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CNN Labels ‘Thomas the Tank Engine,’ ‘Paw Patrol’ as ‘Fascist’ Cartoons

A CNN article published Friday complained that parents are buying their kids "Thomas the Tank Engine" and "Paw Patrol" toys, despite the shows supposedly having "fascist" undertones.

"Why kids love ‘fascist' cartoons like ‘Paw Patrol' and ‘Thomas,'" wrote parenting writer Elissa Strauss, a regular contributor to CNN.

Strauss noted that "Thomas the Tank Engine" has been labeled "a ‘premodern corporate-totalitarian dystopia‘ in the New Yorker, imperialist and sinister in Slate, and classist, sexist, and anti-environmentalist in the Guardian."

http://freebeacon.com/politics/cnn-labe ... -cartoons/

This getting out of hand...

well. calling it fascist is a bit much.
it is, however, insanely stupid and it does depict a rather .... first-half-of-the-20th-century world.

I'd like to add: I worked in children's tv for about half a year. There's certainly not the best and brightest working on these shows. And when an employee points out that certain things about a show are particularly stupid, or don't work like that in reality and it would be easy to change a few things and stuff would make sense, it would be easier to do and cost the same... well. if it's for children, no one gives a crap. so, yeah. quite possible that thomas the tank engine is done mostly by people who don't care what they feed your children....

I quit that job.

the real "face of fascism" is what was installed last November.

Liberalism seems to look for any excuse to call anything fascist/fascism.

To be fair, Thomas is pretty messed-up. The engines are living, but they still have to spend their entire lives on train tracks. Additionally, the authorities on the Island of Sodor are fond of cruel and unusual punishment.



That being said, these shows are geared towards little kids who don't think too deeply about what they watch.

I saw this only a few days ago on Critikal's YouTube channel, where he basically said how stupid it was and tore it apart. And I agree. It's almost as bad as that religious nut-job guy who wrote a book years ago about how most of the cartoons that were popular in the late 80's-early 90's, like Ninja Turtles and Smurfs and even Care Bears - were all completely evil and would make your kids practice witchcraft and worship Satan. Even the Care Bears with their message that we should all care and help each other. Some would say *especially* the Care Bears, but hopefully they're not being serious.

The funny thing is he claimed to have watched them all himself, but your kids are the ones who will be corrupted and burn in hellfire.

how could those cute adorable little trains be anything but innocuous?

god, adults overanalyzing and politicizing innocuous childrens shows has to be the most cancerous s**t ever.

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