Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Let Me Pick The GOP Nominee
For those of you who regularly read this blog, you know that headline is farce. It's the same type of farce being advocated by the extreme uberchristian right and, now, by ABC News.
In a story run on the media outlet's website and two of its broadcasts, ABC is reporting that uberchristians are pissed off because most of the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture are movies that they won't see and that they don't want the rest of us to see.
As the story reports, uberchristians believe that "it's a sad day for American [sic] when a small group of very determined activists are dominating the awards ceremony," said Janice Crouse, the senior fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute, a think tank associated with the Concerned Women for America."
Here's the reality that the CCW and all the other rightwingers need to accept: the Oscars are chosen by people who work in the film industry. They're not based on box office sales, societal customs, religious beliefs, or even on some so-called gay agenda. The people that make movies are awarding their colleagues for making movies. Most industries have similar award banquets, but most of those other banquets don't get shown on TV. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that the CCW give out awards to their more prominent activists. Hollywood personnel don't get to pick those awards, and neither should the CCW decide who gets an Oscar.
I'm not a Republican. I don't get to pick winners in the Republican primary, nor should I. So it should be with the CCW and the Academy Awards. On the other hand, if the CCW should find themselves in the movie business, then they'd get a vote in the Oscar balloting. Unfortunately, they'd have to participate in that other thing they don't like: democracy.
In a story run on the media outlet's website and two of its broadcasts, ABC is reporting that uberchristians are pissed off because most of the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture are movies that they won't see and that they don't want the rest of us to see.
As the story reports, uberchristians believe that "it's a sad day for American [sic] when a small group of very determined activists are dominating the awards ceremony," said Janice Crouse, the senior fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute, a think tank associated with the Concerned Women for America."
Here's the reality that the CCW and all the other rightwingers need to accept: the Oscars are chosen by people who work in the film industry. They're not based on box office sales, societal customs, religious beliefs, or even on some so-called gay agenda. The people that make movies are awarding their colleagues for making movies. Most industries have similar award banquets, but most of those other banquets don't get shown on TV. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that the CCW give out awards to their more prominent activists. Hollywood personnel don't get to pick those awards, and neither should the CCW decide who gets an Oscar.
I'm not a Republican. I don't get to pick winners in the Republican primary, nor should I. So it should be with the CCW and the Academy Awards. On the other hand, if the CCW should find themselves in the movie business, then they'd get a vote in the Oscar balloting. Unfortunately, they'd have to participate in that other thing they don't like: democracy.
