It isn’t unusual for an unsuspecting viewer to walk into a movie theater expecting two hours of mindless entertainment only to be surprised by a liberal political message that overshadows the proceedings. For instance, “Avatar” (2009) -- the highest-grossing movie of all time -- arrived in theaters with an environmental message that presented a false choice between environmental protection and the success of big business. 2012 also offered up its share of liberal-leaning films including “The Campaign,” “Big Miracle,” “The Obama Effect,” “Step-Up Revolution” and “Peace Love & Misunderstanding.” Fortunately, though, those smaller films were out-classed and out-numbered by many other...
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Couts Wrote: Dec 28, 2012 4:36 PM
aintnothing...The first abolitionist leaders were Christian. You could say that they were not conservative; however, the Christian values that conservatives hold now have not changed from the values that those abolitionists held. What's more, Christian conservatives now decry abortion as the killing of a life. What if 100 years from now, the view that abortion is murder were to become the norm? Would people like you (a progressive, I presume) say "...but they were not really conservatives..."?
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