I have watched “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at Christmastime for years. I thought it was a wonderful story about how someone who was different finally found his usefulness and gained friends and a place in society. Evidently I just didn’t understand the movie.<\/p>\n
Fox News<\/a> is reporting today on the HuffPost’s reaction to the movie.<\/p>\n These are some of the HuffPost’s comments on the movie:<\/p>\n \u201cYearly reminder that #Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a parable on racism & homophobia w\/Santa as a bigoted exploitative prick,\u201d read one comment shared by HuffPost. \u201cSanta\u2019s operation is an HR nightmare and in serious need of diversity and inclusion training. #Rudolph,\u201d read another.<\/strong><\/p>\n The video also suggests it was problematic that Rudolph’s father verbally abused him by forcing him to wear a fake nose to be accepted by others.<\/strong><\/p>\n Some eagle-eyed social media critics also said the cartoon is sexist because Rudolph\u2019s mom was snubbed after she wanted to help reindeer husband Donner to search for their son after he goes missing. \u201cNo, this is man\u2019s work,\u201d Donner says.<\/strong><\/p>\n But HuffPost’s effort to highlight the perceived bigotry of the beloved movie attracted tens of thousands of negative comments, most of them mocking the video.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOh look! Something people like and enjoy; let’s go ruin it!\u201d tweeted Rebeccah Heinrichs.\u201cIf you try hard enough you can find offence in almost anything,\u201d Chloe Westley seconded.<\/strong><\/p>\n Others pointed out that HuffPost misunderstood the cartoon as the troubling characters learn their lesson in the end. \u201cBut… but… the bigoted characters learn they were wrong. It teaches a lesson. It doesn’t endorse the problematic stuff,\u201d tweeted Robby Soave.<\/strong><\/p>\n Even President Trump\u2019s son Donald Trump Jr. weighed in on the topic, tweeting \u201cLiberalism is a disease.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Does anyone really believe that children don’t sometimes treat other children badly? Does this movie not show the error of that? Do parents sometimes make mistakes? Isn’t it nice to see a parent’s mistake corrected? Do liberals have a problem with happy endings? Has anyone ever educated liberals to the fact that a good story needs a conflict at some point to make it interesting? Have we reached the point where we are afraid to let our children see a conflict–even when it is beautifully resolved?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have watched “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at Christmastime for years. I thought it was a wonderful story about how someone who was different finally found his usefulness and gained friends and a place in society. Evidently I just didn’t … Continue reading