Cross post from My Left Nutmeg
The anti-bullying hypocrisy edition.
Celebrities from WWE talked to Turn of River Middle School students Tuesday about positive tools to help prevent bullying in their school.
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The entertainers asked the students to take a pledge, in which they promise to “help others who have experienced bullying or are experiencing bullying by contacting an adult, the authorities or intervening.”
Oh the hypocrisy!
…As those who follow the peculiar pro wrestling industry know, WWE became part of the Be A Star campaign in the first place only because the company was dealing with the public relations fallout of controversial actions, gestures, and public utterances of its performers, which put them at odds with organizations such as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. See, for example, “WWE misleads GLAAD with their ‘punishment’ of CM Punk,” by Keith Harris, Cageside Seats, July 7, 2011, http://www.cagesideseats.com/2011/7/7/2263923/wwe-misleads-glaad-with-their-punishment-of-cm-punk.
See also “WWE’s Be a Star campaign a joke in light of John Cena’s behavior,” by Sergio Hernandez, Cageside Seats, October 11, 2011, http://www.cagesideseats.com/2011/10/4/2467601/wwes-be-a-star-campaign-is-a-joke-in-light-of-john-cenas-behavior.
There are many, many parallel examples, and I would be happy to put you in touch with other wrestling journalists who could enumerate them.
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And I would make the further point that WWE’s blatantly bullying ways, both external and internal, are well known to continue; they are just too ingrained in the McMahon family’s corporate culture and personal style. Recently, to great televised and dressing-room glee, the Monday Night Raw program on the USA cable network broadcast a parody of on-and-off announcer and company executive Jim Ross. Mocking Mr. Ross’s bouts with the disease Bell’s Palsy, which has partially paralyzed his face, the talent performing the parody twisted his own mouth theatrically and grotesquely, while a commentator chimed in with unrestrained mirth. Here, the on-air bullying anecdote harshly illuminated the same methods in WWE’s backstage relations with its own employees.
Does the News Times have any Black reporters? What did they do to Stacy Davis?
First off, if you watch the video at the top, it says they are at Luis Munoz Marin School not Turn of River. Second, WWE is a TV show, it is fiction. The show is scripted and is no different than CSI, Two And a Half Men, How I Met your Mother, Big Bang Theory, etc. The wrestlers are playing characters.
The logic presented in this blog post is completely irrational. What this is saying is because someone plays a character in a fictional show, they cannot be for an important cause like anti-bullying. That is just plain nonsense. There are plenty of actors who have played roles in movies or TV shows that may have done some wild things as a character, but advocate against in their real life. It is called entertainment, get a grip.
If you watch the video, it is pretty impressive that a packed gymnasium full of kids are listening to an anti-bullying message and learning how to deal with it in the real world. The liberals are that desperate to try and score political points and try to find fault in a program that benefits many. Absolutely disgusting by the Democrats.
If you want to talk about hypocrisy, let’s have the discussion:
1. Democrats apparently are against scripted sex and violence but have no problem taking millions from Hollywood elites. Hollywood markets sex and violence better than anyone. If the democrats have such a problem with sex and violence in the entertainment industry, denounce it and give back all the campaign contributions.
2. Chris Murphy claims to be against outsourcing but has no problem taking campaign contributions from large companies that have a well documented history of outsourcing. If he is against it, why take money from these corporations?
Happy to make more points…
She is WEALTHY and she is a Republican women. That is enough reason not to vote for her. Duh!
This is called “acting” thats what wrestling is. Just like any other tv show like sitcoms or reality, or even movies. Just because it is on their show doesnt mean Linda thinks this way. Are you really trying to use this piece of television which is totally fake to base what Linda Mcmahon’s real views are??? Really?? You need to delete this article because it is so off.