Lorax for President

I was thinking the other day about a movie from my childhood called Once Upon a Forest. It is about a group of young critters who go on a mission to find a cure for their friend who became sick when humans disturbed their homes. It is told from the perspective of the animals and humans are built in an evil, mean, destructive light with "yellow dragons". 

This movie came out in 1993 and it was neither the first nor last of its kind to use animation to spread messages to children essentially about being nice to the planet and animals. But in recent years as humanity seems to develop this increased concern for "political correctness" and "equality among parties", movies like this one are being attacked for pushing a liberal agenda. 

I  completely agree that aside from dancing penguins Happy Feet touches on the issues of overfishing and Happy Feet 2 goes around human's presence in the melting ice poles. But regardless of the political wing you lean towards you can't try to say the ice poles aren't melting or that these aren't real issues to educate the younger generations about. Despite any issues people may have, the often politically-driven Academy still gave Happy Feet the Best Animated Feature Oscar. 
  
Wall-E didn't even try to hide its liberal message in the subcontext of the film, it was the main plot. Humans ruin the planet and now live on a space ship, deteriorating their bone mass as they get carried around with screens in front of their faces and no idea what's happening around them. It's a scary look at where the world is potentially going as we are enthralled by one glowing rectangle after another throughout our daily lives, pretty much forgetting there is an outside world to care about. Like Happy Feet, Wall-E still won Best Animated Feature. 

Only when something is liberal does it get attention like this. The Lorax is the most recent subject for criticism since it focuses on the pro-environment liberalism. I honestly don't see the harm in a little organe fluff telling the story of mysterious things called trees that were once all over. The shock tactic seems to be the only route left for the jaded world today, and seeding minds with information young just kick-starts their understanding. The occasional furry animal spinning a liberal message isn't going to alter an entire generation into hippies, they are still pounded with conservative influences on a daily basis but no one seems to think that is out of the ordinary. Except maybe this guy.