Here's another one for the politcal correctness faction :-)
Today a colleague and I were discussing cartoons and it dawned on me that I hadn't seen a "Speedy Gonzales" cartoon in a very long time. (sigh..If you don't know who "Speedy" is, your too young..just google him)
I decided to do some research, since I was begining to feel he was a victim..My research proved correct, poor "Speedy" died of the dreaded "political correctness" virus.
The begining of the political correctness virus is vague, although I believe it was spawned by some mealy mouthed whiner who got their feelings hurt everytime they received even the slightest bit of criticism, constructive or not, or weren't picked for a team. They then ran crying home to mommy, who chastised all around her for hurting the feelings of little precious, rather than telling him to stop the incessant whining and suck it up!
But, I digress..What I found was that when the Cartoon Network aquired the rights to "Speedy" they elected to cease airing the venerable cartoon. In an interview with Fox News (what an oxymoron) a Cartoon Network spokesperson commented that "it hasn't been on the air for years because of it's ethnic stereotypes". The prevailing theory is that this refers to "Speedy's" fellow mice , who are shown as slow, lazy and may even appear drunk. "Slowpoke Rodriguez", "Speedy's" cousin is shown as exceptionally slow and lazy, and may also carry a gun.
Wake up "sheeple" (I love this term, used consistently by my friend John)! and stop trying to make everything utopian by attempting to equalize our lives. We all live differently and view things differently! If your feelings get hurt tough crap! Get over it! Life is not fair, or accomodating, it's what you make it!! Stop blaming or trying to fix perceived injustice. Let's fix the real injustices in the world.
If this cartoon was such an issue, why is it still one the most watched cartoons in Latin America? Obviously they don't know they're being stereotyped.
Don't you find it ironic that we can ban a cartoon, but shows like Jersey Shore, Skins and other shows that depict violence, sex and disrespect are revered?
It must be because we didn't ban Barney and the Teletubbies soon enough..
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