This will be the first one of a series of articles relating the dangers of the modern media for your Catholic Children. I hope this articles will help you to take care of the spiritual health of your children.
To state that the world is in a bad state of affairs is to state the obvious. Children are very easy to influence and a Catholic must take care of their souls. Remember and meditate on what Queen Blanche told to King St. Louis!
I never thought on making another article on be-yourself messaged movies. However, there are so many movies with this message that I just could not miss it. It's everywhere. This sequel will make you think on how much children are indoctrinated with this message.
Look at the following posters for the upcoming movies Turning Red and Rumble. Turning Red is about a girl who turns into a giant red panda when excited. Rumble is yet another underdog movie in which a monster tries to make it big into the monster fighting sports. Can you bet your bottom dollar the message in both is "be yourself", or at least it's cousin, the acceptance message?
I would repeat that many of this movies have an acceptable acceptance message. You should accept no-evil differences, like skin color, and you should not viciously hate those with bad differences, like those who follow a bad religion. But it is the main message this movies have, and it is the most repeated, so it is the one children learn better. I want you to see this movies not as individuals, but as a mass. Besides, when the context is unclear to apply to reality, your children will apply it to everything you put in front of them.
Atlantis
Atlantis is an accepting others civilizations tale between a group of travelers and Atlantis, an ancient undersea civilization. The villain Rourke wants to sell a crystal Atlantheans use, but if he takes it away the Atlantheans will die, so Milo the hero must intervene. The plot is similar to that of Avatar; yet another acceptance movie about a marine who integrates an alien civilization and ends up protecting a deity-three from being mined over by wealth hungry Americans.
Zambezia
It's about a falcon (Kai) who lives with his strict father. When Kai learns about a city of birds named Zambezia, he is angered that his father did not told him about it since he would like an adventure and escapes there. At the end, they both reconcile. Sound familiar?
Happy Feet (1 and 2)
Happy Feet is about a penguin who can't sing, an important activity for penguins since that's their breeding ritual (in the movie), yet can tap, and his elders think his tapping makes the penguin divinity angry and thats why the food is lacking. In Happy Feet 2, its about the penguin's son, who can't dance.
Monster In Paris
A giant but harmless flea befriends the people of parents. Cute but it's yet another (subliminal) acceptance movie.
Many Books About Autism or Aspergers Syndrome, or any other handicap (including gender dysphoria)
In my experience as an Aspergers patient, most of this books lead you to a description of the symptoms accompanied with some drawings, and perhaps at the end a phrase like "It's cool to be myself" - you get the idea. It's true that we have good talents and insights and so fort but you can't forget is a disorder that causes suffering, and while suffering can be good, a disorder should not be over glorified.
Leap!
Leap is about an orphan girl who escapes orphanage and robs the identity of another girl to enter a prestigious ballet school. She dances because it lets her "be herself". Even bad movies have bad messages.
Lilo & Stitch
This very sad movie is about a girl who adopts a dangerous alien experiment. The acceptance message creeps in, although the good thing is that experiment Stitch learns to be less destructive.
Ferdinand (book and movie)
Ferdinand is a bull who prefers flowers to fighting. His mother "an understanding cow" lets him be. In the movie, Ferdinand is bullied (no pun intended) by Valiente, Bones, and Guapo, who tell him he needs to fight. Of course, Ferdinand learns to be himself no matter what.
Luca
Luca is a sea creature who longs for the surface. But his fanily forbids him to do so - it's dangerous. Yet, he befriends Alberto, who "teaches him to be crazy" and lets him into the surface. He learns to be himself, no matter what.
Moana
Isn't really about being yourself, yet the message creeped in it anyway. Moana wishes to travel all around the sea, but her father does not let her. Moana wishes to know who she truly is, not so much as in "be yourself", but more about what her destiny is.
Pocahontas
This film is not really about "being yourself", (UPDATE: actually, Pocahontas is going to marry someone she does not love, so it may have the be yourself message) but it does have the acceptance message, since Indians and Englishmen learn to live in peace with each other. I actually believe its sad that both Europeans and Indians were unable to live together on peace, because this caused unspeakable suffering in both sides. So the acceptance movie message in this case may pass, except that it does not show the brutality of the indian races, all the while telling a fake story with a real historical character.
Monsters INC and Monsters University
In monsters university, Mike Wazowski wishes to pursue his dream of scaring children. Yes, effort is fine and who you are does not mean you should not try hard, but when you have a non-scary monster trying to be scary in order to exploit the fears of children, perhaps he should try hard at other things, why not?
In Monsters INC, the "be yourself" message is more subliminal, yet more interesting. The monsters scare children in order to produce electricity from their screams. At the end of the movie, however, monsters have learned that by making children laugh with their pranks they produce energy as well. When the monsters are accepted as they are by the children, they can produce energy while making both parties happy.
Elmer
Elmer is a multi coloured elephant who wishes to be grey like every elephant. He constantly tries to change his colour, until everybody learns his colour is perfect just-the-way-he-is. Of course there is nothing wrong with having a different skin, but Elmer adds nothing new with it's message.
Tangled
Tangled is Disney's version of Rapunzel. Rapunzel is kept in the tower by the witch, who claims is her mother. Of course, under such dire situation, Rapunzel wants to be herself in the world outside the tower. I know she is unjustly kept inside the tower, but you still have a be yourself flavor on it. After all, the witch, as evil as she is, knows that the world's a dangerous place and she was lucky that the thug she paired with was a good guy.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Pretty much like Frozen, Sonic learns not to hide his powers (in this case, it's running at super sonic speed) and use them for good. This message of use-power-for-good is clearer than that of Frozen, because Sonic does not sing "Let It Go", and it is said that society must accept Sonic. Villain Dr Robotnik says Sonic is an alien who "doesn't belong".
Mr. Peabody and Sherman (film)
Mr. Peabody is a P.H.D Dog who adopted a human boy, Sherman. A social worker thinks Mr. Peabody is a bad parent and atempts to separate the both of them, but Sherman, together with various historical characters (it's a time machine movie) says Mr. Peabody is actually a good parent. Accept the dog adopting kids. Dogs are cool dads. Get that?
Khumba
A half-stripped zebra is born in a superstitious herd, who believe his lack of stripes is a bad omen. Later, he saves them from a drought, and they learn to accept him as he is.
The Wild
Ryan the lion cub is sad because he is unable to roar like his father, Samson. The adult lion boasts about his adventures on the wild, however everything is a lie: He is from a circus. His friend squirrel tells him to "accept himself", after which, strenghtened, he goes to rescue his son.
The Iron Giant
A boy finds an iron giant, befriends him and finds him a home in a place where they store old cars. The owner of the place tells the child that he has to "be who he wants to be" - another variation of "be yourself", in which you pick and chose which inclinations you want to have instead of accepting them all - The "be who you want to be" mantra later inspires the robot to save the town from a nuclear blast.
Tarzan
Tarzan is barely accepted by gorillas since he is a human. His mother tells him he is perfect just the way he is, since like her he has fingers, toes, ears, eyes, and a heart - just like her.
Wolf Walkers
Wolf Walkers is about a hunter and his daughter, who are paid to kill all the wolves in Ireland. However, some of the wolfs are actually wolf walkers, humans who shape shift into wolves. The daughter of the hunter learns to befriend a wolf walker named Mebh. At the end, wolf walkers are accepted as they are.
100 % Wolf
A werewolf turns into a poodle dog instead of a wolf. Later, he learns to accept being a poodle is just as cool as being a wolf. The character looks so effeminate I bet my bottom dollar some sodomite who reviewed it said it was about coming out.
Conclusion
LGBT acivists had a conipition against Pixar because the characters in Luca don't have a homosexual relationship. Progressive Disney geeks have been salivating for a lesbian princess, or a movie about coming out. However, the LGBT agenda does not need it, since the "be-yourself" argument is used to justify sodomy. Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. Khumba learns to be himself after being unjustly discriminated, so your children learn to be themselves after being justly discriminated.
Practice makes perfect. All these movies, either subliminally or explicitly, and always working as a team, teach your children that there is no better purpose in life than being themselves. But apart from themselves, who else are they going to be? Barney the purple dinosaur? Let me tell you: they will be brainless NPC's who repeat every fashion and nonsense the media tells them. The good thing, is that you can turn practice makes perfect against them and help your children to practice virtues, so that they become who they are truly meant to be: Saints in Heaven.
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