'Avatar' -- torture for conservatives

By GottaLaff

The L.A. Times had a splendid editorial today. However I have to take issue with one sentence: "People are smart enough to separate fictional morality tales from reality."

Either conservative (<--added) Rushpublics don't count as people, or they aren't smart enough to tell fact from fiction.

Oh wait. It's both:

Filmmaker James Cameron's science-fiction epic, which is on track to be the highest-grossing movie ever, has been widely derided as anti-American,liberal propaganda. That's funny, we thought it was just formulaic -- if incredibly artful -- escapist fantasy. [...]

Cameron hasn't been shy about admitting that he has an agenda. [...]

So we'll stipulate that "Avatar" promotes a liberal worldview. The question is, why does anyone care?

Directors have been inserting their political opinions into motion pictures for as long as there have been movies. [...]

Such movies make people think, but as far as we can tell, Luke Skywalker never persuaded anybody to register as a Democrat. In other words, people are smart enough to separate fictional morality tales from reality.

Conservatives offended by "Avatar" can stay home and watch something that conforms better to their political views -- say, "24" on the Fox network, which glorifies the torture of terrorist detainees. But why would they want to? Whether the bad guys wear black hats, turbans or Army helmets, the explosions are just as spectacular.

That's it for me. I think it's time to plotz.