The shoe obviously fits.
Why should you not judge people based on the way they present themselves?
When it comes to entertainment there's no question that its the left that has more influence. Even when a specific work isn't overtly political you can count on a kind of cosmopolitanism to be the default set of values.
The example of Algeria is one that came off the top of my head but they are hardly the only Arab country to be colonized by the French. Are these terrorists from Tunisia? Syria? Lebanon? Even Egypt has a, albeit quite brief, colonial history with the French with Napoleon's invasion of the country in 1798.
But its an event with massive significance for the history of the region since. Napoleon brought with him many researchers which resulted in the Description de l'Égypte which had a large cultural and academic impact in the West and his toppling of the Mamluks in Egypt set in motion the events that led to the Oriental Crisis.
He invaded Egypt and then went on to march through other Arab territories. Those were controlled on paper by the Ottomans but in practice many, like Egypt, were not which is why Napoleon thought he was doing them a favor. But the point is Napoleon's army marched through territory populated primarily by Arabs, not Turks.
So what are you arguing here? Clearly the French have their history in that region of the world that is less than savory, is your problem that this is acknowledged or what? Should the show not address that at all? Haven't seen the show but personally I'm tired of Americans getting so much blame for the clusterfuck over there when it seems to me the British and the French are far more to blame than we are.
Wanna know what sort of television has no liberal nonsense whatsoever and that I highly recommend?
No I meant anime but King of the Hill is a great show. It sort of straddles the line between liberal and conservative politics well without ever forgetting that the focus should be on the characters and not the politics. As a kid I thought it was boring but as I got older I appreciated it more.
Whether it matters to me isn't the point. How you present yourself isn't an inherent characteristic. I am 100% on board with not judging individuals by their immutable characteristics, but forcing people to pretend that peoples choices don't reflect on them is imo an unfair infringement on that persons rights. Socially acceptable presentation doesn't divide us, it unites us. Social uniforms reduce out-grouping, they doing increase it. That is why work uniforms exist, in order to help us put aside any other material differences and recognize each other as members of the same team.
That's actually a pretty good observation. King of the Hill didn't go out of its way to bash conservatives the way most tv does, but it didn't shy away from making them look silly in the cases where the truth made them look silly.
It doesn't reduce those conservatives to cardboard cutouts. In a lot of cases they are redeemed not by virtue of being right but by virtue of being people with their heart in the right place.
