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The Muppet Show - Disney adds warning over negative stereotypes
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<blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 258118" data-attributes="member: 746"><p>I think it's silly have a disclaimer before <em>Gone With The Wind</em> or anything else intended for adults but I understand the logic behind putting a disclaimer on <em>The Muppets. </em> I can imagine a young parent looking for some entertainment for their child (especially in the midst of quarantine) seeing a Muppets DVD and thinking it would be great for their kids. While they're watching it they see an ethnic stereotype or something else that might be problematic. In this case it makes sense to me just like having a G, PG, PG13, etc. rating.</p><p></p><p>My problem is with "trigger" warnings and being overly sensitive to adults whose "feelings" are too easily hurt. I saw a video the other day of an activist calling for an end to the words "blackmail" and "blackball" because, in his view, they are racist. Poppycock, those words are no more racist than the phrase "white Christmas" (which I've heard some other people claim is racist!). Snow is white, a Christmas with snow on the ground is a "white Christmas". Unfortunately, some people (including an awful lot who have a college education) don't understand that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grant Jennings, post: 258118, member: 746"] I think it's silly have a disclaimer before [I]Gone With The Wind[/I] or anything else intended for adults but I understand the logic behind putting a disclaimer on [I]The Muppets. [/I] I can imagine a young parent looking for some entertainment for their child (especially in the midst of quarantine) seeing a Muppets DVD and thinking it would be great for their kids. While they're watching it they see an ethnic stereotype or something else that might be problematic. In this case it makes sense to me just like having a G, PG, PG13, etc. rating. My problem is with "trigger" warnings and being overly sensitive to adults whose "feelings" are too easily hurt. I saw a video the other day of an activist calling for an end to the words "blackmail" and "blackball" because, in his view, they are racist. Poppycock, those words are no more racist than the phrase "white Christmas" (which I've heard some other people claim is racist!). Snow is white, a Christmas with snow on the ground is a "white Christmas". Unfortunately, some people (including an awful lot who have a college education) don't understand that. [/QUOTE]
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