| rdfs:comment | - Moral Guardians are people who claim they're doing good for people, but in reality, they're trying to steal our Freedoms. Many are Religious Fundamentalists of different types. A range of different religions try to impose their religious code onto others who don't want to follow that code. Fundamentalist Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, others sometimes do it.
- People, stereotypically either conservative Holier Than Thou Bible thumpers or Political Correctness Gone Mad liberals, who believe that children -- or people in general, but especially children -- shouldn't be exposed to what they consider to be excessive violence, "perverted" minorities, sex, foul language, alleged support for the "patriarchy", any negative depiction of somebody in an ethnic minority, laziness, etc. The exact mix of what they object to varies from group to group. See also Black and White Insanity, Pitying Perversion and Activist Fundamentalist Antics.
|
| abstract | - Moral Guardians are people who claim they're doing good for people, but in reality, they're trying to steal our Freedoms. Many are Religious Fundamentalists of different types. A range of different religions try to impose their religious code onto others who don't want to follow that code. Fundamentalist Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, others sometimes do it.
- People, stereotypically either conservative Holier Than Thou Bible thumpers or Political Correctness Gone Mad liberals, who believe that children -- or people in general, but especially children -- shouldn't be exposed to what they consider to be excessive violence, "perverted" minorities, sex, foul language, alleged support for the "patriarchy", any negative depiction of somebody in an ethnic minority, laziness, etc. The exact mix of what they object to varies from group to group. The term "Moral Guardians" specifically describes people who take this attitude beyond the pale as zealous, absolute purveyors of the moral code, and the arbiters of what is best for everyone. Usually, they are self-appointed, and in the case of groups, some have been known to claim vastly larger memberships than they actually have. They frequently complain to the nearest Media Watchdog, often using astroturfing to lend illusory weight to their complaints. The Culture Police are sometimes Moral Guardians taken to a satiric and/or frightening extreme. The Bluenose Bowdlerizers are a form of Moral Guardians in our midst. Moral Guardians are often responsible for a work being Banned in China, or calling something a "Murder Simulator". See also Black and White Insanity, Pitying Perversion and Activist Fundamentalist Antics. Examples of Moral Guardians include:
|
