Quote: (10-28-2018 01:28 PM)questor70 Wrote:
Quote: (10-28-2018 11:22 AM)Sidney Crosby Wrote:
bending to SJW's
When you factor in that The Simpsons has ALWAYS had a left-wing agenda (hence it's always been held up as an anomaly in Rupert Murdoch's Fox empire) you begin to realize this is a bellweather for how far the left has shifted towards the extreme for it to single it out for attack.
I don't have to outline all the ways The Simpsons skews left, do I? It's generally a rebuke of empty consumer culture and unrestrained Scrooge-like capitalism. What it tended NOT to be about is identity politics, however. But it had its moments, even with Apu. Apu was used as a proxy for Mexicans in this episode suggesting we turn a blind eye to immigration law, for instance.
So really, this is the left eating its own for not being extreme enough.
Matt Groening has always been left-leaning. Read the various "Life is Hell" books like "School is Hell" or "Childhood is Hell". It tends to rip on Republicans a lot while leaving the Democrats alone. Hell even Futurama had an episode making fun of Birthers too with that one episode. All the dumb and evil people on the Simpsons are all conservatives and the smart and good ones are liberals.
Oh and 500th post, Yay!