Gavin McInnes on Archie Bunker and two other TV villains that the audience turned into heroes (I think Hollywood elites may have been uncomfortable at having so many viewers identify with Archie Bunker, but doubt if they were truly horrified, since, for one thing, it meant huge ratings. It is a mistake to think of our enemies as being overly stupid. The propaganda was a little more subtle than that. . . .)

Three TV Villains That the Audience Turned Into Heroes

by Gavin McInnes

Last week The Washington Free Beacon discussed the New York Times’ tabloid-like obsession with Obama’s favorite TV shows. Where the Times slobbers with excitement over the “subtle” dramas the president likes such as Homeland, the Beacon‘s Matthew Continetti dismisses such fare as expensive “soap operas with sophisticated vocabularies.” Obama’s DVR includes such predictable choices as Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and of course Breaking Bad. (Spoiler alert! He’s way behind, so no leaks.) They don’t mention his alleged love of Duck Dynasty probably because it doesn’t fit the narrative. As black liberal icon Cornel West put it, “Who’s watching Duck Dynasty?”

You can’t tell much about a president by what shows he likes, but you can tell a lot about a country by what villains they embrace. It’s not relevant that Reagan’s favorite show was Family Ties, but America’s acceptance of Alex P. Keaton says a lot. I don’t care that Nixon loved Archie Bunker, but the fact that the country did, too, is important. Tricky Dick resented the way All in the Family tried to “downgrade” Bunker and “upgrade the hippie son-in-law” and America agreed, much to Norman Lear’s chagrin. All in the Family, Family Ties, and Duck Dynasty were all created by liberal snobs to denigrate American values, and they all backfired. . . .

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     I think Hollywood elites may have been uncomfortable at having so many viewers identify with Archie Bunker, but doubt if they were truly horrified, since, for one thing, it meant huge ratings. It is a mistake to think of our enemies as being overly stupid. The propaganda was a little more subtle than that. 

     Yes, people laughed their heads off, it was a comedy. Archie was meant to be a lovable bigot and was played that way brilliantly. But here is the kicker. One of the things that made him lovable in his bigoted thick-skulled way--their thinking, not mine--was that he seemed ever so slightly open to the possibility of 'growth,' meaning moving to the Left. 

     And this he slightly slowly did, which our open-borders elites see as, and want us to know is, the inevitable moving of the world toward open-minded liberal enlightenment. When in reality it is moving toward the end of Western civilization. Any doubts, book a dream vacation to Somali-Minneapolis. Today they would be shouting, 'Keep that tam–o'–shanter covering your head, Mary Richards, you She Devil!'