It’s unclear whether this is just me or this is obvious to everyone. Have you noticed that television commercials tend to show an inordinate number of mixed race or gay couples? Granted, historically they only showed Ozzie and Harriet-type families, and clearly there were other families out there who were never seen. But the pendulum has swung disproportionately far the other way.
The purpose, as I understand it, is to normalize the existence of various families and lifestyles beyond the norm, which, as far as I’m concerned, is a perfectly worthy purpose. But then, the majority of families aren’t mixed race or gay, and so this effort at normalization feels forced, wrong. Even TV commercials are now preaching at me. I realize it’s just marketing, whether to sell to the woke or, at least, not to evoke the wrath of the woke for their failure to pander to social justice, but can they force you to care by pushing it at you?
There is a show on Netflix called “One Day at a Time.” I’ve never seen it, which is no big deal as the list of shows I’ve never seen is very long, indeed. But apparently, I’m not alone, so the show is being canceled. That gave rise to an op-ed in the New York Times Continue reading