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Thomas the Tank Engine had to shut the hell up to save children everywhere (Racist train!)
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas-the-tank-engine-children-parents ^
Posted on 07/23/2014 4:33:53 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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On the show black smoke is bad. Therefore, THOMAS THE TRAIN is racist.
I guess it was a 'micro-aggression'?
To: TigerClaws
thankfully never never went through a manic train fascinationLionel hating ass of a parent
To: TigerClaws
Tracey’s gone off the rails on a Crazy Train.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:38:27 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Revelation 911
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:40:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: TigerClaws
My 5-year old is absolutely hooked on
Thomas and Friends and has been since he was born. He knows the name of every engine. I buy him those "Trackmaster" sets that run off the AA battery. Turns out there are quite a few and some of them are collectable (and thus expensive).
I need to learn how to fix those little engines. He's probably got a dozen that have gone to the great train graveyard.
Funny, he's actually taught me a few things about trains. I always thought the car that carried people would've been called a "passenger car". My then 4-year old son corrected me that it is actually called a "coach".
Anyways, I love that racist Thomas and his racist friends, even if that famous racist and homophobe Alec Baldwin drops in from time to time.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:41:30 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: TigerClaws
Well guess what? It's not OK. You think a little boy watching Thomas is going to file away the lesson that pink is OK for boys? No, what kids remember is that James was laughed at, cruelly, over and over again, because he looked different and was clad in a "girly" pink color. Good lesson for a boy to learn. Could save him a beating at school.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:41:42 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
To: TigerClaws
satire or just the full scope of Guardianista leftist insanity.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:42:13 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
(Rebuke the Repuke!)
To: Hugin
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:42:47 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: TigerClaws
Meanwhile this sensitive liberal soccer mom no doubt excuses the Muslim murder of Christians as a cultural difference.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:43:43 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: TigerClaws
Thomas’ highest goal was to be “a Very Useful Engine.”
This essay was written by a man who aspires to be a very useful idiot.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:44:41 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: Drew68
And oddly enough we;
Drive on the Parkway and park in the driveway.
Cargo travels on a ship or airplane while shipments travel by land.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:45:39 PM PDT
by
Zeneta
(Thoughts in time and out of season.)
To: TigerClaws
Maybe they could fix the tracks, so to speak, by having Pink Thomas take a fun side-trip to a park bathroom while wearing fairy wings and sucking on a pacifier.
Or maybe a highway rest stop..?
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:47:35 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: TigerClaws
Thomas was one of the shows I enjoyed watching with my kids. What is this bird brain whining about? Has the show gone PC over the years or something?
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:47:57 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
What is this bird brain whining about? Has the show gone PC over the years or something?I think she's whining about the fact that it hasn't.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:49:21 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: TigerClaws
God help this woman’s son.
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posted on
07/23/2014 4:49:48 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: TigerClaws
You know what one is pretty good “Curious George”. I never really like that Thomas the Tank Engine, there was always something creepy about it.
And the “Cat in the Hat” is OK.
And the song from “Dinosaur Train” is great.
Can you tell I have a wee grandchild now?
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:00:50 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: TigerClaws
There certainly are some strange birds out there.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:02:51 PM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: jocon307
The creepiest things EVER were the Teletubbies.
.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:03:18 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: TigerClaws
Thomas had Pierce Brosnan, Ringo Starr AND George Carlin on the show.
To: TigerClaws
I sat through a lot of these myself as my boy was a huge fan (this was back when the Thomas shows came on VHS). There is, I found, both charm and integrity in this series.
I thought of writing a “How Not To” management book -
“Confusion and Delay: Autobiography of Sir Topham Hatt”
Not too many of the target audience would get the reference though.
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posted on
07/23/2014 5:08:41 PM PDT
by
buwaya
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