First they came for Bert and Ernie

[geniph]

...and I said nothing because I was not a Muppet.

Then they came for Tinky Winky, and I said nothing, because I was not a Teletubby.

Then they came for Sponge Bob and Patrick, and I said nothing, because I was not an asexual cartoon sea creature.

I'm just wondering who'll be the next target of the Righteous Conservative Wrath Against Imaginary Creatures...

[drdon326]

1. Thats funny.

.

[MHalblaub]

136. More FUNNY

When the Nazis arrested the Communists,
I said nothing; after all, I was not a Communist.
When they locked up the Social Democrats,
I said nothing; after all, I was not a Social Democrat.
When they arrested the trade unionists,
I said nothing; after all, I was not a trade unionist.
When they arrested the Jews, I said nothing; after all, I was not a Jew.
When they arrested me, there was no longer anyone who could protest.

Martin Niemöller (1892-1984),
Protestant Pastor and Social Activist

[KnowerOfLogic]

206. Actually, it's not funny... if you're gay, or care about anybody who is.

I know, nobody meant anything bad, but for some of us, this issue is no laughing matter. Yeah, i smiled when i read it, but then a little sinking feeling set in.

[gorbal]

218. Here's a way to say something

Contact your local PBS affiliate and tell them you want them to have the "Postcard From Buster" episode that features non-traditional families in Vermont-

http://www.pbs.org/aboutsite/aboutsite_feedback.html

There is a thread on the Issue here-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1183576&mesg_id=1183576)

[deutsey]

2. It's really rare when I have a big belly laugh reading something at DU

Reading this post was one of those rare moments. Thanks!

[Oreo]

3. Then they came for Elmo...

and Elmo sang a song about it..

PIANO!!! Hey Piano!!!!
o/~ Right Wing Jerks o/~
o/~ Right Wing Jerks o/~
o/~ Riiiiight Wiiiiiing Jerks o/~

[knitter4democracy]

141. What's sad is I know the tune . . .

When you have a 2 y.o. and a 4 y.o., you get to know Elmo pretty well . . . and yeah, I'm suprised they haven't attacked him yet, but I think it's because he refers to himself in the third person like Bob Dole.

[Bluebear]

4. THAT is FUNNY!!!!!!!

REALLY funny! And sad.

[itzamirakul]

111. The saddest thing was a cartoon in the NY Daily News showing Kermit

as a Republican. That one broke my heart....

Wonder what Jim Hensen would say to Kermit if he was still alive?

[LittleClarkie]

113. I know what Kermit would say:

He'd get that confused look on his face he'd get as he observed something bizarre backstage at the theater, and say "What the hey?"

[uppityperson]

211. I love Kermit, he's up on my good guy list with Atticus Finch

Kermit is such an accepting guy. He'll believe in the good in you, no matter how you fuck up or what your obsessions are.

[WildClarySage]

135. I knew Kermit

and Kermit was no republican.

[zbdent]

146. Wasn't he a Green?

If he was a Repuke, he wouldn't care if he lost his family to pollution or swamp draining.

He'd be in his high-rise condo with faux lillypad pond . . .

[WildClarySage]

166. He was indeed. And as you know, it's not easy

being green.

[hraka]

174. This is way too touchy-feely to be repug

It's not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold...
or something much more colorful like that.

It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ord'nary things.
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
or stars in the sky.

But green's the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like.
And green can be big like an ocean, or important like a mountain,
or tall like a tree.

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be.

From "The Sesame Street Book and Record". 'Green' is (c)1970 Jonico Music, Inc.

[readmoreoften]

214. damn straight! n/t

[msgadget]

5. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't go after individual

recording artists and actors (there's already a site) popular with young people and then I fully expect the AFA to work through their new FCC guy to go after MTV and BET.

[itzamirakul]

124. That's why it is important that

Larry Flynt become the head of the FCC! He'll put an end to all this rw bullshit!

[Karenina]

6. PLEASE, NOOOOOO!!!!

Bert & Ernie???? G-A-A-A-Y????? :argh: :argh: :argh:

[China_cat]

7. oh yeah

Since sometime in the early 80's.

I'm just surprised they haven't hit on Mr. Rogers.

[Karenina]

14. NOT HIM TOO!!!!!

He seemed so NORMAL on the set! The PA whisked my kid away to go play with the Prince. I better go interrogate him NOW in case, in his twenties, he has repressed memories!!!! :argh: :argh: :argh:

[gordianot]

20. There was a rumour he was a trained killer, former Navy Seal.

A lot of people accepted this drivel.

If I remember correctly he took heat for a special show he did on breast feeding explaining it to preschoolers with new brothers and sisters.

[Bluebear]

27. Navy SEALS rock!

--journalist Katie Couric

[Karenina]

33. The show I did was about when parents

need to work, (read: MOM) and potty training. Fred Rogers was an American treasure. :cry:

[gordianot]

84. I know a person who knew him when she was little.

She said he was as kind and gentle in real life as he was on his shows. Her father worked in the same church as Fred Rodgers. She was totally aghast at the Navy Seal story which is a urban legend.


My 22 year old son grew up with Mr. Rodgers. He watched him on PBS from time time even as an adult.

[Chipper Chat]

68. Michael Savage trashed Mr. Rogers THE DAY HE DIED.

He was saying how "Mr. Rogers was not a good role model for young boys and should have talked to them more about self-defense and playing more sports, etc: All of this was veiled code of course for "Mr Rogers was gay." I remember cursing Scumbag Savage under my breath and thinking "this man is not human".

[China_cat]

72. I guess I was too sad at the loss

of a really great man to pick up on that. Fred Rogers was one of the truly nice people that this world has so few of.

[bunkerbuster1]

126. Mikey Weiner, threatened by Mister Rogers? Not surprising.

I've heard that Sean Hannity refused to allow his son to watch Mr. Rogers as well.

[WLKjr]

75. Mr. Rogers and the Postman were getting it on

Oh yeah, that "Trolly" was code word when it would go from fantasy land to real world.

[Ganja Ninja]

123. Fred Phelps and his band of hateful lunatics from the ...

Westboro Baptist Church protested at Mr. Rogers funeral I'm sad to say. Read about it here: http://www.blacktable.com/daulerio030401.htm

[geniph]

161. Fred Phelps has sadly misread his Bible

"as ye do unto the least of your brethren, ye have done unto me"

[Ian David]

193. God Hates Mr. Rogers

From The Black Table Interview with Fred Phelps:

http://www.blacktable.com/daulerio030401.htm

<snip>

BT: I guess it is. Let's talk about the Mr. Rogers protest. I didn't think Mr. Rogers was gay?

FRED: Well, I don't know if he's gay or not but he's one of the foremost proponents of 'It's OK to be Gay.' And from the church he got ordained by and the Presbyterian church he goes to in Pittsburgh which is one of the few boldly fag-promoting churches, that's one of the few.

You've got a guy (Mr. Rogers) who has got millions of children's ears and he says he's gonna shoot straight to them about the weighty matters of life, death, divorce -- and then he steps gingerly around the fact that if you mess with that fag lifestyle you gonna split hell wide open.

BT: Well, he never came out and said that on the show, though, as far as I know…

FRED: Well, no he never came out and told children to experiment with homosexual sex like his compadres do. His compadres being The National Education Association and PBS network. They urge you that it's okay to be gay.

BT: This was the interesting thing about one of the Rogers picket press releases I saw: You had a picture of the image of the Twin Towers after the planes hit, the crew of the Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy, I believe it was Saddam Hussein and Mr. Rogers petting a cat.

FRED: (laughing) Petting a cat…

BT: Yes. Petting a cat. Now, are you insinuating that Mr. Rogers caused all of those things…

FRED: They died for his sins.

BT: They died for his sins, yes…now, are you…

FRED: Look, he went straight to hell. If everybody in the world is holding some candlelight vigil and catawalling about what a wonderful guy he was using the event of his death to preach propaganda lies from the devil and hell, why should it seem strange for an old time Baptist preacher to say 'Wait a moment please…"?

He's in hell. And if you're putting out cartoons depicting that he's in heaven, you've got no basis for it. Do you want to make the argument that he's in heaven?

BT: No, not me!





FRED: But, most of those guys talking don't even believe in heaven…

BT: But, it's Mr. Rogers. Everybody likes Mr. Rogers and all of the good he's brought to



the world and I think that's why people are bristling a little more this time around.

FRED: Well, we picketed Barry Goldwater's funeral in Tempe and they were making the same sounds.

BT: The same sounds?

FRED: Yeah, the same sounds like they're doing for Rogers talking about what a wonderful guy he was. And we all just told Moynihan that we'd be picketing his funeral because he put that fag, that dyke Deborah Batz on the Federal Bench.

[July]

200. I think they have.

Somebody posted on that a while back.

[NurseLefty]

120. Not to mention, Bert is a TERRORIST, too.

Just do a Google search for "Evil Bert" - proof positive.
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[argyl]

8. That is hilarious. I'm just now recovering.

[Bluebear]

9. Nominated :)

[The Doctor.]

25. Kick

[AnnInLa]

10. When I saw your subject line, I just burst out laughing

sometimes if you don't laugh, you have to cry.

[The Doctor.]

11. I must spread this far and wide with a copy of

James Dobson's crusade.

Thanks!

[KT2000]

12. Hilarious!!

I am showing this to everyone I can think of - wonderful!

[seabeyond]

13. didnt they go after wiggles in between teletubbies

and sponge bob

[The Doctor.]

15. "And When they came for me...

There was no one left to help a giant, purple, pedophiliac dinosaur..."

[swimmernsecretsea]

16. OK, NOW I lost it...

That's just funny in an OMG way.

[matt819]

17. OMG, Where will it end?

My wife just bought Spongebob playtoys for our dogs. I thought they were just playtoys, but little did I realize the nefarious influence they may have on my little terriers. Where does it end!!??

[elare]

26. Your terriers ...

if they're anything like mine, have the attention span of a flea .. so all the bad influences from the SpongeBob toys will be gone in approx. 30 seconds ...

[geniph]

39. Oooh, make sure your terriers don't have inappropriate

tolerance for homosexual behaviors now!

Oh wait - they're dogs. They do that anyway.

[Imalittleteapot]

18. I nominate the Seven Dwarfs.

It's just not natural for 7 guys to live together unless they're in college.

[ashmanonar]

181. LOL

and even then...

:D

[seemslikeadream]

19. Just leave Weenie the Genie and Horatio J. Hoo Doo alone

please



When Mark arrives, he is thrown into prison where he meets Weenie, a turbaned genie (Billie Hayes). Together, they escape, and then Mark helps Weenie and a group of friendly hats battle the gang of evil hats (executioner's hood, gangster's hat, Raunchy Rabbit Hat etc.) controlled by Horatio J. Hoo Doo, a nasty, green-skinned magician (played by Charles Nelson Reilly) who constantly thwarted Mark attempts to return to his own world. Mark had rescued the inept but well-meaning, Weenie from Hoo Doo by stealing the sorcerer's magic ring which gave the owner (Hoo Doo) the power to control Weenie the Genie as a slave.

[grendelkhan]

38. OMG Lidsville

And Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Lynde never even saw Spoungebob. How did it happen?

[KamaAina]

21. The Many-Faceted Liberal Media

Now there's an imaginary creature if I ever saw one!

[Gothmog]

22. This was well done

Thanks for sharing.

[dback]

23. Then they came for Batman and Robin...

And I said nothing, because I was not a superhero.

Then they came for Snagglepuss ("Exit...stage right!"), and I said nothing because I was not a lilac-colored feline.

Then they came for Smithers, and I said nothing because I was not a yellow-skinned toady in love with my boss.

Then they came for Timon and Pumba, and I said nothing because I was not a cross-dressing animal in an interspecies relationship...

[geniph]

40. I am quite surprised they haven't fixated on Smithers yet

of course, he IS gay, so maybe they can only fixate on asexual genderless plushies and cartoons.

[CatholicEdHead]

56. He is a Republican

in Springfield. He is Mr. Burns' assistiant. So that would make him a Log Cabin Republican. Hense fine except for the Ned Flanders segment of the party.

[ruggerson]

57. He's a capitalist who has sold his soul to the devil for profit

To them, those redeeming qualities far outweigh sexuality issues.

I'm surprised he isn't co-chair of the Republican party.

[ashmanonar]

182. i think groening would hire a hit team...

consisting of maggie simpson if they started bashing the simpsons...:evilgrin:

[southpaw]

24. Read Olberman and watch the video...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6852828/

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

31. Now their laywer is suggesting drug use

Quote from the Olberman piece:

Mark Barondess, the lawyer for the "We Are Family Foundation" told "The New York Times" that any critics of the video "need medication."
;-)

[ElaineinIN]

32. hilarious

Oscar the Grouch : "Its my worst nightmare... I'm in a heartfelt video"

That was great. And contained no more than 3 seconds of spongebob.. lots more muppets.

And lots of Disney... I hope they know they are promoting an anti-family agenda. Yeesch.

[flygal]

115. They're just pissed because it had Whoopie Goldberg in it

and no freaky fundi repugs. Come to think of it - what popular conservative fundi characters appeal to kids :shrug: I think this just proves kids are born without prejudice. They're smart enough to not fall for that fundi crap until they've been properly brainwashed.

Side note - I didn't actually think the video is worthy of being distributed for kids to be taught acceptance. It just seemed like a big commercial for Disney, Nick Jr. - etc.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

28. Good one...I'll have to share this one. LOL. nt

[The Doctor.]

92. I've already done the same...

Emailed the story and the OP to friends and fam.

BTW - Are you really a Moderate Republican?
-In which case it's nice to see another one around here.

(Not that DUer's haven't proven to be pretty kool so far...)

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

134. Present and accounted for here in PA

I'm an alienated moderate Republican looking for sanity from the Democrats since the (R) in Republican now stands for 'Rapturist Right'. Since the spend-n-spend Koolaid drinkers have taken over my party, I'm looking for signs of intelligent life. How about you?

DU has been a great resource and I'm really glad I found this site.

[geniph]

162. Right on, ModRepub, and welcome!

we used to have lots of moderate Republicans in my home state (Washington), but the zealots are trying to hound them out. Hey, the ones that believe in civil liberties and social justice are plenty welcome - come on over!

[buddysmellgood]

29. I am guilty...because silence is taking a position.

[The Doctor.]

93. "Are you suggesting that Beaker and Dr. Honeydew were....GASP!"

And to think he was a trusted colleague!

[Streetdoc270]

30. We laugh, but what about the victims?

Has any one thought about the heartbreak that Sandy the Squirrel is going through? She thought that she was Sponge Bob's girlfriend and now she finds out that she was just a beard. Sponge Bob and Patrick have been using her for years! Have some compassion people!

[V Lee]

34. They can't take my Ren & Stimpy!!!!!!

[rambler_american]

35. At least FOX had the decency

to pixilate a bare cartoon baby's behind.
Can you imagine how the sight of THAT would have further corrupted this country? I can't either.
Whadda buncha maroons.

[classof56]

87. Welcome to DU!

Glad to have you and your sense of humor with us!

Tired Old Cynic:-)

[mgmstl]

36. These Right Wing Crackpots Have Really Lost It

When the come for Bugs Bunny for dressing in drag, then we are going to have a HUGE fight...LOL

I can't believe this crap, all of this over a cartoon character. What a bunch of morons.

[graywarrior]

37. Tea through nostrils funny.

PS. The Pillsbury Doughboy is NAKID!!!!

[WLKjr]

77. and when you press his stomach

that gets him off, why else do you think he yells " WHOO HOOO!"

[Maestro]

41. I think it is obvious

This guy has so many latent homosexual tendencies plus he is so well groomed and obviously athletic. He is also so caring and worried about others. He's not afraid to show his feelings. No straight man cares so much about his persona and shows his emotions so much. This is the next target.

[geniph]

44. He's much too clean!

Send him to the Cartoon Characters' Re-Education Camp, STAT!

[LiberalCompassionate]

48. then they came for Speed Racer!!!

NOOOO......

He always looked too effeminate anyway. :eyes:

Or..could it be his chimp friend resembles his majesty himself?


Sheesh...worrying about cartoons effect on children and not worrying at all that our children are killing other children in Iraq. I see that amerika's Christian Taliban once again have their priorities straight. :wtf:

[swimmernsecretsea]

80. The neckerchief is what did it for me

That fashion accessory is so "Boys in the Band." Geez, has anyone worn a neckercheif since the '70's.

Uh, that's when it was made?

Well, case closed, then!

[TrogL]

149. I had such a crush on him when I was a kid

[Cats Against Frist]

42. LO Fucking L!!!

Now THAT was funny.

[blue neen]

43. And what's the deal with CatDog?

Trying to go both ways, eh?

[RetroLounge]

45. Don't forget Pink Panther.

You know, being pink, and all...

RL

[hootinholler]

176. Pink and NEKKID! Shamefull!

-Hoot

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

46. Scooby isn't on the radar yet?

Fred with that neckerchief, Velma is well, Velma.

Not to mention the stoner who has a perpetual case of the munchies and has a talking dog.

"And then they came for Barney the Purple Dinosaur, and there was a very brief moment of concensus"

DBDB

[recovering democrat]

52. Reconsidereing Barney

Anything that would get Barney the Purple Dinosaur to go away I would probably have to consider supporting too!

[MileHiStealth]

110. And what's with Scooby and Shaggie .....

always hanging out in closets together ???
And what exactly WERE those scooby snacks ???

[ashmanonar]

183. no, they're not gay.

just hippies...what are they doing in teh closet? where else would you smoke a doob in a haunted house?

[Stepup2]

47. I wonder how they over looked the

powder puff girls? Why is it that the religious wrong has not pilloried Linus or Peppermint Patty?

OOOhhh so many cartoon characters, so little time....

[Maestro]

50. How could they have overlooked Peppermint Patty?

Just look at her. Obviously promoting a lesbian agenda.

[ruggerson]

58. Remember when Peppermint Patty

would disappear for a few weeks from the strip?

I always suspected she was in cletes at the Dinah Shore Classic.

[Stepup2]

70. OMG

That is funny! I hope we are not giving the religious wrong ideas about where to look for missing suspect cartoon characters... Golf tournaments...right under their noses.... she played tennis too. :toast:

[geniph]

62. Peppermint Patty was seriously, seriously butch

just look at what happened to the entire generation that grew up reading Peanuts! We're all lesbians!

...what? we aren't? but we MUST be!

[unpossibles]

85. well you know what I heard....?

I think they make a cute couple.



It's a shame the *$@^&*#&@! "small gubbermint" won't let them have all that "liberty and the pursuit of happiness" part.

[vkobaya]

108. Peppermint Patty loves Charlie Brown

She can't be lesbian.

Vicki

[Stepup2]

128. maybe, maybe not

It won't matter when the fundies get around to outing her.

[Shopaholic]

138. Sure she loves Charlie Brown. . .

Like Rosie O'Donnell loved Tom Cruise!

[ashmanonar]

184. not so sure charlie brown loves her back...

yea, i have my suspicions about him...i do believe there's a song about the peanuts characters, like 20 years after the fact...pigpen is in prison, charlie brown is gay, linus killed himself...yep, quality funny music! :evilgrin:

[Mugsy]

148. Linus quotes Bible verses.

Every time the Religious Wingnuts go off the deep-end about the media surpressing religion on TV, I think about Linus' Bible quote in "Merry Xmas Charlie Brown" which has run every year on TV, un-censored, since 1964.

Peppermint Patty, and her lesbian friend Marcie who calls everyone "Sir", are of growing concern though. What was once called "Tomboy" in 1964, is "bull dyke" today.

The change in these "social labels" is more of an indictment of the Right's growing break with reality than in a wish to return to "early American values". :silly:

[geniph]

163. Charles Schulz was an actual Christian

you know, one of the ones who actually believed in following the Gospels and all that love-thy-neighbor stuff - one who read his Bible, instead of just thumping on it.

My husband has a great story about a Charles Schulz cartoon that appeared in one of his church newsletters when he was a kid. It shows a person leafing through the Bible. Someone else asks him what he's looking for. He says, "I'm looking for the passages that support my preconceived notions."

[Stepup2]

175. sadly

that about sums it up

[Johnyawl]

198. The truth in that cartoon has resonated with me for 40 years

It was Linus sitting at a table flipping through the bible. Charlie Brown walks up behind him, and watches him flip pages for a minute, and then says.
"What are you doing, Linus?"
To which linus replies,
"Oh, I'm just looking for some scriptures to support my preconcieved beliefs."

[Democrat Dragon]

49. Don't forget Pikachu and Harry Potter

The Fundies seem to be after the newer cartoon characters. Maybe Blue from "Blue's Clues" could be a potential target because Blue is a blue dog(hence the name) but is female.

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Masters, or any other Japanese anime targeted toward kids in the U.S(Yu-Gi-Oh! is aimed at teens in Japan, but got heavily watered down when it was dubbed to target children) is a potential target.

Wait! what about Dragontales! The fundies are gonna say it encourages kids to make friends with "demonic reptiles"!

[Maestro]

53. Harry Potter is just evil to them

They don't understand the basic concept of good vs. evil or non-fiction vs. fiction.

[NoW]

51. Who's next you ask??

Ahhh...no rest for the weary. It seems that the freakish conservative right is burning the midnight oil seeking new targets in order to advance their crapola. :freak: Ya gotta love the power of mythology!



"....The 36 complaints all came from the Parents Television Council, a conservative watchdog group that frequently criticizes sex and violence on TV.

The complaints involved a Friends episode in which a married couple discuss fertility treatments with the husband's ex-girlfriend, whom they meet at a medical office; an episode of Gilmore Girls in which a character's grandfather reminisces about college pranks that involved nudity; and an episode of The Simpsons in which student protesters carry picket signs with messages like "What would Jesus glue?"

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/01/24/Arts/FCCnocomplain050124.html

[geniph]

60. Aren't you happy we've solved all the REAL problems?

You know, war, poverty, homelessness, racism, violence, famine, all that stuff - I'm so happy the fundies have all this time on their hands to worry about substantive stuff like other people's (and cartoons') sex lives, whether teenagers' butt cracks are showing, etc., ad nauseum.

[Pithy Cherub]

54. Vanity Smurf as an elder statesmurf

feels the need to speak out. Smurfette was his special project never his love interest. He will stay true blue, come what may. Vanity Smurf extends his mirror of support to Sponge Bob at this most vital time.

[SharonRB]

55. This is hysterical

It really does deserve the front page!

[Maestro]

59. Now the kids are upset with the fundies

[geniph]

61. My husband just told me he'd nominate this for the front page...

...but only if I told him where I hid the big bag of Costco popcorn.

Isn't that kind of blackmail somehow illegal?

;-)

on edit: honey, it's in the bedroom closet. :D

[CatWoman]

63. well, I'm nominating it

and you don't have to blackmail me!!!

:hi:

Great post!!!

[Johnyawl]

65. I nominated it too

...I would have done it even if she hadn't told me were she hid the popcorn.

What a great post, sweetie! it really started a funny thread. :loveya:

[CatWoman]

67. LOL

FREE TINKY WINKY!!!!!

FREE TINKY WINKY!!!!!

[Maestro]

66. You do know that it is on the Front Page?

I just hope there are some lurking fundies here too.

[flygal]

116. Awww husband and wife duers

I've got to get my hubby to join in!

[geniph]

164. I think we're one of the longest-term pairs

John joined in February 2001, and I joined in March 2001. But I type a lot faster than he does, so I have a lot more posts. ;-)

[AnnInLa]

64. Funniest thread ever

There are some laugh-out-loud posts in this thread...have enjoyed it enormously!

[David Zephyr]

69. Funny!

:)

[AuntiBush]

71. Commical!

Hysterical! Whatelse can one do but laugh out aloud! Honestly, we have an Oaf n Office, the Queen wears too much makeup, the south is trying to rise again, and the religious extremists are having a field day going after kiddie cartoons.

Geez, what's next - the children?

[wellstone dem]

73. After a tough day at work

I needed this.

[geniph]

74. ...and now I'm thinking about Yogi Bear

because just what the hell WAS the relationship between him and ButtBoy, or BooBoo, or whatever the hell the little bear's name was? Were they members of the NABLBCA (North American Bears Loving Bear Cubs Association) or what?

See, what brought that to mind is that I've been trying to figure out the mindset of anyone who'd be looking for this kind of sexual subtext in Teletubbies, or Muppets, or Spongebobs. I think their basic premise is that the cartoons aren't showing "normal" dyadic nuclear families, with a mommy and a daddy. But I can only think of a handful of cartoons that have - the Jetsons, the Flintstones, the Simpsons - the ones that are actually ABOUT a family. All the Disney cartoons have at least one parent getting whacked early on, or else you've got Donald and Daisy Duck shacking and presenting an indecent example for the little nephew ducks. I don't think any of the Warner Brothers cartoons had any kind of family. Bullwinkle and Rocky? Were there any females of their own species? Was there any female other than Natasha?

We never realized how insidious and long-lasting this homosexual agenda has been! My god, they've been after us for decades! It must be working - WE'RE ALL GAY! Even those of us that don't know it yet.

...hey...isn't Dobson a baby boomer, too?

:evilgrin:

[Maestro]

76. Heck or even Bugs Bunny.

Oh how many times did I see him cross dress just to get at Yosemite Sam who seemed rather bi-sexual when you think about it.

[Johnyawl]

79. Bugs actually married Elmer Fudd twice!!

At the end of "Rabbit of Seville", Bugs and Elmer get married, Elmer's in a white bridal dress. At the end of "What's Opera Doc?", they get married again with Bugs dressed as Brunhilda.

And Bugs was forever kissing Elmer, or Yosemite Sam, or Porky Pig, or Daffy Duck, all male characters.

The homosexual agenda has been around a lot longer than I realized! It's no wonder I'm such a pervert! It's all Bugs Bunny's fault!

[fortyfeetunder]

90. The rest of them

I have post-it pads with Bugs in drag, saying, Isn't it a drag? You wonder about his relationship with Elmer Fudd...have you ever seen Elmer with a woman?

[Mugsy]

150. Bugs not only cross dressed....

Not only did Bugs cross-dress all the time, he was constantsly kissing other male characters (Elmer/Sam/etc) on the lips.

Mmmmmmwhaa. :*

[Wright Patman]

129. The Son of Dob was born in 1936

so he'll be 69 (pardon the pun) sometime this year.

He had a stroke in 1998 and I think it must have done more damage than initially thought.

[montana_hazeleyes]

78. This whole thread has been great!

Another poster mentioned in a thread a few days back about Donald Duck.
He blithely walks around in a sailors hat and top but NO PANTS! What's up with that?

[A Simple Game]

105. A duck wearing pants?

Now that would just be Daffy!

[montana_hazeleyes]

119. LOL!

[Maestro]

81. That's it!

Who stands with me? I stand up and announce that I am a proud viewer of cartoons which may or may not promote the GLBT agenda and I really don't care because they are damn funny!!!!!!!!!

I watch cartoons dammit! So what!

[Neoma]

82. Top 53 Ambiguously Gay Cartoon Characters

By Jeffrey, the keeper of lists:
Votes
1 25 Batman and Robin
2 18 The smurfs (come on! There was only one female amoungst them!)
3 15 Peppermint Patty
4 15 The Powerpuff Girls
5 13 Waylon Smithers
6 11 Ernie/Bert
7 11 Velma
8 9 SpongeBob SquarePants
9 7 Ace and Gary, of the Ambiguously Gay Duo
10 4 Batman. The tight leather/spandex suit & boy toy sidekick is a big
clue
11 4 Milhouse Van Houton
12 3 Yogi Bear/Boo Boo
13 2 Veggitales
14 2 Velma (the sensible shoes give it away)
15 -1 bert and ernie
16 -1 those two groundhogs on the old loony toons cartoons.
17 -2 Chip and Dale (Rescue Rangers)
18 -2 Fruititales (veggietales spinoff where theyre all gay) © 2003
19 -2 I'd hate to say it, but He-Man (sob, sob)
20 -2 John from Garfield
21 -3 Stewie Griffin
22 -3 The large intestine guy
23 -4 Disco Stu
24 -4 Jiminy Cricket
25 -4 Woody Woodpecker
26 -6 ace and gary
27 -7 Beavis and Butthead
28 -7 Jughead
29 -7 The Seven Dwarfs
30 -8 are you ready boys Spongebob Squarepants
31 -8 He-man
32 -8 Ren & Stimpy
33 -9 'Pinky' on Pinky and the Brain...
34 -10 Animaniacs
35 -10 Hefty Smurf
36 -10 The Pink Panther
37 -12 Cartman
38 -12 Inspector Gadget
39 -12 Powdered Toast Man !!!
40 -13 Chuckie (Rugrats)
41 -13 Popeye
42 -14 Doug Funnie
43 -14 Mickey Mouse
44 -14 Shaggy
45 -15 Betty Boop
46 -15 Michigan J. Frog (you know, The WB's mascot)
47 -15 The Keeper in the Beenie
48 -15 The "Pointy-Haired Boss" in "Dilbert". What a wanker.
49 -16 Bugs Bunny
50 -16 Louie Anderson
51 -18 The Fox and the Hound
52 -20 Coky the rooster
53 -21 Fred Flintstone

[unpossibles]

95. what about Aquaman and Aqualad?

I mean...come on...

[Maestro]

121. Whoa!

They ambiguously gay duo of the seventies!!!!!!!!!!!

[Valerie5555]

97. EXCUSE ME but isn't Garfield's owner or Jon Arbuckle STRAIGHT as an arrow?

?????????????????????????????? He was always trying to "date up" or GET DATES WITH, Garfield's female vet wasn't he????????????????????????

[Neoma]

107. I would not doubt

That they had thought Frank Burns on M*A*S*H was gay.

they are warped :silly:

[Valerie5555]

180. Garfield's female vet,

I believe her name is something like Dr Liz or Elizabeth Wilson.

[WildClarySage]

137. I can't believe you left out the princess!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

145. No Josie and the Pussycats?

Comeon! They said the P word!

[Mugsy]

152. Lots of dupes in that list.

Please fix so I can forward it. :)

PS: #16 is "Mack & Tosh", and they are Gophers, not groundhogs. :)

[sellitman]

83. Spinner & Paddlefoot

(I know.....I am dating myself)

[Mugsy]

154. Spinner & Paddlefoot? Dating yourself? Very gay...

but if you want "old" gay children's characters, how about "Kookla, Fran & Olie"?

That one-toothed, leopard-skinned dragon puppet... I mean, c'mon!

And Mr. Moose (from Captain Kangaroo) had an abnormal fixation with Balls... notably ping-pong balls.

Don't start an "age fight" with ME! :)

[sellitman]

177. Diver Dan

Ok...how about him? He know in the deep there's adventure and danger...

:think:

[rambler_american]

167. Dating oneself

I date myself sometimes, too. At least I know I'm gonna get lucky.

[ashmanonar]

185. heh.

i do too. even then, i'm not always sure...

[amynvanwa]

86. Great thread!

I'm wondering about Rocky and Bullwinkle? The "wink" part is a dead giveaway, don't you think?

And what about Kenny? Who killed him, and did they kill him because he was gay?

Let's get to the bottom of this, so to speak.

[footinmouth]

88. Thanks for a great laugh.

I needed one tonite. This was great.

[graywarrior]

89. No one talks about Heckle & Jeckle being homo spies

They dressed alike, although opposite in color. Definitely homosexuals.

Oh, wait, they weren't spies, they are just talking magpies. Gay, for sure.

[sakabatou]

100. Speaking of Spies

Totally Spies ... no.. wait, the could be Bi... I dunno.

[Hand]

91. Chip and Dale!

The name alone is a dead giveaway--and those squeaky voices? That's GAY!

:spank:

[realFedUp]

94. perfect....thanks for this one n/t

[Valerie5555]

96. OMG I wonder if Sylvester is GAY because of how he says things like

"suffering succotash" and I thought that that black and white kitten who hangs out with him is his NEPHEW, or perhaps it's his SON but one had to wonder whatever became of "Sylvester Jr's" mom.

[Shopaholic]

98. And what about H.R. Puff-n-Stuff

Come on people--think about that name for a minute! And remember he hung around with a good-looking British lad--not only was he gay-he was a pedophile! And what did that H.R. in his name stand for? Why it's all so obvious now!

[Mugsy]

155. "H.R. Puff n' Stuff"

The "H.R." stoof for "His Royalhighness" ("Royal Highness" should have been two words, not one).

"Witchy-Poo" (see Genie above) and her minons were definitely more gay.

Hey, has anyone mentioned The Banana Splits yet? :)

[GreenPoet64]

99. Casper's out of the closet too!

:hi:

[ticapnews]

208. Not according to the movie version...

Casper was pretty psyched Christina Ricci was sitting on his bed ;)

[Sugarbleus]

101. LOL LOL LOL LOL.....................

toooo funny!!!! :7


Someone has to send this to Dobson!!! :evilgrin:

[tommcintyre]

102. 1987: Care Bears, Unicorns and Smurfs started the "conspiracy" read in:

http://www.textfiles.com/occult/harmonic.fun

Date: Sat 15 Aug 87 09:44:42
From: Geoff Gilpin
To: All
Subj: Read all about it!

CONSTANCE CUMBY "CLEANSED" IN "HARMONIC CONVERGENCE"

SPEAKS THROUGH "TRANCE CHANNEL"

Acapulco, Mexico (EPA), Aug 18, 1987

Spectators in this popular resort area were shocked yesterday when Funda-
mentalist author Constance Cumby, known for her anti-"New Age" bestsellers
"Rainbows from Hell" and "Hidden Dangers of the Care Bears," fell into a
crevice filled with molten lava.

Ms. Cumby had come to Acapulco to protest what she described as "harmonics and
all other forms of humanism" and to organize a demonstration against the
planting of crystals here by devotees of "New Age" beliefs. At the time of
her death, Ms. Cumby was exhorting her audience to counter the "fiendish
influence of rocks" by burying photographs of Nancy Reagan "and other heros of
normalcy." She was brandishing what appeared to be a can of deodorant in the
direction of the New Age believers when the mysterious crevice opened at Ms.
Cumby's feet, swallowing her, several cartons of her books, and a rack
displaying plush unicorns and Smurf dolls bearing labels such as "Belial" and
"Ashtoreth." Eyewitnesses say that Ms. Cumby screamed "It's the rapture!"
immediately before the fissure closed over her with a noise that several of
them compared to belching.

Ms. Cumby's death stirred controversy in both the New Age encampment and among
her followers.

"She really did get raptured," insisted Olivetta Beehive, a Milwaukee repre-
sentative of Mary Kay Cosmetics, "even if she went down instead of up." But a
member of the New Age group insisted that Ms. Cumby had not been raptured but
"cleansed." To this claim, Ms. Beehive responded that "She didn't need to get
cleansed. She was so clean already."

[imenja]

103. Excellent!

You should publish that somewhere.

[pamela]

104. Don't forget Akbar and Jeff!

The brave men in fezes who dared to be openly gay.

[kentuck]

106. That is really clever !

:) and says so much also.

[OxQQme]

109. And how about

The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Gilligan and the Skipper, not to mention those two adorable babes that lived together in that tent. And Xenah.

[MileHiStealth]

112. That's right !! Xena was all over that hot little blond girl !

[ashmanonar]

187. oh yea.

that was some HOT xena on blonde girl action. lol

[NurseLefty]

114. They came for Davey and Goliath, but I was not a fundie...

I mean, look at those pants. He's been right under their noses all this time!
REPENT, DAVEY! REPENT!
<>

[Maestro]

122. Davey is in the closet for sure

His only friend is that dog.

[NurseLefty]

117. They came for Jonny Quest, too...

<>

[Buns_of_Fire]

160. I always wondered about "Dr." Quest and Race Bannon

Hmmmph. I don't even think he was a REAL doctor. x(

[Vektor]

118. How can their "base" -

Not realize how UTTERLY LUDICROUS it is to persecute cartoon characters?

Surely they haven't run out of pariahs!

[Deja Q]

125. I'd say the Boobahs are to be next as homosexual icons...

http://pbskids.org/boohbah/boohbah.html

Be warned; that site opens up to a rainbow with farting in the background... :scared:


:crazy:

[knitter4democracy]

143. That show looks like someone was on an acid trip.

I watched it once with my kids because PBS was promoting it so much, and it's more than a little odd. Frankly, I thought it was scary, but the kids think it's funny. That show's been banned from our house as worse than Barney.

[frankly_fedup2]

127. What about Foghorn Leghorn. He must be Catholic because . . .

he is always around that little "boy" chick. However, wouldn't that be homosexual as well? I find that all so confusing.

[mirrera]

130. Don't you dare mention Mighty Mouse!

He was a major crush...

Felix the cat on the other hand...

[noonwitch]

131. Snagglepuss is gay!

He's got to be. He's pink, he talks like Paul Lynde, and is so effete.

[CatWoman]

139. Heavens to Mergatroid!!!!!!!

:D

[DUBYASCREWEDUS]

132. THEY ARE ALL NUTS!

Who is next? Yogi Bear and BooBoo? Peter Pan and Tinkerbell? How about Goofy and Pluto? Are they having a secret affair behind Mickey and Minnie's back? These people are crazy. I saw a very funny bumper sticker. I believe it applies:

"I think, therefore I'm a....DEMOCRAT!"

[Freebird12004]

133. is nothing sacred anymore

next they will get Uncle Scrooge for child abuse of his nephews

[bcingu]

140. How about that Whitaker fellow

Who lives up at "Whit's End" in the Adventures in Odyssey series? Older man with a live-in assistant who attracts little boys with his experiments... seems suspect to me!

So, when will Dr. Dobson go after the producer of Odyssey? It's some outfit called "Focus on the Family"!!!!!

[AzDar]

142. Why, oh why can't they come for Yugi-oh? I have an 8-year old...It

would save me some serious cash! LOL.... He's clearly an enemy combatant.

[Mugsy]

144. Lassie?............................ Gay.

Famouse quote from David Letterman when still on NBC. :)

[jdonaldball]

147. Teletubbies: To a gas chamber, GO!

[Freebird12004]

151. Yes !

[yella_dawg]

153. Nyaaa...

"What's up, Doc?"
- my favorite cross-dressing rabbit

[NewYorkerfromMass]

156. As funny as this is, it is in fact profound

for the right wing assaults on our free and open society are intentionally incremental and seek to undermine wherever and however they can.
I am so glad this made it to the home page.

[OxQQme]

157. So there was Mickey Mouse

standing before the divorce court pleading his case.
Judge say's, "Mickey, you can't 'divorce' Minnie because she's crazy".
Mickey responds, "I didn't state that she's crazy your Honor. I said that she's fucking Goofy."

[tommcintyre]

171. ROLFMAO! n/t

[Straight Shooter]

158. Everyone forgot Gumby and Pokey!

I mean, come on, a name like "Pokey"? It may be a horse, but Gumby could have been riding that horse. These two characters are bendable, which means they might go one way or the other. We're not stupid, we know what message Gumby and Pokey are really trying to tell us. We are way ahead of the fundie curve on this one.

[Solly Mack]

159. I love this! Saving it too! (if that's ok w/ you?)

I sit here with my tickle me elmo (given as a gag gift) and wonder if I shouldn't send him into hiding.

What has my tickle me elmo ever done to anybody? :(

[geniph]

165. Yes, of course it's okay!

Hell, I'm hoping to see this quoted all over the Web in some sort of cosmic synergy. We'll laugh the zealots right outta here!

[FreepFryer]

168. The first imaginary creature they targeted? 'God'.

She's never recovered.

[tommcintyre]

170. A classic hijacking, eh? Just like they did with the Repub party mascott

Look what they turned that poor elephant into.

[rambler_american]

169. I'm so old I remember

Howdy Doody always had a woody whenever Buffalo Bob was on stage.

[geniph]

172. and wasn't Clarabelle actually played by...A MAN?!

<gasp> they were promoting CROSS-DRESSING! This eeevul pansexual agenda has been with us for decades, I tell ya!

[rambler_american]

173. The name says it all...not even subtle

Woody Wood Pecker!!!!!

[superconnected]

178. and it all led to them coming for the gays

who were not muppets, dolls or cartoons.

And when the gays got taken, they took the gay supporters, and when those were done they took all people who commited anything the fundies considered a religious crime, by the time the swearers, smokers, people who had unmarried sex, criminals, and people rumored to not be fundie enough were gone, they started taking each other.

And in their quest for God, they became satan. And after killing all the "bad" people, in the end, only murders were left.

And the secret is, the people who did it all, were murders to begin with.

[Valerie5555]

179. Look out GARFIELD and you too ARLENE, The Christian Ayatollah types will

be after you next for "deliberate child, er kittenlessness"

[Shopaholic]

186. And let's not forget LASSIE--

yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that Lassie was not an animated character but don't forget that a MALE dog played the part of Lassie. Lassie was a DRAG QUEEN!

[Valerie5555]

188. Say it ain't so , the newest "Benji" may be a "butch" mutt for did anyone

know that a GIRL dog is playing the role of the latest Benji. Maybe one day MORRIS the cat, may be a BUTCH TABBY for there may be a FEMALE Morris.

[Valerie5555]

189. OMG Sam and Frodo, the hobbits of "Lord Of The Rings" fame may be

ambiguously GAY too.

[Johnyawl]

199. Sam wasn't....

...he had a girlfriend, Rosie Cotton, that he eventually married and had children with.

Now Merry and Pippen on the other hand....

(in his best Church Lady voice...."Merry, now isn't that just another word for.....GAY!?"

[piesRsquare]

190. January 27, 2005 will mark the 60th anniversary...

...of the liberation of Auschwitz.

I find the opening message to this thread to be in very poor taste; the timing makes it worse. It's not funny; it's crass. :thumbsdown:

[dutchdoctor]

191. The timing is actually very good!

You do know that Hitler sent people to concentration camps for being homosexual, don't you?
As we remember Auschwitz, we must make sure something like that never happens again...

[Ian David]

192. HOMOSEXUALS: VICTIMS OF THE NAZI ERA

HOMOSEXUALS: VICTIMS OF THE NAZI ERA


<snip>

In 1934, a special Gestapo (Secret State Police) division on homosexuals was set up. One of its first acts was to order the police "pink lists" from all over Germany The police had been compiling these lists of suspected homosexual men since 1900. On September 1, 1935, a harsher, amended version of Paragraph 175 of the Criminal Code, originally framed in 1871, went into effect, punishing a broad range of "lewd and lascivious" behavior between men. In 1936 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler created a Reich Central Office for the Combating of Homosexuality and Abortion: Special Office (II S), a subdepartment of Executive Department II of the Gestapo. The linking of homosexuality and abortion reflected the Nazi regimes population policies to promote a higher birthrate of its "Aryan" population. On this subject Himmler spoke in Bad Tölz on February 18, 1937, before a group of high-ranking SS officers on the dangers both homosexuality and abortion posed to
the German birthrate.

Under the revised Paragraph 175 and the creation of Special Office II S, the number of prosecutions increased sharply, peaking in the years 1937-1939. Half of all convictions for homosexual activity under the Nazi regime occurred during these years. The police stepped up raids on homosexual meeting places, seized address books of arrested men to find additional suspects, and created networks of informers to compile lists of names and make arrests.

An estimated 1.2 million men were homosexuals in Germany in 1928. Between 1933-45, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested as homosexuals, and of these, some 50,000 officially defined homosexuals were sentenced. Most of these men spent time in regular prisons, and an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 of the total sentenced were incarcerated in concentration camps.

<snip>

All prisoners of the camps wore marks of various colors and shapes, which allowed guards and camp functionaries to identify them by category. The uniforms of those sentenced as homosexuals bore, various identifying marks, including a large black dot and a large "175" drawn on the back of the jacket. Later a pink triangular patch (rosa Winkel) appeared.

<snip>

Many survivors have testified that men with pink triangles were often treated particularly severely by guards and inmates alike because of widespread biases against homosexuals. As was true with other prisoner categories, some homosexuals were also victims of cruel medical experiments, including castration. At Buchenwald concentration camp, SS physician Dr. Carl Vaernet performed operations designed to convert men to heterosexuals: the surgical insertion of a capsule which released the male hormone testosterone. Such procedures reflected the desire by Himmler and others to find a medical solution to homosexuality.

The vast majority of homosexual victims were males; lesbians were not subjected to systematic persecution. While lesbian bars were closed, few women are believed to have been arrested. Paragraph 175 did not mention female homosexuality. Lesbianism was seen by many Nazi officials as alien to the nature of the Aryan woman. In some cases, the police arrested lesbians as "asocials" or "prostitutes.:' One woman, Henny Schermann, was arrested in 1940 in Frankfurt and was labeled "licentious Lesbian" on her mug shot; but she was also a "stateless Jew," sufficient cause for deportation. Among the Jewish inmates at Ravensbrück concentration camp selected for extermination, she was gassed in the Bernburg psychiatric hospital, a "euthanasia" killing center in Germany, in 1942.

<snip>

More:
http://www.holocaust-trc.org/homosx.htm


See also:
Paragraph 175
http://www.holocaust-trc.org/parag175.htm



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118698/


The Gay Holocaust - Lagers
http://andrejkoymasky.com/mem/holocaust/ho04.html



Paragraph 175
http://www.tellingpictures.com/films/5.html

[Shopaholic]

194. Keith Olbermann weights in on how stupid Dobson's sheeple are. . .

Even though he's on vacation this week, he's blogged (www.bloggermann.com). Seems he's been getting buried under e-mails from the Dobson folks:

"Before airing the video (on Countdown). . . I jokingly warned that if Dr. Dobson’s group was right, the video could turn you or your kids or your furniture gay. Or tolerant. The spam e-mails began coming in Tuesday night. They were pretty routine, damning me to eternal fires and reminding me what they “did” to Dan Rather and how I’d be next. But they were generated from Dobson’s own website, which of course negates their impact, and as a result a lot of them were downright hilarious. Something approaching 20 percent of them were simply blank. Others began with, or consisted entirely of, the preamble “(Please delete these words and type your own message here.)” Others referred to Dr. Dobson as Dr. Dobsin, Dr. Dobsen, or Mr. Dobbins. Many were cut-and-paste repetitions of one another, and about 20 percent were from false e-mail addresses. One particularly useful one included the actual instructions on the Website as to how to conduct the campaign."

[Johnyawl]

201. HAHAHAHAHA

It's amazing how stupid those people are. 20% of them were blank? I loved this: One particularly useful one included the actual instructions on the Website as to how to conduct the campaign."

[B3Nut]

216. That's totally not surprising...

I used to attend a small fundie church and the pastor circulated a petition around about some issue, forgot what it was, but the accompanying "news article" was from...and I'm not kidding...The Onion. It took a fair bit of persuasion on my part to clue him in on the fact that the Onion is a satire paper. I had to wait until I drove away to laugh. I didn't stick around there much longer...when you end up with an associate pastor who has audible "conversations" with God while driving his semi, it's time to run. Fast. The only issues they ever card about were abortion and gays. No mention of taking care of the environment or homeless or helping the less fortunate. Sorry, I want to follow Jesus, not barking moonbat woo-woos.

Todd in Beerbratistan

[geniph]

202. That was my whole point

trying to point out that, once again, an easy target is first. And the Nazis targeted gays early on, too.

Believe me, I'm the LAST person in the world to make light of that kind of suffering.

[formerrepuke]

195. The truth about Spongebob's sexuality...

Most sea sponges are hermaphrodites. They come by it naturally, though.. so its presumably not a lifestyle choice. However, Spongebob's rectangular shape suggests he is a synthetic sponge- which has no gender whatsoever...Discuss...

[ElaineinIN]

196. The two eggs on Oswald

Those two are totally gay... I can't remember their names, though...comne on, there has to be someone else on the board with a child under 5 who watchs Nick Jr.

[RiffRandell]

217. Leo and Eggbert! n/t

[ignatzmouse]

197. Most Gay? VeggieTales

I wonder what would happen if we began a mock campaign to save our kids from the obviously homosexual agenda of the Biblically-based "VeggieTales" series? I mean Larry the Cucumber? C'mon! We MUST keep our kids out of the produce section before they are corrupted by these gay evangelical vegetables!!!

[geniph]

203. By the way, if anyone wants to read a serious analysis of this,

a truly excellent analysis of what's really behind this kind of "easy" scapegoating of a cartoon character, I HIGHLY recommend this post from the Orcinus blog:

http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/
(arrow down to the post The Meaning of SpongeBob)

One brief excerpt:

Over at Focus on the Family's Website, this argument is made clearer:

Dr. Dobson is concerned that these popular animated personalities are being exploited by an organization that's determined to promote the acceptance of homosexuality among our nation's youth.

It's hard to say exactly which organization he's talking about. If you go over to the We Are Family Foundation -- the immediate object of Dobson's wrath -- it's pretty hard to find anything that even remotely mentions homosexuality. Moreover, if you click on the link to the "Tolerance Pledge" that Dobson says is the source of his allegation, you'll see that the pledge is actually the product of Tolerance.org, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In other words, Dobson appears to be attacking the SPLC by proxy. That should give people a little clearer picture of what we're really talking about here. Dobson isn't just condemning cartoon characters, he's attacking the basic concept of secular tolerance as a democratic cornerstone. That is, he's actively promoting the tolerance of intolerance. There's a simpler word for that: hate.

Hammer-Nail-Head, Mr. Neiwert, once again.

[Shopaholic]

207. Thanks for posting that.

Nail on the head is right! Now if we could just pound some sense into Dobson & his followers. . . .

[One Eye on Canada]

204. And don't forget Buster the Bunny

But then, Buster's crime is only that he actually runs across lesbians--in Vermont! (How very unusual....) See today's MSNBC story, "Education chief rips PBS for gay character," for the sordid details of the demise of an episode of "Postcards from Buster".

This entry is fantastic, though--thanks for a laugh on (yet another) day when one was desperately needed (don't know whether the latest news or the added layer snow is more to blame for the pervasive gloom here).

[KnowerOfLogic]

205. I think they're going to keep working the anti-gay thing for a long

time. No doubt about it; gays are the Jews of Bush's Fourth Reich.

[ticapnews]

209. Thankfully no one can undermine Underdog

Or his alternate identity, Shoeshine Boy. He was nuts about Sweet Polly Purebred :P

Now, Tennessee Tuxedo might be a different story... ;)

It's fun to make jokes about this story, but it's sad to realize the people on the other side are taking this seriously...

[geniph]

210. That's why I posted another thread

on why Focus on the Family goes after "easy" targets like cartoons.

[KnowerOfLogic]

212. What do you mean by "undermine"? nt

[ticapnews]

213. Undermine...Underdog... nevermind. (eom)

But is that not what "they" have in mind?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

215. Yes, undermine- seek to delegitimize in public perception

you are correct.