Or was he being serious?

Since when is rejecting elitism a liberal ideal? Look at the academic and social pedigrees of the Democratic leadership. Or, for that matter, those who are running the universities. Doesn't get more elitist than that.

Tolerance? One word response: Christians.

As for interracial dating; Libs seem to obsess over what categories people belong to. Is that how they choose their partners too? Silly me for wasting my time dating women I found interesting.

Since HBO is not part of basic cable and satellite packages and Disney is, couldn't we also argue that The Sopranos would have drawn 3x what they did, when you compare Disney's market penetration?

FIRST of all, I'd like to point out the fact that being a 'movie critic' is only for the superficial, self centered, and arrogant, and should hardly be considered a profession. Agreed?  Ok. 

Now, what did he say again?  Roeper who? 

The American Revolution Continued

Nothing like a bold definitive opinion that includes "it could be argued." It's also cowardly to hide your own opinion behind a "parent and certified Disney-phile" (which, I suppose, bestows absolute moral authority). Look, if you want to make a statement about conservatives or religious people, make it plainly. Don't take a cheap shot and hide.

I'm disappointed. Roeper even had a decent argument going, before he ruined it by choosing liberal sarcasm instead of analysis. Hollywood has room for family-friendly movies, as well as adult movies, and there's no reason why we can't have both. That argument fails, of course, because conservatives don't dislike adult themes. However, we do oppose targeting adult themes at children and families, which Hollywood does all the time.

BTW, did you catch that the Disney-phile contrasted "family-friendly" with tolerance and interracial dating? What does that tell you? 

I kind of think that someone that makes their living working for a think tank is an elitist.

Hmmm. Evidently stereotyping is a liberal theme as well.

Roeper's comments got a bit out of whack, there, but I think he's responding to Bozell's annoying tone more than anything else.

Yes, there's an audience, but HM is an exception, not a rule. If it was, then 7th Heaven would never go off the air, nor American Dreams, etc.

"As one parent and certified Disney-phile told me Monday, "As wholesome and family-friendly as these films are, both 'High School Musical' films promote tolerance, interracial dating and rejection of elitism -- all 'liberal' themes that drive those religious right-wingers nuts."

I thought a while about this statement and I have come to the conclusion that my primary objection to my daughter dating interracially would not be based on race but purely on culture.  If say, my daughter were to walk through the door with a Clarence Thomas, a Larry Elder or a Deroy Murdock,  I would be overjoyed. On the other hand, if an O.J. or a Snoop Dog  or a Kanye wanna be were "coming to dinner" there would definately be cause for alarm. That's not racist, that's pure common sense. And I am not convinced that liberal parents wouldn't feel the same way.

I didn't know Spike Lee was a conservative and religious right winger nut?

Spike Lee,  1992 interview with Esquire: "I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street."

 From the Larry Elder column "I'm confused":

During a 2001 Los Angeles City Council race, pitting two black opponents, one criticized the other for marrying a white man, even worse, a Jew. Incredibly, the political consultant of the candidate who made the attack said that his opponent brought this on herself. Why? She failed to include family photos in her campaign literature. "She caused the situation," said the consultant, "because she tried to disguise who she is."

In California, one in 10 marries interracially. Nationwide, the figure is approximately one in 25. Yet groups like La Raza and the NAACP fought against the census category for mixed races. "I can see a whole host of light-skinned black Americans," said a black member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, "running for the door the minute they have another choice. ... All of a sudden they have a way of saying, 'In this discriminatory culture of ours ... I am something other than black.'"(End)

First, let me explain who I am.  I am a rock-ribbed, Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich conservative and have been for most of my adult life.  I grew up never hearing the "n" word used until I was an 11th grader and then had to ask what it meant.  I had a black baby-sitter when I was between 1 and 5 years of age who I loved as much as my grandmothers.  I raised a black foster son from age 8 until he graduated from Texas Tech University and consider HIS kids and grandkids to be my own grand and great-grandchildren.   Yet, somehow, because I'm a conservative I'm frequently labeled as a "racist?"  I don't know a single liberal who's lived a life free of constant race-consciousness like most of my conservative friends do.  I'm sick and tired of hearing about how racist I am, just because I don't agree with liberalism and what passes for "thought" among liberals.  Roeper is an inveterate idiot!

Rejection of elitism a liberal theme?  Simply delusional.

Two thumbs down.  Way down.