A lot of us know who the Nostalgia Critic is, but if you don't, he just put up a video riff (like MTK3) of a short 1950's short film entitled "Boys Beware", which is about warning boys not to go off with strangers because they could be homosexuals. Not pedophiles, oh no, because homosexuals and pedophiles are all the same thing, you know.
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But seriously, that made me a little nauseous. I guess it isn't a wonder that so many people automatically equate pedophilia with homosexuality, if that was legitimately shown to the public. Some of those warnings were fantastically ridiculous, and seriously, I think a movie about not talking to strangers or getting in strange cars might have had a little bit more relevancy.
I can see where the concern was, but they needed to identify it correctly. I just wished they figured out it wasn't a mental illness before, like, the seventies. God.
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And about this movie... Jeez. People back then... WTF. Stuff like this blows my mind.
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And I know not everyone thought like this, because my mom hung out with those horrible homosexuals, but they were definitely brainwashing the masses with stupidity. Yay progress, even if it is slow.
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Yes, progress. I like progress. And yay for your mom!
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I mean, the fact that there IS a clear distinction between homoesexuals and pedophiles now is a definite plus, but oh man, we have mainstream movies with gay characters shown in positive lights and all over television. Hell, there are several states now that allow gay marriage. I think if I time traveled and told someone this back then, they'd explode. I'm hoping I meet a time traveler from the Star Trek era and they're like, "gay? straight? Oh yeah, you guys used to worry about labels and all that. Our motto is pretty much, 'if it's pretty, fuck it.'
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