Conservatives Like When Rats Know Their Place

This piece by John Nolte, Top 5: More Conservative Films For Thought, may be one of the dumbest things out of Big Hollywood yet. Just a little nibble:

But while “The Incredibles” is a great film, “Ratatouille” is a masterpiece and even more conservative. The story of a rat with unique cooking skills does examine the same theme of extraordinariness, which is summed up in a monologue by Anton Ego (Peter O’ Toole), the film’s appropriately named food critic: “Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.” But “Ratatouille” goes beyond a single conservative theme to upend a decades-long Hollywood sacred cow which demands morally superior animals teach humans “very special” lessons.
Our rodent protagonist is Remy, and the film’s first shocker is that he doesn’t see we humans as threats to his natural habitat, spoilers of Mother Earth or an aberration of the eco-system. He sees us in a wholly positive light, even superior to his own species, which is made up of thieves who don’t wash their hands. Remy aspires to be like us, those who do more than survive, “…they discover, they create.”

Ahh, says John, I'm encouraged by movies where rats think we're better than them.