Father Knows Best? Not if he’s Homer

	posted by Adam on 09:11 AM July 1st, 2004
	CJ writes "Here is an MSN article that outlines TV's worst and best dads. Naturally the article was written by a liberal woman who chose to take a humorous view of the grossly negative portrayal of fathers on TV for the past several decades instead of asking why fathers are bashed in modern media. Dads from vintage shows were omitted, as "we (she) had to draw the line somewhere." By doing so the article neglects to note that the state of fatherhood has been reduced to almost a purely dysfunctional state on TV. The author chose to add feminist issues that occurred on these shows mixed in with occasional compliments towards TV dads/men. She has no real interest in fatherhood (nor does MSNBC), then again, what feminist does? Take a minute to vote for your favorite dad."

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Father Knows Best? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 11:02 AM July 2nd, 2004 EST (#1) I'm not surprised that Cliff Huxstable is the leading vote getter for best tv dad. As I see it he was the right man to push the feminist agenda in the 80's. The media (liberal controlled,thereby feminist controlled)gave him the title of america's dad and he still holds that position to them. Why? The Huxstable house was a female controlled family. I didn't realize this as a kid growing up but upon watching reruns of the show on nick at night it is obvious that it is filled with female propaganda. For example the early shows always showed Theo as lazy or lacking in ambition while the four girls were great students and headed for future success. The father was always doing something to surprise his wife or show her she was loved, but in all the years of that show she only planned one "surprise" for him and they stil had to take him down a peg in that episode. Whenever something went wrong in that family the source of knowledge was Claire;Cliff was always very quiet in his analysis and deferred to her. He never raised his voice, she did, he never doled out punishment, she did, he never voiced an opinion that was opposite of hers with any sort of conviction. They never had an argument on that show. You know why, because THE WOMAN IS ALWAYS RIGHT! The show didn't even attempt to hide this message when the Elvin character became a bigger part of the show. When he was introduced he was tabbed as a chauvinist and over the years it was Cliff's job to convert him. He wasn't given marching orders, but he took it upon himself to show the young man how to be and stay married. The message he preached was to just AGREE WITH WHATEVER SHE SAYS. This message was spread to millions of young men and women in the 80's. This was before sat tv or the internet or the cable boom. Most people still just had access to network tv. This propaganda infected a generation and it's extent is still being felt today.

Re:Father Knows Best? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 02:41 PM July 2nd, 2004 EST (#2) No, I'm not surprised at Cliff Huxtable being chosen either. I'm glad I'm not the only one who observed the whipped-dog look he constantly was giving his wife, while she maintained the perennial smirk of superiority. All the men on this show (Cliff's father, Cliff, Theo and probably others) were shown as lazy, shiftless, devious people who would do anything to get out of work or responsibility, whereas the womyn were depicted as people who would roll up their sleeves and get right to work, dragging and verbally abusing their husbands and sons along the way.

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