[Louise Belcher]

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Permit me to interject:

It's important to distinguish between 'tolerance' and 'acceptance.' Political correctness in popular culture tends deliberately to blur that distinction, resulting in a warm, fuzzy, glib message of 'universal acceptance,' failing to acknowledge our duty as individuals in a free society to think critically and form our own unique values and opinions, necessarily rejecting some in favor of others.

Too many people are like walking receptacles, accepting any little bit of spoon-fed political correctness or propaganda, like apps to a cell phone. Healthy societies encourage critical thought.

That is NOT the same as being intolerant! Everybody should have the right to go about their daily lives free of bullying. Permit me to rephrase Joe's statement above: "you can be tolerant of others without agreeing with them on something."

Paraphrasing Louise's point, if there is something you find unacceptable in popular culture, let the market speak: take your money elsewhere.

Thank you for explaining further my point. The playline market is a sinking ship, but I hope it will be saved. Maybe kickstart will come to our rescue.

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It is propaganda; what is Lady Gaga's banner? So we know what to expect when we see them hit shelves. The truth is Mattel is crossing that line. No where in the history of the world has society changed the status quo until this last few years in the department of "equal" (special) rights for organizations that pump insane amount of money for their cause. Some blue states deem it right that kindergarten children be put through "acceptance" programs before they are even able to understand sexEd.

Children of this generation are the most experimented on with social issues that didn't even exist and the results of it are yet to be seen. What I do know is that testosterone is under attack.

Indeed. By the way did you notice all those technology based toys? They're is no place left for imagination or thinking, it's like buying a video game that caught shelf space.

P.S. I am girl^^;