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Hypocrisy, This Is: Star Wars Fans Feign Outrage When Baby Yoda Eats Unfertilized Eggs, Keep Mum on Real Life Abortion

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Which is worse, the real killing of an unborn child or the fictional consumption of an alien species’ unfertilized eggs?

Ridiculous as it seems, if you’re a liberal, you would likely choose the latter.

During Friday’s episode of the wildly popular Star Wars television series “The Mandalorian,” one of the main characters of the show, affectionately nicknamed Baby Yoda, did just that and engendered the rage of viewers everywhere.

In the episode, the titular Mandalorian, who serves as the caretaker of Baby Yoda, has been tasked with ferrying a frog-like alien and her canister of unfertilized eggs across the galaxy.

The alien’s species is endangered, and the few dozen eggs she has in her possession are her species’ last hope of survival.

Along the way, the adorable Baby Yoda repeatedly steals and eats the unfertilized eggs, which is played off for laughs.

However, many hardcore Star Wars fans didn’t find Baby Yoda’s actions to be particularly funny.

One Vanity Fair article noted that “a contingent of fans on Twitter has taken the actions seriously, expressing anger and sadness that the series would make light of something that is both a personal invasion and a potential extinction-level event.”

“I just wanna know who thought this was a good idea. Like… ‘we have this woman whose species is facing extinction and she’s very protective of these her eggs.’ ‘We should have Baby Yoda eat them.’ ‘Hey yay dude, bro high five’ Like what????” one Twitter user posted on Nov. 9, according to Vanity Fair.

Should there be more outrage over the killing of children in the womb?

“Baby Yoda not knowing any better … genocide for sake of ‘cute humor’ is never very funny,” another wrote. “I mean, I laughed but I felt really guilty about it.”

The incredible outrage on Twitter and near-cancelation of Baby Yoda is shocking when compared to the lack of outrage in America surrounding the murder of actual unborn human children.

And anyone who cares more about this fictional alien’s lifeless eggs than unborn children is shockingly hypocritical and ignorant of the horrors of the abortion industry.

Thankfully, at least a few users on Twitter noticed this hypocrisy and were quick to point in out.

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Hilariously, The Babylon Bee, a Christian satirical news website, published an article mocking this hypocrisy titled “Disney Edits Controversial Mandalorian Scene So Baby Yoda Just Eats An Unborn Baby.”

“Apologizing for the scene that angered many corners of the internet with Baby Yoda eating pretend CGI eggs, the studio announced that Baby Yoda will simply abort an unborn baby instead,” the satire site wrote.

“‘Many people were angered that Baby Yoda ate an unfertilized, entirely fictional alien egg, and we believe they will find this far less offensive,’ said one producer of the show. ‘It’s just a human fetus — definitely no life there. The fetus is a parasite, after all, and it’s much more icky than the unfertilized eggs this completely fictional character had stored in this jar.'”

“Pro-life groups have protested the change, but they were quickly decried as anti-science bigots who obviously just want to control women’s bodies.”

Granted, this isn’t a one-to-one comparison.

The reason leftists were likely so concerned over the fiction alien’s eggs was because they belonged to an endangered species.

Nevertheless, the level of outrage that has been fostered over this contrived dilemma is truly troubling, given the absence of equal levels of outrage for the very real crimes against humanity being committed in our country.

The weakest and most vulnerable among us are being killed unnecessarily every single year by the hundreds of thousands and their struggle is taking a back seat to the unfertilized eggs of an imaginary frog person.

Can American society sink any lower?

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Michael wrote for several entertainment news outlets before joining The Western Journal in 2020. He now serves as Managing Editor, which involves managing the editorial team and operations; helping guide the editorial direction of The Western Journal; and writing, editing, curating and assigning stories as needed.
Michael Austin graduated from Iowa State University in 2019. During his time in college, he volunteered for both PragerU and Live Action. After graduation, Michael went on to work as a freelance journalist for various entertainment news sites before joining The Western Journal as an intern in early 2020.

Shortly thereafter, Michael was hired on as a staff writer/reporter. He now serves as Managing Editor, which involves managing the editorial team and operations; helping guide the editorial direction of The Western Journal; and writing, editing, curating and assigning stories as needed.
Birthplace
Ames, Iowa
Nationality
American
Education
Iowa State University
Topics of Expertise
Cultural Politics, Entertainment News, Christian-Conservatism




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