Zombie Scourge

Oh no: "Obamacare" is turning us all into new world order zombies, saieth the 21st century Fredric Wertham (If Wertham had called himself "Dr. Freddy.") & Prophet of The Apocalypse Dr. Manny Alvarez of FOXNews:

Is watching “The Walking Dead” seriously hurting American society?

I would argue ‘Yes.’ Hate me all you want*, or call me paranoid and misinformed, but there is one common theme that is pervasive in American pop culture today: violence.

O.K., joke's over. "Dr. Manny" can not possibly be a licensed M.D. to whom people entrust their lives; people in the medical profession are expected to have some grasp on cause & its following effects, aren't they?

(To be entirely fair, he does grasp the concept, but in the Bizarro World/mirror universe/alternate dimension/Wonderland/parallel universe way of the reactionary: 180° wrong. Backwards. Upside down.)

The American pop culture (Sekrit Code: Dr. Manny means Hollywood Liberals!) the alleged doctor invokes is a pale imitation/reflection of the grim horrors of American life, & hardly the cause of the violence that has infected this nation of killers, drones (all definitions thereof) & otherwise since the first immigrants made it across the land bridge w/o falling into the North Pacific &(probably) wiped out the mammoths, giant sloths & sabre-toothed cats. (Not to forget how efficient Euro-trash were w/ the raping, murdering, pillaging & extincting when they showed.)

Even more specifically, zombie violence. The idea of a zombie-infested world inspires fantasies of monsters possessed by an uncontrollable rage to kill, and viewers get a thrill imagining what it would be like to participate in this new world order.

Yet to Dr. MannyAlvarez this zombie violence has sprung from nowhere onto America's screens. Well, not exactly nowhere, but the root of all evil, officials (Imagined? You betcha!) who simply do not care about your personal growth. ("Personal growth?" Did someone start the second Eighties revival/nostalgia wallow w/o letting us know?)

With this country heading towards a socialized system of government, in which officials don’t want you to think or focus on what is important for your own personal growth, I’m sure they’re more than happy to let you obsess over something as stupid as zombies.

And in turn, you ultimately become the zombie.

Wake up and smell the coffee. Stop obsessing over eating brains, and focus on cultivating your own.

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Give me a break. As a doctor and scientist, I know one thing for sure: When you’re dead, you’re dead. Our brains should be less focused on imaginary zombie hoards [sic] and more focused on harnessing the tools that we need in order to enhance our lives, whether it be music, education, science or the classics. Entertainment should help us soothe our brains so that we can ease our minds of some of the stress from our daily lives.

Of course, no professsionals (nor Dr. Phil) who refer to themselves w/ an honorific & a first name are to be taken seriously. Nor is a paranoid dip who suggests we cultivate our brains yet doesn't know the difference between hoards & hordes.

We were curious as to Dr. Manny's doctor/scientist credentials. He does appear to have an M.D., & he's another anti-anything & everything humane; it could lead to socialism!! Cuban. (Go back to Cuba & improve things, Galtian Übermenschen, or shut the hell up already.) Per El Wiki: "His most recent book is The Hot Latin Diet: The Fast-Track Plan to a Bombshell Body." Christ, what an asshole. Croakers really are the worst.

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*It's pity, not hate.