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So, Ted Lasso and more plot cultural forcing. spoilers

Apr 13, 2023, 8:36 AM

So for those of you whose go-to on all things cultural is "Ermigod why do you CAAAAARE?", this season of Ted Lasso is a great reason why the current trend of cultural quota-meeting is so maddening.

Pretty much no homosexuality in previous seasons of TL, and it's like all of a sudden, that's a problem to the writers/producers that has to be rectified with immediate effect, regardless of how forced and shallow it feels wedging it into the storyline.

So all of a sudden, a player we have never seen before, whose joining of the team was never explained, has a boyfriend, and we're going to make a story arc out of it somehow. On top of it, Keely, who heretofore has been all about men, with a past that seems to have had a ton of horndogging with men in it, is getting freaky out of nowhere in her office with a girl. It makes no sense, came out of left field, and does zero to advance the story of the show.

So lemme explain one more time. I don't care that these gay characters exist, or what they do or who they like. I'm annoyed, as an appreciator of halfway decent writing (and I know, Ted Lasso isn't exactly "Roots"), that these types of segues seem to be in every single show now, and are used as a blatant check the box HR exercise in modern Hollywood. It's completely forced and it's being squeezed in to drive an agenda.

There can be great shows with majority gay characters, and there can be great shows with majority straight characters---good writing is good writing. When you can easily envision the writers meeting though for a show, and picture the HR person coming in and saying "Folks, I love what you've done---one problem, we have no gay characters", it's just sophomoric in how they expect viewers to just nod their heads and go "yeah, that makes sense" when they amend the perceived issue with cheesy tangential story additions.

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I was reading an article this morning in the NY Post about the "Corporate Equality Index" that is a social rating scheme being pushed by the Human Rights Campaign (the largest LGBTQ+ political lobbying group in the world).

The Corporate Equality Index is a type of social credit score that is made up and pushed on corporations as a measure of compliance to the LGBTQ+ agenda. There is no science or measurable method to the HRC’s index, only categories like “Corporate social responsibility,” which advise companies on “marketing or advertising to LGBTQ consumers.” HRC determines whether the categories have been fulfilled and to what degree, then doles out invisible “points” as a reward for compliance. As long as corporations accumulate above a certain amount of CEI points, they are largely left alone by the leftist alphabet mob. If a corporation falls below a certain CEI score, HRC sends representatives to the corporation with a list of demands. It's a form of corporate intimidation and apparently it works.

While Hollywood isn't a single corporation, I imagine it gets the same treatment by these Soros backed non-profits such as HRC. It's all just another weapon the radical left uses as part of the culture war in which they unceasingly engage.

Here's the article if you care to read it:
https://nypost.com/2023/04/07/inside-the-woke-scoring-system-guiding-american-companies/#

Inside the CEI system pushing brands to endorse celebs like Dylan Mulvaney

Inside the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) — the scoring system, overseen by the Human Rights Campaign, which awards companies beneficial points for moves like endorsing trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

So, Ted Lasso and more plot cultural forcing. spoilers

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Virtually every network show in evenings have ghey and

Just for the record, I have no problem with Keely lezzing***

I imagine that’s why they chose her character.

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Thank you Thighmaster.***

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I fully support the right of all LGBTQ+ people to live free

The other part is the hypocrisy that’s ignored to

Yep - you see that happening in just about every TV show and

In the old days,

Thanks for saving me the time.

Re: Thanks for saving me the time.

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Good point and it really already has happened

Like Dabo.***

Ever read a post and think

a few times in this thread

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Colin has been on the show in more capacity, we've seen

I guess they just haven’t utilized his character.

He was more comedic relief in the first two seasons.

They’ve said that this was the last season, but

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"Ozark" checked all the boxes

Too bad, I like the show.

Olde fat tiger ain't ghana like this...***

Is Dabo getting royalties from that show?

Welp, I don't watch it

gues it's back to pre-2010 reruns***

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