One of the pillars of the trans movement is the twisted notion that children are wise and mature enough to decide things for themselves without parental guidance.
This by Jared Miller on westernjournal.com.
The Andy Griffith Show simply but lucidly addressed the danger of this belief in an episode called “Opie’s Hobo Friend,” which aired Nov 13, 1961, well before the trans movement gained traction.
In the episode, Sheriff Taylor, played by Andy Griffith, pulled his squad car up to a worldly hobo, played by Buddy Ebsen, who was squatting on public land making a fishing lure.
Taylor began talking with the hobo, giving him a lighthearted interrogation over a chicken dinner and pie that he stole and shared with Andy’s son, Opie.
Letting the half-hearted excuses for the theft go, Taylor said:
Well, that’s not why I’m here … It’s about Opie.
The hobo asked Taylor if there’s something wrong:
Did he eat too much?
Taylor replied:
No, it goes a little deeper than that … There seems to be something wrong with his thinking. He’s gotten a little twisted on things lately, like being able to tell the difference between right and wrong.
Taylor went on to suggest that the hobo wasn’t “fit company” for Opie.
The hobo then responded, using an attempt to appeal to moral relativism:
Maybe I do look at things differently than other people. Is that wrong?
Who’s to say that the boy would be happier your way or mine? Why not let him decide?
Taylor replied:
No, I’m afraid it don’t work that way.
You can’t let a young’n decide for himself. He’ll grab at the first flashy thing with shiny ribbons on it. Then, when he finds out there’s a hook in it, it’s too late.
Wrong ideas come packaged with so much glitter it’s hard to convince ‘em that other things might be better in the long run. All a parent can do is say ‘wait,’ ‘trust me’ and try to keep temptation away.
The scene is cleverly done in that the hobo was weaving ribbons around a hook as they spoke, having already given one such “gift” to Opie in an earlier scene. One could argue this is a subtle nod to grooming, which is another pillar of the trans movement.
The hobo, understanding Taylor’s less than subtle hint, agreed to leave.
He then said:
That wasn’t so difficult. Your problem is solved.
Taylor stood up and said:
My problem is just beginning. You left behind an awful lot of unscrambling to be done.
NOTE:
Just like the twisted and worldly views of the hobo, the trans movement has left “an awful lot of unscrambling to be done” in the youth of today that have had their minds twisted by post-modernist teachers.
Final thoughts: Obviously, The Andy Griffith Show is much more than a mere childhood memory. There exists in that old television series a critical value to the youth of today. If only today’s parents were able to grasp the messages relayed.
