Thomas the Imperialist Oppressor

A couple of years ago we took our grandson Braden to Hood River to ride a real version of Thomas the Tank Engine from the children's television series. Watching him look at the engine and ride behind it in great delight toward Parkdale was a lot of fun, but little did we know what Thomas was really up to. Ohmigosh! Tracey Van Slyke, writing in the Manchester Guardian, educates us on what the capitalist running dog Thomas was really doing: 

"...these trains perform tasks dictated by their imperious, little white boss, Sir Topham Hatt (also known as The Fat Controller), whose attire of a top hat, tuxedo and big round belly is just a little too obvious. Basically, he's the Monopoly dictator of their funky little island. Hatt orders the trains to do everything from hauling freight to carrying passengers to running whatever random errand he wants done, whenever he wants it done – regardless of their pre-existing schedules."

Thank you Comrade Tracey for re-educating us from the Little Red Book and turning our minds from this imperialist and racist drivel and towards the Truth! Wow, and we thought we just had a fun day. Who knew?!!

www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/07/22/Guardian-Thomas-the-Tank-Engine-is-Racist-Because-the-Evil-Trains-Pump-Out-Black-Smoke