Rant #2,223: It Takes Two

Here we go again ...

The Bert and Ernie debate rages on!

No, this is not akin to the Ginger vs. Mary Ann debate, but centers around the sexuality of puppets.

Yes, puppets.

The venerable Sesame Street duo--who have been around for about a half century at least, and hit the big time when Sesame Street debuted in 1969--are once again being dissected, this time by a former Sesame Street writer who happens to be gay.

He said that he injected some of his own relationship with others into the characters, meaning, of course, that the puppet duo are gay.

Yes, he politicized puppets by injecting his own agenda into their very being.

How PC of you!

Of course, I don't believe in this balderdash nonsense, and I wrote about it way back in Rant #557, August 11, 2011.

Here is what I had to say, in edited form:

"In this politically correct world we live in, nothing is sacred. People can't live well enough alone because it isn't the "right" thing to do in their minds.

Such is the latest case where people have completely lost their vision, striving to use children's characters to further their own political gain.

Bert and Ernie are among the central characters of "Sesame Street," the ground-breaking children's TV show which has delighted--and educated--generations of viewers since 1969. Sure, they have lived together for years, but their relationship seems to be more like "The Odd Couple" than anything else. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, not anything else.

And their very characters are based on Bud Abbott and Lou Costello to begin with.

But some people believe that to push forward gay marriage, such characters must show their "true" side and get with the times.

What a load of hogwash!

To have children's characters support an adult agenda is ridiculous.

These are puppets. They aren't real, but in kids' eyes, they are icons.

But does a six year old think about his or her sexuality? Does a six year old think about such characters' sexuality?

Do they even know what that means?

The move to get Bert and Ernie to admit their "relationship" simply sexualizes characters who really don't have such thoughts.

They are puppets. They don't really exist.

The tandem of Bert and Ernie is not Ellen Degeneres, who came out on her TV series, nor are they all of the celebrities who have come out of the closet in recent years.

They are kids' characters, not people, nothing more.

It is this type of thinking about Bert and Ernie that turns so many people off of gay rights.

It's beating people over the head with your beliefs, and it is wrong, wrong, wrong.

Leave kids' stuff alone. If you want to further gay rights, make stronger anti-discrimination laws, laws that will fully integrate gays into our society.

Don't legislate Bert and Ernie. And don't sexualize them."
As usual, the latest salvo is being heralded by the PC inclusion crowd, who think that it is wonderful that such characters are part of the LGBTQ community.

Others, like me, think it is simply the pushing of an agenda, nothing more, to make what was once thought of as abhorrent behavior into something "normal."

You want to think of Bert and Ernie as gay, well, bully for you. Think what you want.

You have lost it, totally lost it ... sure, a gay writer is going to say what he said to get his 15 minutes of fame, but the basic point is that Bert and Ernie are not gay, they are not straight, they have no sexuality at all.

They are puppets.

Heck, with idiotic PC thinking, kids puppets that preceded them on TV--Kukla and Ollie--present a real fine mess.

How did Fran fit into this three-way relationship?

Please.

Speak to you on Monday. Have a good weekend.