one deploys the reference.