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Re: I used to be revolted, and now I try to be established.
Since Wonk did a three-peat, here's my third, from cultural critic and vice presidential candidate Mike Pence on Disney's Mulan, a retelling of a 6th Century Chinese tale:
"Just spent a memorable Fathers Day, like so many other all American Hoosier dads, with my kids at the new Disney film entitled, “Mulan”. For those who have not yet been victimized by the McDonald’s induced hysteria over this film, Mulan is a fictional account of a delicate girl of the same name who surreptitiously takes her fathers place in the Chinese army in one of their ancient wars against the Huns. Despite her delicate features and voice, Disney expects us to believe that Mulan’s ingenuity and courage were enough to carry her to military success on an equal basis with her cloddish cohorts. Obviously, this is Walt Disney’s attempt to add childhood expectation to the cultural debate over the role of women in the military. I suspect that some mischievous liberal at Disney assumes that Mulan’s story will cause a quiet change in the next generation’s attitude about women in combat and they just might be right. (Just think about how often we think of Bambi every time the subject of deer hunting comes into the mainstream media debate.)"
So as part of the Republican War on Women, Cultural Warrior Pence wants to make sure we don't catch up with 6th Century China!
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A wee dram a day!
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