A subsidiary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC
Life, put out a new video recently in which Canadian television host Jessi
Cruickshank cajoles and coerces young children into becoming “gay allies.” The
video, aired during LGBTQ “Pride” month, is shot in a room filled with rainbow
balloons and bursting with gay pride flags. Cruickshank sits at a table with
several kids who appear to be 6-10 years old and asks them questions pertaining
to same-sex marriage and sexual diversity. At this age, they should be asked
who their favorite cartoon character is or what their favorite breakfast cereal
is, not if they heartily support one man putting his penis in another’s anus.
Ms.
Cruickshank begins by exclaiming: “Happy pride everybody!” She then prods the
kiddies into defining what gay pride is and
asks them if they consider themselves “gay allies.” Surely, she doesn’t expect
any of the children to reply, “Well, Ms. Cruickshank, I have been pondering
this subject for some time now, and it is my deeply held personal conviction
that love is love. The kinkier the prouder, I say. Let those freak flags fly!
Of course I am a gay ally, and will be until the day I die!” Knowing this, what
do you think is the point of these queries? This “show?”
Of
course, the little people respond “Definitely!” to the question. You can hear
the “Yay!!” in their young voices. Cruickshank then proceeds to ask the kids if
they know what the phrase “coming out of the closet” means and what they think
about having two moms or two dads. Bizarrely, she then talks about Jodie Foster
and nudity in general, before asking them if they’ll aspire to be “gay icons”
such as Ricky Martin or Lady Gaga.
It is
obvious that at least one or two of the kids didn’t really know what
Cruickshank and the show’s producers were trying to do. One child said “coming
out of the closet” was a hide and seek game.
Cruickshank
ends the video by stating, “Everybody
should aspire to be a gay icon!” The children cheer.
I don’t
much care what consenting adults do as long as it doesn’t needlessly harm
someone else. I did not write this as an anti-gay screed. But this is the most
potentially damaging, disgusting video I can ever recall seeing. This is
virtually unprecedented, if passive-aggressive, bullying presented as a plea
for tolerance. This is child sexual abuse, pedophilia, harassment. This was a
sad and pathetic exercise in mental masturbation on the part of everyone
involved in the making of this documentary of indoctrination. Smiling, smarmy
coercion on the part of those older and in power, of those younger and innocent,
makes me sick. To do this while virtue signaling is repellent and offensive in
the extreme.
To truly
understand progressive hypocrisy—and where our culture is today—imagine if,
instead of “gay allies” and “gay icons,” Cruickshank had tried to prod the
children into becoming “Trump supporters” or “religious persons.”
The CBC,
as well as NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC, would have unanimously and
vociferously blasted the show as an unforgivable exercise in far right-wing
bigotry and hate-mongering.
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