Thomas And Friends Turn Children Into Cranky, Backwards Conservatives
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 17:56
in Psychology & Sociology
A political scientist from the University of Alberta has uncovered a dastardly ploy by the producers of Thomas and Friends, a popular children's TV show, to turn their innocent audience of youngsters into capitalism-loving, socially intolerant, Ayn Rand-reading conservatives. After analyzing 23 episodes of Thomas and Friends, a show about a train, his friends and their adventures on a fictional island, political scientist Shauna Wilton was able to identify themes that she believes are incompatible with the egalitarian world society her and her social scientist friends are planning for our children. read more
