The Uber-Scary Tebow Ad 1, Pro-Abortion Radicals -1
Yesterday, Hot Air posted the pre-Super Bowl ad of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother. The ad was easily the least controversial I saw throughout Super Bowl Sunday- especially compared to the many Bud Light and men in underwear commercials, or the taxpayer-funded census ad and the American debt commercial, during the actual Super Bowl.
However, nobody in the general public had seen the real ad until the game. You know, the one feminists and pro-abortionists went crazy over because Tim and Pam Tebow, along with CBS, were allegedly pushing a radical pro-life agenda. So after seeing the pre-game ad, I was prepared for anything- you know, maybe a mention of God or perhaps even a a hug between a mother and her son?
Turns out I was wrong. Tebow actually tackles his mother- which is pretty funny, no matter what the fruitcakes say- while she is expressing concern about his safety and toughness. She then pops up before he does and “lectures” him about interrupting her sharing their story. He apologizes, stands to her left with one hand on each shoulder, and asks her if she still worries about him. She says that she does, because he’s “still not as tough as I am.”
All in all, this is a knockout, home run, touchdown, hat trick, whatever you want to call it, for Focus on the Family and the pro-life movement. Whether intentional or not, by not releasing the ad’s content until the Super Bowl, Focus on the Family let the crazies on the left run wild with speculation. The pro-life movement now looks kind, gentle and loving, if you even picked up on the sub-text of the ad. Focus on the Family, which has the background of the Tebow ad on its main page, in particular looked like a non-controversial organization to those who have never heard of it. The only mention of the organization is a few seconds at the end directing people to the Tebow’s story on Focus on the Family’s main page.
However, the victory does not end there. The Tebow ad has been discussed for some time on blogs, in articles, on The O’Reilly Factor, The View, The Laura Ingraham Show, Megyn Kelly’s “America Live” and of course on the websites of Life News and Planned Parenthood. Why? Because feminists and pro-abortionists went off the deep end to take the ad down. Had they waited for the commercial to come out before making a statement, they could have attacked from a base of knowledge. Had they ignored it, the ad might have caused a piffle of notice among Super Bowl watchers and been promptly ignored. However, by taking the path more traveled by attacking the ad with every weapon possible as soon as possible, they guaranteed the ad would be carefully observed by millions of Super Bowl commercial watchers.
When it comes down to it, the pro-life movement is increasingly in line with the views of Americans, especially young Americans. By making the Tebow ad a mainstream point of discussion for many days before the Super Bowl, pro-abortionists have made themselves look both the fools and out of touch with mainstream America, and placed the pro-life movement squarely in touch with the softer, kinder side of Americans, who by and large only want what’s best for everyone. This ad, or more precisely the pro-abortion reaction to it, will most certainly guide Americans to the side of the abortion debate that is truly about helping women and children, and helping families make the right decisions about life.
*This was originally published at Race42012.com
TeRP Stimulus… I’ll Stop There
There are a plethora of instances, throughout our country over the years, when a community will unite to drive out a business or organization that could be detrimental to the community as a whole. I am talking on a more micro-level; say a city, or even a neighborhood. I remember an instance years back when the people of a small town (believe it or not, it was a quaint and simple town at one point in history) in the Hill Country region of Texas tried to unite to keep national fast food chains from adulterating their polis. I am an advocate for free markets, but I am also an advocate for small towns or communities who want to keep their culture intact first and foremost (with a few notable exceptions). Fredericksburg, Texas us unsuccessful at keeping out the fast food chains, and I believe it is safe to say that the town has not been the same since; and for the worst. I digress.
There are also instances where communities will unite against a member of the pornographic industry. What do you do when it is an entire community, within a larger community, that wants to perpetuate pornography? This brings me to the recent situation in College Park, Maryland and University of Maryland.
The student union at UMD has decided to show Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge at midnight on Saturday. The showing will be done at the campus theater, and was offered to the student union, free of charge, by the distributor Digital Playground. How kind of them. The student programming council voted on the matter and have decided that they are going to screen the film, on campus, using state tax money (because college kids still fail to understand who flips the bill when there are tuition freezes and when they attend a state institution).
Lo and behold! Who will be sponsoring a safe-sex program before the showing? It is none other than Planned Parenthood, who was quick to make the point out to the Baltimore Sun that they “[do] not endorse or support the making or showing of pornography.” Wait. You mean to tell me that you are going to discuss how to have sex, and then show a pornographic movie, and we?re supposed to believe that kids won?t go running out of that place like cheetahs chasing down gazelles? I remember (barely) the day following my experience watching Beerfest with some friends for the first time. Not a demonstration of prudence afterwards.
This is gross misconduct by the University of Maryland?s administration which refuses to step in. This is your tax money going to assist this production. Furthermore, it is a further degradation of the already hurting College Park community. I would challenge anyone to explain to this Maryland resident, how this will help the school, the community, or the people involved. Watch your porn in your dorm rooms; I don?t want to continue flipping the bill for your skin shows?
-rj
