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| | Starting with the infamous "Rural purge" of the early-1970s (when [[CBS]] cancelled most of its Western dramas and all of its rural/family-themed sitcoms and variety shows in favor of "socially relevant" urban-themed programs) and increasingly into the present, liberal-leaning television series creators, producers, and writers have put shows on the air that appeal more to their own personal viewpoints than to the tastes of most of the general public. As a result, in part due to the increase in TV channels since that period, many currently airing series have undergone decreases in viewership and the declining ratings that go with them. To liberals in the media, however, declining TV ratings and unsatisfied audiences mean less to them than pushing [[liberal ideology]] (including positively playing up [[socialism]], [[witchcraft]], [[feminism]], and the [[homosexual agenda]] while denigrating [[religion]], the [[family]], and [[traditional values]]) and forcing public acceptance of it does. Shown below is a list of some of the worst liberal TV series, past and present. | | Starting with the infamous "Rural purge" of the early-1970s (when [[CBS]] cancelled most of its Western dramas and all of its rural/family-themed sitcoms and variety shows in favor of "socially relevant" urban-themed programs) and increasingly into the present, liberal-leaning television series creators, producers, and writers have put shows on the air that appeal more to their own personal viewpoints than to the tastes of most of the general public. As a result, in part due to the increase in TV channels since that period, many currently airing series have undergone decreases in viewership and the declining ratings that go with them. To liberals in the media, however, declining TV ratings and unsatisfied audiences mean less to them than pushing [[liberal ideology]] (including positively playing up [[socialism]], [[witchcraft]], [[feminism]], and the [[homosexual agenda]] while denigrating [[religion]], the [[family]], and [[traditional values]]) and forcing public acceptance of it does. Shown below is a list of some of the worst liberal TV series, past and present. |
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| − | |This racy Nickelodeon stoner cartoon stars two anthropomorphic ducks (who look nothing like their species) who deliver bread and engage in disorderly conduct and vulgar humor. | + | |This racy Nickelodeon stoner series stars two anthropomorphic ducks (who look nothing like their species) who deliver bread and engage in disorderly conduct and vulgar humor. |
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| | |Netflix | | |Netflix |
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| − | |This horrifyingly explicit adult cartoon is about pubescent children and their genitals. One episode features a young boy doing the unspeakable to himself in his own bed. Another episode features a young girl talking to her private area while looking at it in a mirror. Episode titles include "Ejaculation" and "Am I Gay?" As expected, Liberals have praised the series, while Christians have denounced it, writing multiple petitions online to take it off the air. | + | |This horrifyingly explicit adult series is about pubescent children and their genitals. One episode features a young boy doing the unspeakable to himself in his own bed. Another episode features a young girl talking to her private area while looking at it in a mirror. Episode titles include "Ejaculation" and "Am I Gay?" As expected, Liberals have praised the series, while Christians have denounced it, writing multiple petitions online to take it off the air. |
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| | |Disney Junior | | |Disney Junior |
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| − | |What looks like a cute cartoon about a child doctor who fixes living stuffed toys actually pushes homosexual propaganda on young children. One episode features a lesbian couple, and Chris Nee, the series' creator, is a lesbian. | + | |What looks like a cute series about a child doctor who fixes living stuffed toys actually pushes homosexual propaganda on young children. One episode features a lesbian couple, and Chris Nee, the series' creator, is a lesbian. |
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| | |''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' | | |''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' |
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| − | |This "interactive" cartoon forces young audiences to accept multiculturalism by teaching them Spanish. Multiple characters can't speak a word in English, requiring the audience has to speak Spanish to them. The series is often criticized, too, for having its main characters "dumb down" their target audience, giving children too much time to answer questions that could be answered quickly and teaching them how to copy what they see on screen rather than learn for themselves. | + | |This "interactive" series forces young audiences to accept multiculturalism by teaching them Spanish. Multiple characters can't speak a word in English, requiring the audience has to speak Spanish to them. The series is often criticized, too, for having its main characters "dumb down" their target audience, giving children too much time to answer questions that could be answered quickly and teaching them how to copy what they see on screen rather than learn for themselves. |
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| − | |This cartoon is laced with explicit, crude, and vulgar humor. During Season 2, Princess Clara (a devout "Christian") is depicted as a "bigot" and a [[Hypocrites|hypocrite]]. | + | |This animated series is laced with explicit, crude, and vulgar humor. During Season 2, Princess Clara (a devout "Christian") is depicted as a "bigot" and a [[Hypocrites|hypocrite]]. |
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| | |''Fanboy and Chum Chum'' | | |''Fanboy and Chum Chum'' |
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| | |[[Nickelodeon]] | | |[[Nickelodeon]] |
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| − | |Progressive former Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]] created this racy stop motion cartoon to degrade the role of fatherhood and push limits as to what can be shown on prime time television with demented sexual jokes. One episode blatantly portrays [[Barack Obama]] as the "messiah" and [[Dick Cheney]] as the devil. | + | |Progressive former Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]] created this racy stop motion series to degrade the role of fatherhood and push limits as to what can be shown on prime time television with demented sexual jokes. One episode blatantly portrays [[Barack Obama]] as the "messiah" and [[Dick Cheney]] as the devil. |
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| | |''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' | | |''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' |
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| − | |An idiotic boy and a [[nihilist]] girl befriend the Grim Reaper in a cartoon that attempts to paint the well-known personification of death humorously, denigrates the importance of family, and celebrates disorderly conduct. | + | |An idiotic boy and a [[nihilist]] girl befriend the Grim Reaper in a series that attempts to paint the well-known personification of death humorously, denigrates the importance of family, and celebrates disorderly conduct. |
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| | |Adult Swim | | |Adult Swim |
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| − | |This ugly Satanic cartoon stars a border collie who is a physical incarnation of the Devil himself and engages in a lot of violent, bloody, and gory behavior. Not only that, but the show stereotypes [[heavy metal]] music. | + | |This ugly Satanic series stars a border collie who is a physical incarnation of the Devil himself and engages in a lot of violent, bloody, and gory behavior. Not only that, but the show stereotypes [[heavy metal]] music. |
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| | |''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' | | |''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' |
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| | |The Hub Network / Discovery Family | | |The Hub Network / Discovery Family |
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| − | |The ever-popular among liberals anime-influenced cartoon has hidden liberal ideas such as socialism, environmentalism, feminism, and secularism. Originally made for young girls, the show has unexpectedly attracted a worldwide cult following of young adult to adult men who call themselves "Bronies", suggesting [[homosexuality]] or even [[pedophilia]] in the fanbase. Perhaps a much more apparent problem than these is the threat the cartoon poses to traditional ideas of masculinity as more men become attracted to it. | + | |The ever-popular among liberals anime-influenced series has hidden liberal ideas such as socialism, environmentalism, feminism, and secularism. Originally made for young girls, the show has unexpectedly attracted a worldwide cult following of young adult to adult men who call themselves "Bronies", suggesting [[homosexuality]] or even [[pedophilia]] in the fanbase. Perhaps a much more apparent problem than these is the threat the cartoon poses to traditional ideas of masculinity as more men become attracted to it. |
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| − | |The entire theme of this cartoon is [[San Francisco values]]. | + | |The entire theme of this program is [[San Francisco values]]. |
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| − | |This adult cartoon, whose main characters are ludicrous caricatures of Doc Brown and Marty McFly from the mostly conservative film ''Back to the Future'', is popular among liberals for trying to pass a dysfunctional, atheistic family with a pansexual, [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] grandfather (Rick) as humorous. | + | |This adult animated series, whose main characters are respective ludicrous caricatures of Doc Brown and Marty McFly from the mostly conservative film ''Back to the Future'', is popular among liberals for trying to pass a dysfunctional, atheistic family with a pansexual, [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] grandfather (Rick) as humorous. |
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| − | |The title character practices feminism and witchcraft. One episode (incidentally released around the same time as the infamous reveal that LeFou was homosexual in the 2017 live action remake for Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'') notoriously features in the background of one stadium scene two men kissing each other and two women doing the same. | + | |The title character practices feminism (mostly in the form of rebellion against her parents' views of gender roles) and witchcraft. One episode (incidentally released around the same time as the infamous reveal that LeFou is homosexual in the 2017 live action remake for Disney's politically ambiguous animation ''Beauty and the Beast'') notoriously features in the background of one stadium scene two men kissing each other and two women doing the same. |
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| − | |Don't let the cutesy character designs fool you in this one. On the surface, it looks like a harmless animated series about the beauty of family unity among a half-human-half-alien child, his benevolent human father, and his extra-terrestrial friends who teach the boy how to use his superpowers. However, looks are deceiving—it really exposes children to filth. First, the series teaches that gender confusion is "normal", as the alien characters, while they look like space rocks who turn into women under light, are actually androgynous, and it tries to use their androgyny to justify their lesbian and bisexual behavior (which is based on [https://www.autostraddle.com/rebecca-sugar-is-bisexual-steven-universe-creator-comes-out-at-comic-con-346094/ the series creator's bisexual lifestyle]). As a result of these sexless aliens looking like women, the series has a strong [[Feminism|feminist]] bend, with the feminine-presenting aliens and even genuinely female humans portrayed as much more powerful or at least more competent than the male characters, many of whom are weak, silly, or incompetent. When male characters show some form of competence, such as the hero's father's parental instincts, skills with construction, or even defensive driving skills, the feminists who rule the show give said male characters less credit than they deserve. Lastly, innuendoes are peppered throughout, especially in terms of "fusions", which were originally supposed to be battle tactics that involved combining the aliens' bodies and minds to form more powerful entities before the show's liberal writers shoehorned in the idea that fusions are expressions of the aliens' "love" for one another. Some episodes even feature the title character going from being male to being "fused" with his female love interest to make a disturbingly androgynous hybrid, shown to be one of the strongest characters in combat. | + | |Don't let the cutesy character designs fool you in this one. On the surface, it looks like a harmless animated series about the beauty of family unity among a half-human-half-alien child, his benevolent human father, and his extra-terrestrial friends who teach the boy how to use his superpowers. However, looks are deceiving—it really exposes children to filth. First, the series teaches that gender confusion is "normal", as the alien characters, while they look like space rocks who turn into women under light, are actually androgynous, and it tries to use their androgyny to justify their lesbian and bisexual behavior (which is based on [https://www.autostraddle.com/rebecca-sugar-is-bisexual-steven-universe-creator-comes-out-at-comic-con-346094/ the series creator's bisexual lifestyle]). Because these sexless aliens look like women, the series has [[Feminism|feminist]] implications: the feminine-presenting aliens and even genuinely female humans are much more powerful or at least more competent than the male characters, many of whom are weak, silly, or incompetent. When male characters show some form of competence, such as the hero's father's parental instincts, skills with construction, or even defensive driving skills, the feminists who rule the show give said male characters less credit than they deserve. Lastly, innuendoes are peppered throughout, especially in terms of "fusions", which were originally supposed to be battle tactics that involved combining the aliens' bodies and minds to form more powerful entities before the show's liberal writers shoehorned in the idea that fusions are expressions of the aliens' "love" for one another. Some episodes even feature the title character going from being male to being "fused" with his female love interest to make a disturbingly androgynous hybrid, shown to be one of the strongest characters in combat. |
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| | The series' fan base, while small, is one of the most vocally aggressive in the world, and it infamously [http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/steven-universe-fanartist-bullied-controversy/ bullied another fan to attempt suicide because she submitted fan art to the Internet that didn't depict the main boy's overweight alien mother, who died before the series began, as overweight]. Some countries have the decency to censor or alter explicitly lesbian scenes and dialogue when they import certain episodes of the series, but whenever this happens, the liberal fans always complain and get their way like the spoiled, entitled adult children that many of them are. | | The series' fan base, while small, is one of the most vocally aggressive in the world, and it infamously [http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/steven-universe-fanartist-bullied-controversy/ bullied another fan to attempt suicide because she submitted fan art to the Internet that didn't depict the main boy's overweight alien mother, who died before the series began, as overweight]. Some countries have the decency to censor or alter explicitly lesbian scenes and dialogue when they import certain episodes of the series, but whenever this happens, the liberal fans always complain and get their way like the spoiled, entitled adult children that many of them are. |
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| − | |It airs on the ultra-liberal CBS and for a while included diehard liberals [[Mike Wallace]] and [[Andy Rooney]] among its reporting team (the former of whom was its initial star reporter). It tries to make its "good guys" as good as possible and its "bad guys" as bad as possible. | + | |It airs on the liberal news network CBS and for a while included diehard liberals [[Mike Wallace]] and [[Andy Rooney]] among its reporting team (the former of whom was its initial star reporter). It tries to make its "good guys" as good as possible and its "bad guys" as bad as possible. |
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| − | |Main character Captain Holt is an open homosexual in charge of the fictitious 99th police precinct in Brooklyn, New York City. However, his sexuality is downplayed for the most part, and this workplace sitcom seems to humanize the police in an era when liberal news media does everything it can to dehumanize the authorities. It lightheartedly teaches that the police are likeable, relatable, three-dimensional everyday people with fairly normal internal and interpersonal obstacles to overcome in a humorous fashion, and it averts the preposterous liberal assumption that the police are racist with its multiracial main cast. On top of that, a number of villains that the detectives face are drug abusers or dealers, which supports war on illegal drugs, and main character Sgt. Terry Jeffords is a devout family man who prefers to act in the best interest of his wife and daughters, whom he does not want to see him killed in the line of duty. | + | |Main character Captain Holt is an open homosexual in charge of the fictitious 99th police precinct in Brooklyn, New York City. To make matters worse, series regular Rosa Diaz "comes out" as bisexual in the fifth season, disregarding the fact that no clues were given about this in the first four seasons. However, their sexualities are downplayed for the most part, and this workplace sitcom seems to humanize the police in an era when liberal news media does everything it can to dehumanize the authorities. It lightheartedly teaches that the police are likeable, relatable, three-dimensional everyday people with fairly normal internal and interpersonal obstacles to overcome in a humorous fashion, and it averts the preposterous liberal assumption that the police are racist with its multiracial main cast. On top of that, a number of villains that the detectives face are drug abusers or dealers, which supports war on illegal drugs, and main character Sgt. Terry Jeffords is a devout family man who prefers to act in the best interest of his wife and daughters, whom he does not want to see him killed in the line of duty. |
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| − | |On the one hand, the three titular superhero girls seem to be the only protagonists capable of fighting their city’s various supervillains, while the police, consisting mostly of men, are depicted as bumbling and oafish, making the girls feministic (It doesn’t help that one of the working titles for the show was the more profane ''Whoop*** Girls''). Moreover, innuendoes may be peppered throughout (and are more apparent in the 2016 reboot series, much to the chagrin of even the most devoted fans). | + | |On the one hand, the three titular superhero girls seem to be the only protagonists capable of fighting their city’s various supervillains, while the police, consisting mostly of men, are depicted as bumbling and oafish, making the girls feministic (It doesn’t help that one of the working titles for the show was the more profane ''Whoop*** Girls''). Moreover, innuendoes may be sprinkled throughout (and are more apparent in the 2016 reboot series, much to the chagrin of even the most devoted fans). |
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| | |One of the most influential cartoons of the 21st century, centered on an energetic, anthropomorphic sea sponge (who more nearly resembles a kitchen sponge) and a diverse cast of his underwater friends, is decidedly one of the most politically ambiguous. | | |One of the most influential cartoons of the 21st century, centered on an energetic, anthropomorphic sea sponge (who more nearly resembles a kitchen sponge) and a diverse cast of his underwater friends, is decidedly one of the most politically ambiguous. |
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| | *Mr. Krabs is avarice for his love of money. | | *Mr. Krabs is avarice for his love of money. |
| | *Plankton is envy because he desires after that which Mr. Krabs has: a successful restaurant and the secret formula for Krabs’ signature sandwich, the Krabby Patty. | | *Plankton is envy because he desires after that which Mr. Krabs has: a successful restaurant and the secret formula for Krabs’ signature sandwich, the Krabby Patty. |
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| | *SpongeBob is a strange variant on lust: though the character is said to be asexual, he seems to have “lust for life” because, depending on the writer(s), he can be too fixated on his job (or even on Squidward) at times. | | *SpongeBob is a strange variant on lust: though the character is said to be asexual, he seems to have “lust for life” because, depending on the writer(s), he can be too fixated on his job (or even on Squidward) at times. |
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