Hollywood Elitists (Liberals) Toying with Our Children Again
Okay, the subject of the following piece, written by Vin Suprynowicz, is not such a big deal in terms of real World politics. But it's another example of how the entertainment industry attempts to spread the idea of neo-liberalism amongst our country's youngest citizens.
G.I. Joe was just a toy, wasn't he?
VIN SUPRYNOWICZHollywood now proposes that in a new live-action movie based on the G.I. Joe toy line, Joe's — well, "G.I." — identity needs to be replaced by membership in an "international force based in Brussels." The IGN Entertainment news site reports Paramount is considering replacing our "real American hero" with "Action Man," member of an "international operations team."
Paramount will simply turn Joe's name into an acronym.
The show biz newspaper Variety reports: "G.I. Joe is now a Brussels-based outfit that stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, an international co-ed force of operatives who use hi-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil organization headed by a double-crossing Scottish arms dealer."
Well, thank goodness the villain — no need to offend anyone by making our villains Arabs, Muslims, or foreign dictators of any stripe these days, though apparently Presbyterians who talk like Scottie on "Star Trek" are still OK — is a double-crossing arms dealer. Otherwise one might be tempted to conclude the geniuses at Paramount believe arms dealing itself is evil.
Lesson for the kiddies, American soldiers (and America) are bad. Liberal first, (anti-)American second.