3:50 pm - 01/21/2013
The popularity of Downton Abbey in America is a threat to progressives because it celebrates rich people, according to FOX & Friends:
“Rich people, powerful people, in America today, are reviled,” Varney said. “They’re dismissed as fat cats who don’t pay their fair share.” The general consensus is that “rich people are evil.”
Then comes along Downton Abbey… making rich people seem nice. The characters in the show are kind and generous. “They create jobs, for heaven’s sake. They’re classy, they’ve got style.”
“It poses a threat to the left, doesn’t it?” he asked. Because the left says we must hate rich people.
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Downton Abbey "Poses A Threat To The Left" Because It Portrays Nice Rich People, So Says Fox News
The popularity of Downton Abbey in America is a threat to progressives because it celebrates rich people, according to FOX & Friends:
“Rich people, powerful people, in America today, are reviled,” Varney said. “They’re dismissed as fat cats who don’t pay their fair share.” The general consensus is that “rich people are evil.”
Then comes along Downton Abbey… making rich people seem nice. The characters in the show are kind and generous. “They create jobs, for heaven’s sake. They’re classy, they’ve got style.”
“It poses a threat to the left, doesn’t it?” he asked. Because the left says we must hate rich people.
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wouldn't it have the opposite effect, because it forces people to consider whether or not they want that particular kind of patrician Toryism?
Most of us wouldn't be a Lady Mary lbr.
i've met more upper-middle class people who are stingy tbh
I do like DA but I hate Fellowes obvious Tory arse-kissing. I love LOVE his earlier film Gosford Park and wish he'd carry on in that vein in DA, because it would have had a lot more bite to it.