However, Bert and Ernie are still politically-correct, multicultural Marxist puppets of the Frankfurter School, founded by Tony Gramsci and George Lucas.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > from SLATE: > Sesame Street Says Bert and Ernie Aren’t Gay > Responding to calls the Muppets marry, show says the pair isn’t straight > either. > > By Josh Voorhees | Posted Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, at 3:02 PM EDT > > Despite what you and everyone else might think, Sesame Street’s Bert > and Ernie aren’t gay, the people behind the show said Thursday in > response to an online push for the two puppets to marry. > > “Bert and Ernie are best friends,” the Sesame Workshop, the non-profit > group responsible for the show, said in a Facebook message. “They were > created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with > those who are very different from themselves. > > “Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many > human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets™ do), > they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.” > > The statement comes after Change.org posted a petition online last > week asking PBS to out Bert and Ernie and to have the iconic puppets > wed in a move the group says would teach kids tolerance toward gays > and lesbians. As of Thursday afternoon, shortly after PBS issued its > statement, the petition had nearly 5,500 signatures. > > A number of people have already weighed in on Sesame Street’s Facebook > page questioning the show’s claim that Muppets are neither gay nor > straight. > > “It just seems to me that you can't say puppets don't have a sexual > orientation when there have been plenty of cases of hetero courtship > on Sesame Street over the years,” one comment read. > > Here at Slate, we can think of at least two prime examples of such > Muppet heterosexuality: 1) Miss Piggy’s pursuit of Kermit and 2) > Humphrey and Ingrid who somehow managed to produce Baby Natasha. > > Take to the comments to let us know what other examples we missed. > > In the meantime, here’s the text of the Change.org petition, which > also asks for the addition of a transgender character: > > > In this horrific age of LGBT kids taking their own lives, they need to > know that they ARE BEAUTIFUL and their lives are worth living. Aside from > those that are committing suicide, the bullies that facilitate these > tragedies need to learn that homophobia is NOT okay. They need to know that > acceptance of their fellow human beings would indeed plant a seed of peace > that will reverberate throughout the world. We are not asking that Sesame > Street do anything crude or disrespectful. Only that they allow Bert & Ernie > to marry or even add a transgender character to the show. It can be done in > a tasteful way. Let us teach tolerance of those that are different. Let > Sesame Street and PBS Kids be a big part in saving many worthy lives.< > > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman
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