FOX's Lou Dobbs attacks 'Lorax' and 'Arrietty' as left-wing brainwashing

[sinkingfeeling]

http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/23/10486174-foxs-lou-dobbs-attacks-lorax-and-arrietty-as-left-wing-brainwashing

Apparently, "The Secret World of Arrietty" and "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" represent liberal Hollywood’s attempt to indoctrinate children.

During his Tuesday night show, Dobbs dubbed Disney’s "Arrietty" and Universal’s "Lorax" “insidious nonsense from Hollywood,” then he announced: “Hollywood is once again trying to indoctrinate our children.”

"Arrietty," about four-inch people who “borrow” what they need from normal-sized humans, encourages class envy and redistribution of wealth, according to Dobbs, while "Lorax" is just another example of environmental radicalism.

Then he answers himself: “Occupy Wall Street forever trying to pit the makers against the takers and President Obama repeating that everyone should pay their fair share.”

"What we’re doing is creating occu-toddlers,” said Matt Patrick, who joked that the anti-consumerism, pro-environmental messages should be countered by moviegoers who purchase lots of popcorn and candy then leave the trash on theater floors.

[Brickbat]

1. Occu-toddlers, the new Red-Diaper Babies.

[gratuitous]

2. The "makers" against the "takers" Heh, heh

I wondered what Loud Obbs was doing since he lost his last job. Trying his hand at stand-up, is he? Needs some work.

[starroute]

13. He's got it wrong. *These* are the Makers

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[nobodyspecial]

16. What does Lou Dobbs make?

Lies and illogical rants.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. ....

[randr]

4. I want to know what Dobb's thinks of Jesus

and the money changers!

[Angry Dragon]

5. The last paragraph is very telling

'"What we’re doing is creating occu-toddlers,” said Matt Patrick, who joked that the anti-consumerism, pro-environmental messages should be countered by moviegoers who purchase lots of popcorn and candy then leave the trash on theater floors.'

That is how most of the 1% think. Consume everything they can and then leave the mess for someone else to clean up. Gluttons of the resources............

[nobodyspecial]

20. Yes, make a mess

because those minimum-wage workers need to have their lives made even more miserable. Even if I was rich, I would never treat people like this. Maybe that's why I'm not rich.

[Fawke Em]

6. Who is Matt Patrick and why should I give a shit

about what he thinks?

His idea of purchasing snacks and leaving all the trash on the floor for others to clean up sounds more like a toddler than anything OWS has done.

[JHB]

7. What's Dobbs' opinion of underpants gnomes?

They at least have a business model.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Screen shots of broadcast taken by Media Matters

LINK: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201202210017

[Taverner]

9. My eyes can't roll back far enough...

[Marrah_G]

10. He is an idiot

Dr Suess and The Borrowers are now evil left wing conspiracies?

[Initech]

11. Is there anything these psychos actually *DO* like?

It seems they now hate everything from Girl Scouts to kids movies... I'm gonna make that a project of mine - find something the right wing actually does like.

[The Genealogist]

14. Money

Money is about it. War? Sure, as long as someone is profiting from it. Jesus? Sure, as long as they can use Jesus as a smoke screen to hide their ugly doings. War and Jesus are tools the RW uses.

[Initech]

30. Good point.

[gratuitous]

18. I hear they're waiting anxiously for the next installment of "Atlas Shrugged"

There's a vast conspiracy, however, to deprive this vital film of the audience it deserves. They're a sad and tragic bunch.

[bongbong]

19. What the GOP likes

*) misery
*) war
*) death
*) pedophilia (lists of the hundreds of convicted republican child molesters are all over the Internet)

[Initech]

23. Yup - they truly are psychos.

[Quantess]

34. They might like the Veggie Tales

You know, the Christian vegetables? But I'm sure Satan has his "roots" in the Veggie Tales too.

[Initech]

36. I'm sure even then...

They'd find some way to tear it apart as "promoting a leftist agenda" because having characters as vegetables promotes a healthy lifestyle.

[Jennicut]

12. Yeah, I will be sure to let my daughters know they are being indoctrinated at the movies.

Dr. Seuss and Mary Norton wrote The Lorax and The Borrowers (which Arrietty is based on).These stories came out of the minds of creative, imaginative authors. Hollywood chose to make the movies based on the books but the original ideas and concepts came a long time ago.
My 6 and 7 year olds love Dr. Seuss and want to see the Lorax. The Secret World of Arrietty looks great too. They are personally more interested that Bridgit Mendler on the Disney Channel is doing the voice of the Arrietty then anything else.

[LeftishBrit]

15. Oh good grief

It's not even as though either of these was new, except as regards the particular adaptation. 'Arrietty' is based on Mary Norton's 'The Borrowers' , an English children's classic published in 1952. 'The Lorax' was published in 1971. There have been TV/film adaptations of both books since the 1970s.

In any case, since when has encouraging children to share been seen as political propaganda? It is ordinary moral and social training, common to most eras and cultures.

'the anti-consumerism, pro-environmental messages should be countered by moviegoers who purchase lots of popcorn and candy then leave the trash on theater floors.'

Sounds like Patrick is still stuck at the toddler stage of social attitudes!

[BumRushDaShow]

17. I could only imagine what he'd say about the Sneetches!

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Seems to me that The Borrowers, which Arrietty comes from, is about trickle-down economics

They get some benefit from all the stuff the materially wealthy big people get. Dobbs should love it!

[d_r]

22. “insidious nonsense from Hollywood,”

Tokyo. Studio Ghibli is in Tokyo.


Does this cat not realize they are both based on books?

[EFerrari]

29. Can nonsense even be insidious?

[d_r]

32. well there's that, huh?

I skipped right over that part lol

[EFerrari]

33. This is why I love the Hate Mailbag and Lou.

Conservative dickheads say things that sound like they should make sense but when you think about the words, they don't. Democrats only very rarely do that.

[HopeHoops]

24. Um. No. Seuss was considered a communist and "The Borrowers" had nothing to do with politics.

Based on my avatar, you can tell where I stand on this matter, but when Seuss was accused of being a communist he published under the pen name "Lesieg" (Geisel spelled backwards).

And then there was Orwell who predicted the Republican party's ultimate achievement.

On Edit: Miyazaki makes movies for the sake of the movie, not for political objectives.

[MisterP]

25. just wait till they find out about "That Hideous Strength"

where God and the seven planetary sub-deities have possessed fascist scientists dismembered for the crimes of animal experimentation and bulldozing forests

Lewis, Miyazaki, and Norton all have strong land-based ethics

and let's not get started on Beatrix PPotter

[HappyMe]

26. This is probably the stupidest thing

I have heard.

[Whisp]

27. that dough headed dough face still clanking his jaws?

fuck off lou.

go shopping for a new gauze filter for the cameras.

[yellowcanine]

28. Lorax was written in 1971 by Dr. Seuss. Hollywood didn't have anything to do with it.

The fact that Hollywood made a movie out of it is neither here nor there. That is what Hollywood does, makes movies out of books. But if Dobbs wants to take on Dr. Seuss, good luck with that.

[Whisp]

31. someone should hose CNN down.

it's a breeding ground for the likes of Dobbs, Beck and I do believe Nancy Grace was a regular there too.

[BumRushDaShow]

39. Don't forget Pukechanan! n/t

[Rex]

35. Well when you have less cred then toons

that is the only thing left to attack.

'President Obama repeating that everyone should pay their fair share...' AND WHAT OF IT SHITSTAIN?

I think Lou is the next Glenn. Just not as stupid.

[alphafemale]

37. Oh for P-ss sake. Better not let this fool see the Sermon on the Mount.

I say this as a sincere Atheist.

[Raine]

38. It must suck to have beliefs that are so vulnerable a child's tale can destroy them.