I'm sorry you had to deal with triggering things like this. With this latest from Hollyweird, I can't really say that I'm surprised. The ones who make shows like this have been living in a moral cesspool for many years, promoting forms of racism, sexism, religious discrimination, drug use, teen sex, and now pedophilia. They think that throwing out all moral boundaries makes them hip, cool, and tolerant, so that only fundamentalist Christians (a favorite punching bag of theirs) would object to it. Sadly and nauseatingly, this is what they really mean when the word 'tolerance' is thrown around, with the expectation that everything needs to be tolerated, no matter how vile.
I think it makes the point that not all societal deviances are worthy of celebration simply for being deviant. And more disturbingly, this way of thinking isn't an accident; the educational system has been teaching it for many years, by sexualising children in more and more ways and complaining about any boundaries. The writers are sick, spoiled children in adult bodies. There is nothing wrong with calling them out on it, and I would say the same for the producers, directors, supervisors, internal censors, etc. It's to the point that some execs at MTV may now be facing criminal charges for child pornograhy for producing and airing it in their latest and greatest show.
I agree with writing a letter, for at the very least it's cathartic. But I would also tell many others about it, and encourage more to similarly complain. The guilty writers may simply hit the 'delete' button, but a loud chorus of outrage to many media and government outlets can help make a difference. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, as they saying goes.
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Date: 2011-01-25 02:47 pm (UTC)I think it makes the point that not all societal deviances are worthy of celebration simply for being deviant. And more disturbingly, this way of thinking isn't an accident; the educational system has been teaching it for many years, by sexualising children in more and more ways and complaining about any boundaries. The writers are sick, spoiled children in adult bodies. There is nothing wrong with calling them out on it, and I would say the same for the producers, directors, supervisors, internal censors, etc. It's to the point that some execs at MTV may now be facing criminal charges for child pornograhy for producing and airing it in their latest and greatest show.
I agree with writing a letter, for at the very least it's cathartic. But I would also tell many others about it, and encourage more to similarly complain. The guilty writers may simply hit the 'delete' button, but a loud chorus of outrage to many media and government outlets can help make a difference. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, as they saying goes.