{"id":2247292,"date":"2024-05-17T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-a-big-problem-with-nbcs-new-lgbt-nature-documentary-queer-planet\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T22:11:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T02:11:48","slug":"theres-a-big-problem-with-nbcs-new-lgbt-nature-documentary-queer-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-a-big-problem-with-nbcs-new-lgbt-nature-documentary-queer-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue with NBC&#8217;s &#8216;Queer Planet&#8217; LGBT Nature Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheres-a-big-problem-with-nbcs-new-lgbt-nature-documentary-queer-planet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Allison \u2062Anton&#8217;s commentary on May 17, 2024, discusses\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-state-university-hosts-sex-week-sponsored-by-planned-parenthood\/\" title=\"Ohio State University Hosts \u2018Sex Week\u2019 Sponsored By Planned Parenthood\">changing landscape<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teach-your-children-well\/\" title=\"Educate your kids effectively.\">nature documentaries<\/a>. NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Queer Planet&#8221; challenges traditional\u200b views\u2064 by focusing on same<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-young-americans-who-identify-as-lgbt-skyrockets-poll\/\" title=\"Number Of Young Americans Who Identify As LGBT Skyrockets: Poll\">-sex relations<\/a>\u2062 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/child-predator-sting-results-in-17-arrests\/\" title=\"Child predator sting results in 17 arrests\">animal kingdom<\/a>. This unconventional approach raises questions about the\u200b portrayal of\u2062 LGBTQ+ \u2063behaviors\u200d in\u200d natural\u200b settings, sparking controversy and debate\u2063 among viewers and\u200b experts. Your provided summary \u2062effectively encapsulates Allison Anton&#8217;s commentary on \u2062the shift in nature documentaries due to NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Queer Planet,&#8221; which delves into same-sex relationships in the animal kingdom, prompting\u200b discussions on LGBTQ+ \u200brepresentation in nature and sparking controversy and\u2063 debate \u2064among \u200caudiences and experts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 17, 2024 at 5:45pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Nature documentaries used to be fairly safe entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, a few were more violent than others, but on the whole, they could be decent family entertainment, with perhaps a sermon on climate change or environmentalism as the extent of its possible wokeness.<\/p>\n<p>Well, those blissfully innocent days are now over, with NBCUniversal, via their streaming app Peacock, proudly announcing the upcoming release of the nature documentary \u201cQueer Planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alas, this was not an attempt to reclaim the old meaning of the word \u201cqueer,\u201d which once simply meant \u201cstrange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/news\/trailers\/queer-planet-trailer-andrew-rannells-lgbtq-nature-doc-1235005637\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IndieWire<\/a> observed for the dismayed viewing public, this is a documentary focusing wholly on the same-sex relations found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legal-journal-demands-hate-speech-laws-protect-feelings-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animal kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Narrated by actor Andrew Rannells, NBC proudly claimed the project was the \u201cfirst-of-its-kind nature documentary,\u201d specifically the first devoted entirely to \u201cqueer\u201d animals, setting its release date on June 6, right in the midst of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-preemptively-pulls-reins-pride-month-wake-last-years-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pride month<\/a>\u201d cesspit.<\/p>\n<p>Rannells heaped rapturous praise on the documentary\u2019s off-putting subject matter. \u201cWe\u2019ve all heard of gay penguins, but this film really opened my eyes to the full spectrum of LGBTQ+ behaviors across the natural world,\u201d he gushed. \u201cAnd what could be more natural than being who you are?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps someone should tell Rannells that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doctor-coalition-sues-california-medical-board-insisting-white-individuals-naturally-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural<\/a>\u201d does not automatically mean \u201cgood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the trailer itself was something to behold.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GikfSszcBHE?si=9AQPoS4Oo_eXUWEr\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The trailer at first appeared relatively benign, with shots of nature and various animals while the narrator informed viewers that \u201cour planet is home to over 11 million species.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it didn\u2019t take long at all for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leaked-footage-disney-producer-brags-pushing-gay-agenda-cartoons-president-wants-many-lgbt-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the agenda<\/a> to rear its ugly head, with the trailer displaying text that proclaimed \u201cthe animal kingdom isn\u2019t as simple as black and white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was all downhill from there. The filmmakers assaulted viewers\u2019 eyes with gratuitous shots of animals indulging in the joys of the flesh, while a panoply of \u201cexperts\u201d exclaimed \u201ceverything you were told as a kid is wrong,\u201d and the narrator fawned over \u201cgay penguins,\u201d \u201cbisexual lions\u201d and \u201csex-changing clownfish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, according to these \u201cexperts,\u201d \u201cqueerness has always existed\u201d and \u201cit\u2019s only in humans that we have such a stigma about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed.<\/p>\n<p>What these experts neglected to mention is that there are excellent reasons for that.<\/p>\n<p>As Joel Berry of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/babylon-bees-ramaswamy-joke-causes-controversy-among-conservatives-vivek-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Babylon Bee<\/a> pointed out on social media, \u201cAnimals also practice rape, cannibalism, infanticide, murder, and theft. Humans are meant to be more than animals, because we ARE more than animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Animals also practice rape, cannibalism, infanticide, murder, and theft.<\/p>\n<p>Humans are meant to be more than animals, because we ARE more than animals. Don\u2019t listen to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-to-promote-lgbtqi-tolerance-by-bombarding-audiences-with-gay-animal-sex\/\" title=\"NBC to promote LGBTQI+ acceptance by showcasing diverse animal behaviors\">evil anti-humans<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k0BgRVLbZd\">https:\/\/t.co\/k0BgRVLbZd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoelWBerry\/status\/1791170079486509142?\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Which, indeed, was the major problem of the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Humans have always tended to anthropomorphize animals, assigning human virtues and qualities to them, like courage to lions or wisdom to owls.<\/p>\n<p>Along those lines, then, the documentary\u2019s implicit thesis seemed to be that since animals regularly engage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-disneys-new-kids-christmas-film-features-homosexual-parents-sexually-charged-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deviant sexual acts<\/a>, that means those acts are \u201cnatural,\u201d and therefore humans need not hesitate before engaging in such acts themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But using nature to justify pushing a destructive and deviant lifestyle fails to account for the inconvenient facts Berry pointed out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will you be watching this documentary?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kids-zoo-get-firsthand-look-nature-mother-duck-ducklings-land-enclosure-screams-begin-hungry-bear-appears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature<\/a> is violent and cruel, full of murder, rape, infanticide, cannibalism, and a host of other acts that would make any sane person recoil with horror.<\/p>\n<p>Humans, being made in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/erickson-officials-push-isolation-holidays-remember-god-knew-making-adam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">image and likeness of God<\/a>, are held to a far higher standard than any mere animal.<\/p>\n<p>Animals are incapable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whales-inherent-rights-one-town-washington-state-pushing-just\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rational thought<\/a>, whereas humans are.<\/p>\n<p>Animals act purely out of instinct, while humans can think carefully about their actions, recognize their inherent moral value, and choose rightly or wrongly.<\/p>\n<p>Taking animals as a moral example is both a foolish and elementary mistake.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, when did the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ben-shapiro-america-like-foolish-king-cut-gods-sacred-grove-now-cursed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cultural overlords<\/a> ever let something silly like wisdom get in the way of their agenda?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allison Anton&#8217;s commentary on May 17, 2024, at 5:45 pm reflects on the evolution of nature documentaries. Once considered safe family entertainment, they occasionally touched on climate change or environmentalism. 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