OPINION | Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ try-hard-to-shock performance in prime time shows why religious conservatives are right to have given up on “Hollywood” pop culture.
“grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it but slowly realizing it didn’t want me to be a part of it.” Petras added, “So it’s a take on not being able to choose religion. And not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because as a trans person I’m already not kind of wanted in religion. So we were doing a take on that and I was kind of hellkeeper Kim.”
And when you’re sticking your finger in the eye of millions of people, it’s really hard to argue with those who say that “Hollywood” produces a mainstream popular culture that is openly intolerant of their values. It’s also hard to tell them they’re wrong and intolerant if they would prefer to check out, unplug the TV, and homeschool their kids. Choice is a two-way street, and many are making the informed choice to tune out while they still can.
To be honest, I usually find the “going to hell in a handbasket” sermons to be overwrought—possibly because I already live a fairly charmed life. But I suspect that his opinion isn’t just shared by the people sitting in the pews to the left and right of me—but by millions of Christian conservatives in America, irrespective of whether they ever set foot in church.
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