Why Conservatives Hate Avatar

“[T]he film offers a blatantly pro-environmental message; it portrays U.S. military contractors in a decidedly negative light; and it clearly evokes the can’t-we-all-get along vibe of the 1960s counterculture.” Right-wing logic holds that this is at odds with mainstream America, “and yet the film has been wholeheartedly embraced by audiences everywhere, from Mississippi to Manhattan.”