Terrible example for kids


I just watched this and actually paid attention for once. This is a terrible example for kids. The whole town, including Santa Claus treats Rudoulph like a sack of sh!t just for being born different. The other reindeer want absolutely nothing to do with him. His own father is embarrassed by him and even his mother offers him little comfort. The other reindeer make fun, laugh at him and won't allow him to play with them just because he looks different. They are so nasty to him that he runs away but later, on X-Mas eve, he returns home to find all the ones that initially treated him like sh!t are in a huge bind because of the weather. Then they notice how bright Rudoulph's nose is, which gives Santa the bright idea that Rudoulph's nose could guide his sleigh through the snow storm. Now that Santa realize he could use him, Rudoulph is welcomed back with open arms. Poor Rudoulph's self esteem is so low from being treated like an outcast and made fun of his whole life that he's happy to allow them to use him just to be accepted and liked. Really? Who wrote this? What message are they trying to send? Its okay to allow people to ostracize and mistreat you if you are different and let them use you to do the hard work while they take all the credit?

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Remind me never to watch a fanciful tale with you.

This wasn't a miniseries. They had under and hour to get the points across.

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This entire thread is a glaring example that some people have WAY too much time on their hands....

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"This entire thread is a glaring example that some people have WAY too much time on their hands"

That's just stupid. I didn't write it or make it. It doesn't take much time to watch Rudolph with your kids. It probably took more time for you to respond to this thread and by the way, are you saying that you have never had the time to watch this show, even as a kid? If so, then why would you even take the time to respond to this post or did you just want to chime in because you have too much time on your hands.


Before trying cookies for the first time, Cookie Monster's name was Sid.

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Whoa!!!! Down boy!

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I agree and I think The Grinch sent the better message. Even though those kids gifts were stolen , they still had their Xmas. I do not have a horse in the Xmas game, being I am not Xtian.

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I think the point is that they needed someone who was different, or else Christmas would have been ruined (i.e "what makes us different makes us great"). The point of the story is that if the whole will be stronger if it accepts differences and doesn't insist on total conformity. It was definitely a timely message with it first being aired in the 60's, with a lot of people worried about the potential affects of the growing counter-cultural movements.

HO, HO, HO, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!

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Uhhhhh, yeaaaaaaaaaaa like little kids are going to go out and be mean to others because they were influenced by stop motion/animated animals/characters in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. This is a timeless family classic that children have been (and will continue) enjoying for decades.


Uhhhhh....children are very impressionable and often emulate what they see and hear being said/done around them. That includes what they see on TV.


PC mornons like the OP are by far the most inconceivably lame and annoying people on the face of the earth. Get a *beep* life. 👀


Says the guy who can't even spell the word moron properly and responds to the OP in such an unnecessary and dramatic manner.



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I see you still haven't learned to spell it yet. Moron.

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Right. Sure you did. Moron.

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Using an Urban Dictionary term, huh? Wow. You're so smart. Moron.

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Sorry. I'm not 15. Therefore, I don't follow Urban Dictionary and all of it's made-up words.

*finally

*figure

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Seriously? So many typos. Do you actually want people to think you're an idiot?

Moron.


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So, you think it's funny that someone thinks you're stupid because you're intentionally spelling words improperly?

Wow. Brilliant.

Moron.


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Which is pretty much what I just said. You intentionally spell things wrong because for some odd reason, you get a kick out of making yourself look and sound stupid.

What a moron.

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Like I said, you find it so incredibly hilarious that someone on the internet finds you stupid for intentionally spelling words improperly. You're stupid for sitting there and making an ass of yourself, all for the sake of a 'sh!t and a giggle'. The fact that you find your own idiocy to be so amusing is the funniest thing here.

You could have either been someone who was very uneducated (because there are plenty of those here) or someone who was posting their comments from their phone.

I'm sure you feel so warm and fuzzy inside right now, knowing that you're an internet troll and that you're incapable of finding something better to do with your time, other than posting stupid comment on the internet to server as the source of your own laughs. Kudos to you, Champ.


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What no more grammar corrections, professor? Finally figured out you got played like the clueless moran you are?


Are you seriously bragging about trolling somebody online? Does that really amuse you?

You purposely spell words incorrectly, while using irrelevant terms from Urban Dictionary, then brag about having 'played' them when you could have easily been either uneducated or using your phone. Wow, okay.

Oh and I see you've resorted to tattling to the Admin to have my posts deleted. Yup, when all else fails, cry to Admin to help bail you out of the corner you backed yourself into. What a wuss.


A couple of your other posts from a while back, were deleted as well. Trolls get reported.
That's how it works, Buck-O.

I love how you mention I'm "incapable of of finding something better to do with my time" when you're here matching me post for post. Oh the irony. Just keep right on digging, Mr. Pot Kettle Black!


Except I'm not sitting here pretending to be illiterate all for the sake of a laugh. Seriously, how stupid do you have to be to make yourself look like an idiot for your own entertainment?





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Wow! You're absolutely hilarious! Too bad your comedic wit hasn't gotten you any further than the internet and your mother's basement.

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#TruthHurts

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Moron.

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Your comment is *beep*

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I don't know why I am replying to this 3 year old post, but it seems that it has stayed active and I will throw my 2 cents in for what it's worth. This made me laugh a bit as it basically goes through the whole Rudolph song, yet misses the take-home lesson. The movie is pretty much the literal events of the song made into a clay-mation narrative (though the Island of misfit toys is a bit extra, as well as the abominable snowman).

Rudolph had a shiny nose (you might even say it glows). Rudolph is made fun of and ostracized. Santa and Co realize Rudolph is useful as a headlight, Rudolph is accepted and celebrated. Per Wikipedia, the character of Rudolph and the song pre-date the Xmas special by about 25 years. The movie was telling a pre-existing tale of Rudolph that is overall, a tale of acceptance.

My point is that the show does NOT offer a terrible lesson to kids. The lesson is the lesson of the song. Differences can be hard to live with, but can also help you be stronger and can be unexpectedly beneficial. People/Society are judgy and not perfect, but they also generally accept differences after awhile though it may take some getting used to.

I agree the people around Rudolph seem very closed-minded and are often jerks in a way that is too un-PC for an XMas special made today, but I think the overall message is effective. I don't think anyone took the credit for Rudolph's hard work. Everyone felt bad for treating him poorly in the end and gave him full credit for saving Xmas.



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They start their journey from the North Pole on the evening of 12/24. I can't imagine this was the first ever snow storm they have ever experienced. So, when Santa met Rudolph for the first time and saw that nose and how much it glowed, the first thing in his mind should have been how much he could use him when the weather is bad.


Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand.

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