Influence and Exploitation 2

In yesterday’s post, I shared the details of last week’s episode of Flash Forward.
In this post I will state why I am upset with ABC and the producers of this show:
1. Homosexuality is a sin and should not be promoted on a major network’s primetime lineup. That’s the answer you probably expected from this Christian guy, but I have some other reasons that might catch you off guard.
2. The majority of Americans do not accept the homosexual lifestyle, believe that it is morally wrong, and do not want it shown to their kids; so we even try to pan off lesbian makeout scenes in public places as if they are normal and acceptable- give me a break!
3. If a show potrayed a heterosexual couple on their first date talking about how much they care about each other, the future, and marriage; the feminist community would be on alert, but when it’s a lesbian couple it’s ok?
4. No one wants to see any couple making out at a restaurant- gay or straight. It’s trashy and inconsiderate of others.
5. No one should be making out at all on a first date, especially at a restaurant!
6. The show equated gay rights- in reference to gay marriage- with the civil rights movement of the 60′s. This is outrageous and should be highly offensive to every black person and woman in this country. Being gay is NOT the same as being black or being a woman. Get over it! So you have sex with someone the same gender as you? Whoop-Dee-Doo. It doesn’t make you special or elevate you above anyone else, and it definitely doesn’t allow you to relate to a group of people who were brought against their will to this country and forced into slavery, then after their imancipation fought brutal discrimination for decades because of the color of their skin.
Maybe I’m ignorant, but I don’t see gays being discriminated against. The only place that their are restrictions is the millitary. That should be no shock though, they don’t let guys bunk with girls, so why should they allow a homosexual to bunk with people of the same sex that they are attracted to?
7. The show is on ABC which is owned by Disney- ‘nough said.
8. The show potrayed a couple, who on their first date, had sex and spent the night together. I am SO tired of the media portaging this as normal. What are we teaching are kids except that love and commitment don’t mean anything anymore?! This is not a gay/straight issue. This is a love and commitment issue.
9. When the lead character’s new girlfriend approaches her about being bisexual, she becomes furious and storms off. So it’s ok to talk about how much you care about each other, your future together, marriage, and kids. It’s ok to have homosexual oral sex with someone all night and make out with them in a public place. But don’t ask a legitimate serious question?! That’s off limits.
10. Here’s my biggest issue that may surprise you: the gay community is being exploited! ABC showed this for one reason. Young men- who happen to be the core target audience for all media- get off on watching and thinking about two hot chicks gettin it on. So if they show this and create a buzz over it, it’s more likely that more men will watch it, right?
And not to be rude to lesbian woman, but most of them are not the typical kind of girl that men would be attracted to. They dress and do their hair quite different than most girls- who guys are attracted to-do. But these two, and almost all others on tv or movies, were very attractive- to men. That’s who the target is.
So while the gay community celebrates these television milestones of gay couples on primetime network shows, the networks wouldn’t think twice about kicking them to the curb one day if their target audience was no longer aroused by two attractive women kissing.
All this being said: I love homosexuals. I have friends and family members who are. But that doesn’t mean that I want media portraying it as normal and acceptable. And it also doesn’t mean that I want them exploited for who they are either.
Some jumbled thoughts I know, but ones to think about.
And because of this ABC, I will no longer be watching Flash Forward and if you continue to put on sleezy Cinemax-style trash; we will gradually walk away from your network and your advertizers all together.