Beware the paywall, but ...
It appears a C.W. Post professor has written a book claiming "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" sends a bad message to children regarding bullying and ostracism. Two observations:
1. It appears pretty much anything can be padded to book length if larded up with enough academic flotsam.
2. I've actually been making this guy's point for years. "Rudolph's" message, essentially, is this: It's OK to reject, ridicule and generally mistreat someone for being different, because if, somehow, their disability eventually becomes useful to you, you can always do a quick 180 and embrace them, and it will be like nothing ever happened because they'll be so honored and thrilled that you decided to accept them.
In my version, Rudolph tells Santa to shove it. "Here's a flashlight you fat son of a b@$*!h, guide your own sleigh!" Then Rudolph returns to the Island of Misfit Toys with a bottle of scotch and a hooker.
Now that's a Christmas special.
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