HuffPost Grinches Denounce Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Nothing is so ideologically pure that it cannot be denounced for political incorrectness, especially if it is associated with Christmas — not even Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer:

HuffPost accused the film of racism, sexism, homophobia, and every sort of bigotry — not realizing that the movie actually condemns these attitudes toward “misfits.”

The movie is rife with scenes of marginalization, but HuffPost takes them absurdly out of context.

Rudolph’s father Donner “verbally abuses him”; Santa Claus mocks Donner for his son’s nose; the school coach encourages bullying; Donner forbids his wife from joining the search for his son, saying: “No. This is man’s work”; Rudolph’s girlfriend Clarice has a bigoted father; and “even the elf is an outcast for wanting to be a dentist.” …

But the movie doesn’t end there. In fact, “Rudolph” has the main character and his elf friend prove themselves, and receive honor — and heartfelt apologies — from Santa, Donner, and the insulting elf. … [T]he bullying was not the point — the vindication was the point.

That won’t do for HuffPost social justice warriors.

It’s … not enough unless the bullies are trampled and the marginalized take power.

Otherwise, the lesson is supposedly that “deviation from the norm will be punished unless it is exploitable,” as a moonbat featured by HuffPost puts it.

This comes from totalitarians who proudly proclaim they have zero tolerance for anything that deviates in the slightest degree from the ever more restrictive norms of political correctness.

On a tip from J.