Theory on why Fox cancelled Firefly
POSTED BY: killerbrain
UPDATED: Friday, December 2, 2005 07:25
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Originally posted by Aerin:
when I took the Firefly set home over Thanksgiving my mom’s unimpressed reaction was “this is one of those anti-government shows”. She lives in a small rural community and has fallen prey to conservative talk radio and Fox news. She no longer likes other network news because they are “too obviously liberal”. That reaction keeps me from completely disbelieving the Fox political agenda sunk Firefly.
My mother is the exact same way except that she loves this show! I guess it's all a toss up.
BTW It is common mistake to say things like "fallen prey to [conservatives]"... Maybe your mom isn't a victim who can't think for herself... maybe she just has different opinions than you. Conservatives are not liberals who have been duped by evil white men... they actually think for themselves the same way liberals do. TADAA!
WOw... I think maybe that was too harsh... sorry if I offend... it's just a sore spot for me
"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here."
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Initially I included a sentence saying I'm not anti-conservative, but I left it out because I thought my post was already getting long. My mom could think for herself, but she prefers to repeat exactly what she hears and tries to exclude conflicting viewpoints. That's where the "fallen prey to" part comes in. I find political discussions most useful and interesting when they are with people of differing views, but I sicken of rhetoric. If you don’t even want to HEAR an opposing view, I can’t take your view very seriously. Otherwise I actually agree with a lot of what she believes, I just like to debate the issues and get discouraged when my views are automatically discounted because I live in a “liberal city”. Listen, think, discuss, and then decide!
Sorry for getting us off track!
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Wow thanks for the super nice, thought-out response. I really appreciate it.
And, sorry for my last post. I understand what you meant now
"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here."
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My explanation about the jealousy of other shows and avoiding horribly sexy eye boiling catastrophe makes far more sense than this argument about politics.
"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam
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