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Conservative editor: Republicans are losing because of Family Guy
Republicans are losing to Democrats because pop culture in the United States is dominated by liberal thought, according to conservative writer and TV editor Bill Whittle.
At the RightOnline Conference in Orlando on Saturday, Whittle singled out the TV show Family Guy with particular disdain.
Any audience of people that grew up with classical Superman automatically love this country because Superman is about the best America we can be, and when Superman was all over the pop culture we were a nation that loved this country, he remarked. Now, 20 years after the peak of Supermans popularity along comes Gilligans Island. Thats pretty neutral in terms of politics. Really about the only message you can get from Gilligans Island is if you want to get off the island all you have to do is kill Gilligan.
But if youre a young person out there today and you can finish the theme song from Family Guy, then all the anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-Christian, anti-morality messages of Family Guy are in your head as completely and thoroughly as that theme song is.
The example of Superman and Family Guy illustrated how conservatives needed to construct narratives that exemplified their belief system.
Youre programmed by the pop culture. Youre programed by story, Whittle said. Its all about stories, and if were the villain in all of the stories that are told were never going to win another election again.
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Conservative editor: Republicans are losing because of Family Guy
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Republicans are losing to Democrats because pop culture in the United States is dominated by liberal thought, according to conservative writer and TV editor Bill Whittle.
At the RightOnline Conference in Orlando on Saturday, Whittle singled out the TV show Family Guy with particular disdain.
Any audience of people that grew up with classical Superman automatically love this country because Superman is about the best America we can be, and when Superman was all over the pop culture we were a nation that loved this country, he remarked. Now, 20 years after the peak of Supermans popularity along comes Gilligans Island. Thats pretty neutral in terms of politics. Really about the only message you can get from Gilligans Island is if you want to get off the island all you have to do is kill Gilligan.
But if youre a young person out there today and you can finish the theme song from Family Guy, then all the anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-Christian, anti-morality messages of Family Guy are in your head as completely and thoroughly as that theme song is.
The example of Superman and Family Guy illustrated how conservatives needed to construct narratives that exemplified their belief system.
Youre programmed by the pop culture. Youre programed by story, Whittle said. Its all about stories, and if were the villain in all of the stories that are told were never going to win another election again.