Now that there is almost no film studio in the developed world that does not have a diversity policy, to ensure the appropriate representation of non-binary African-American Achilles or even good-natured gay Muslim supermen and thus to show the amazing diversity of people and life forms, the marginally viewed C8 French commercial the TV station had a second thought and aired the American film Unplanned, writes vasarnap.hu .
The film is about a former employee of Planned Parenthood, who after climbing the ranks within the organization and after having two abortions herself becomes disillusioned and becomes a pro-life activist, now as a mother. That is, in accordance with the diversity regulations, the film features a strong woman, a rarely presented point of view, a social problem that affects many but is treated as a taboo - everything that would be so dear to the hearts of progressives. Even if the message of the film wasn't what it is.
Only 304,000 viewers in France, which has a population of 67 million and is mostly Christian, watched the feature film - so many people decided, of their own free will, in their own homes, between the four walls, that they were indeed curious about the story. All of this would be fully in line with the principles of "pro-choice" and "my body, my decision": the French were given the choice one night whether they wanted to watch an anti-abortion feature film with their eyes or not. If someone didn't want to, but accidentally slipped the C8 channel onto their screen, it was enough to press a single button on the remote control and get rid of it painlessly. So there's nothing to see here - you might think, if it weren't for the message of the film, which it is.
However, we can guess that the case is not so simple in a so-called functioning, democratic legal state.
It is one thing that the "liberal" newspaper Libération is outraged at allowing the opponents of the "fundamental right to abortion" to be shown on the screen - this is not surprising, since the liberals were already upset that the privately funded private TV channel on Sunday, August 15, "does not for less than twelve hours" broadcast programs with religious themes. Ascension Day! On the red letter holiday in France! Religious programs! A private channel! Scandal.
It is also because of the fact that feminists demanded in a petition: the channel "minimum" draws viewers' attention to the importance of the right to abortion before the film, as well as to the fact that the film must be viewed with a sufficiently critical eye - although it already indicates some opinion terrorism that the TV channel he complied with this request without a word. Perhaps he naively thought that if he placed three politically correct sentences in front of the film, then the mood would calm down. He was terribly wrong.
The next day came Élisabeth Moreno, responsible for gender equality and diversity, and minister for equal opportunities, who in a statement was outraged by the "vile anti-abortion propaganda", strongly condemning the screening of the film, after pushing it aside) even announce a statutory sentence: "By approving the broadcast of this type of program, the TV channel has undertaken solidarity with the anti-abortion movements and thus committed abortion obstruction, which is considered a crime in France", specifically two years in prison. I mean, of course, the law does not mention a single word (for now) that even the broadcast of a simple feature film would exhaust the facts of specific obstruction, but according to the legal sense of the minister of diversity of the distinguished state of law, the display of dissent is already considered a crime. If a woman preparing for an abortion (voluntarily) watches the film and (voluntarily) changes her mind - that would be the only real drama.
The problem, however, is that if a small commercial channel broadcasts a one-off film about the dark side of abortion with an appropriate age rating, which is seen only by those who watch the TV program directly and tune in at the right time, it is considered an impermissible influence on adult women. , then why is it so certain that it does not qualify as influencing children if adults guide them into the pink, happy world of homosexuality and transgenderism in the context of school activities or in the form of cartoons. Would a single film experience be able to change the thinking of a thirty-year-old, mature woman, on the other hand, would serial queer propaganda not affect the thoughts of a ten-year-old girl who just feels strange about her body at all? Strange.
In any case, the European Union institutions have not yet raised their voice because of the French government's attack on freedom of expression and information, as well as media freedom. The people in charge must be on vacation.
Source: vasarnap.hu
