Oh, come on! Really, Slate? This is getting ridiculous:
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is your latest problematic fave: https://t.co/ARhhF9ftse pic.twitter.com/9ScOiahbf3
— Slate (@Slate) December 17, 2017
Apparently Santa is a bully and and the story is “an allegory for being gay in a homophobic society”:
When I re-watched the Rankin/Bass production this year, I was alarmed by the cold-heartedness of one of Rudolph’s persecutors in particular: Santa, who I’d always remembered as a sort of silent, complicit bystander to Rudolph’s abuse, not the ringleader he’s made out to be in the TV special. Santa visits Rudolph’s family cave soon after his birth; his main reaction to the newborn son of Donner, one of his most trusted reindeer, is “I hope that [red nose] goes away.” After an older Rudolph’s nose cover-up falls off in public, revealing its red glow, Santa tells Donner he “should be ashamed” of himself for raising such a son. (This interaction is one of the clearest bits of evidence that the whole tale is an allegory for being gay in a homophobic society.) Santa also repeatedly insults his elves when they write a cute little song for him, slouching and rolling his eyes like a peevish child during their performance. This depiction of Santa, who is typically portrayed as a generous, avuncular fellow, may be especially confusing for children taught to please the Christmas gatekeeper with “nice” behavior. Santa as unfeeling, punishing patriarch is not much of a role model.
Make it stop:
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Such unhappy people over there at Slate. https://t.co/y8ZOqiBvKF
— Cindy Cooper (@CindyCoops) December 17, 2017
Absolute garbage reporting https://t.co/8Z2NUaubYp
— Navin R. Johnson (@RedlegsRobJ) December 17, 2017
Nope, not a parody:
https://twitter.com/JBARH/status/942498469704499201
But it’s hard to tell:
https://twitter.com/Blackandnerdy2/status/942502001975418880
And evergreen:
https://twitter.com/fiskasaurusrex/status/942550579880087552
Slate continues to be the worst.
https://t.co/eXMn47U8D1— Eric Larson (@larsoneric50) December 17, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 13, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 21, 2017
'Ass sphincter says WHAT?' Slate gets SO OWNED for claiming Dems can help Repubs with this https://t.co/biKt0f8f7d
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 10, 2017
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