Carnes: ’Tis the season for faux outrage at songs, TV and other holiday classics (column)

By Richard Carnes Here we are, back in that special time of year when, as opposed to political seasons, the holiday season is corralled by those claiming ownership and finding (desperately searching is more like it) to find someone or something to offend their delicate sense of being.
In 2018 it appears to be centered around anything connected to the entertainment industry (and Beaver Creek buses, of course, we mustn’t forget BC buses).
Musically, it’s the daring words of a man (the evil gender with that extra appendage) attempting to have a lady friend stay even though she appears to want to leave in “Baby, it’s cold outside,” and although not connected with the holidays, “Kiss the girl” from “The Little Mermaid,” as having a gaggle of animated Disney characters urging another animated Disney character to smooch his animated Disney love interest is now a no-no.
Makes me curious about a few others as well.
Did Mommy consensually agree to be “kissing Santa Claus,” and what about the moral conundrum seeing Grandma be run over by a reindeer?
I suppose we can now look forward to future changes such as, “I’m dreaming of a multi-colored Christmas…” and “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire … dressed up like …read more

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