Friday, October 18, 2013

A bad bit of subtle propaganda from a TV program

Ever heard of a TV show called "Jack and Bobby"? Well, after reading an excerpt from this crap that the website dedicated to it calls "cool", that's just we'd all be better off not bothering about it:
I still believe you were unfair to me that day. You judged me superficially. You look at me, and you see an oppressed Muslim woman, forced to cover her head by a misogynistic and backwards culture. That's what you meant; you see me as a victim. I don't think you see my choice in all of this...
Absolutely disgusting. A program that sticks in apologia denying the abominable beliefs found in the Koran/Hadith, that's all we need. A perfect response to this would be that the character uttering that junk has low self-esteem. That's just the problem with many Muslims who "choose" to wear oppressive clothing.

Here's a synopsis of the episode ("A man of faith"):
Bobby's interest in religion is piqued when he helps Warren study for his Bar Mitzvah and asks why Grace never took him to church. Elsewhere Grace insults Hebba, an Arab-American female student with deep religious beliefs which prompts a campus-wide boycott of her classes. Jack gets a chance to rejoin the track team when the coach needs a replacement runner for Marcus who is on academic probation. In the future, pre-President McCallister struggles with his faith.
Sure sounds mind-boggling to me. In any case, the co-creator of this nonsense, Brad Meltzer, is someone who penned a misogynist screed called Identity Crisis, and that's not something anybody concerned about Islamofascism should waste their time on. Thank goodness Jack and Bobby didn't last beyond a single season.

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