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Gay Cows ate my brain!
Author: TriSec
Date: 11/22/2008 13:58:34
Good Morning!
I'm stunned by something I discovered recently about a show my son has started watching on Cartoon Network. It's called Back at the Barnyard. It's a spinoff series based on the movie "Barnyard", released by Nickelodeon.
If you haven't seen it, it's about some anthropromorphic animals and their shennaningans around the farm...
Sounds benign, until you realize the lead character, named Otis, is supposed to be a male cow, otherwise known as a bull. Here's his picture:
Notice anything unusual about Mr. Cow there?
In discussing this with Mrs. TriSec, she seems to think it's intentional, seeing that most kids these days know "cow" as that big thing with the udder. As for me, I'm thinking about writing a strong letter of protest to Mr. Dobson and "Focus onHomos The Family".
Oh, this isn't without precedent....in 2005, Mr. Dobson led the charge to out a poor sponge that lived in a pineapple under the sea. In case you missed it, Spongebob is gay!
Of course, He's not the first to out a gay cartoon character....remember Jerry Falwell and the old Teletubbies? Tinky Winy, that insipid purple tub of goo? Well....because he liked dancing and carried what could only be called an early incarnation of the "murse", that was enough for the right to line up to beat the poor thing to the ground!
Of course, one of the most beloved cartoons ever features a cottontail in drag for a significant portion of the short....you probably know it as "What's Opera, Doc?"
I don't know....I think I can feel the gay coming on!
Speaking of feeling the gay, I am surprised that the right never went after one show in particular. It featured a creepy guy that liked to sing, always spoke in soft tones with a lisp....he lived on a dead-end street in a quiet neighborhood, played with puppets and toy trains....and his "friend" was named "Mr. McFeely".
Yeah....Fred Rogers. If he's not gay, I'll eat my hat. But then again, he was an ordained Epsicopalean minister, so I suppose they could cover up stuff like that.
So, I'm off to write my letter to Mr. Dobson. I'll let you know how it turns out!
I'm stunned by something I discovered recently about a show my son has started watching on Cartoon Network. It's called Back at the Barnyard. It's a spinoff series based on the movie "Barnyard", released by Nickelodeon.
If you haven't seen it, it's about some anthropromorphic animals and their shennaningans around the farm...
Sounds benign, until you realize the lead character, named Otis, is supposed to be a male cow, otherwise known as a bull. Here's his picture:
Notice anything unusual about Mr. Cow there?
In discussing this with Mrs. TriSec, she seems to think it's intentional, seeing that most kids these days know "cow" as that big thing with the udder. As for me, I'm thinking about writing a strong letter of protest to Mr. Dobson and "Focus on
Oh, this isn't without precedent....in 2005, Mr. Dobson led the charge to out a poor sponge that lived in a pineapple under the sea. In case you missed it, Spongebob is gay!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 - On the heels of electoral victories barring same-sex marriage, some influential conservative Christian groups are turning their attention to a new target: the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
"Does anybody here know SpongeBob?" Dr. James C. Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, asked the guests Tuesday night at a black-tie dinner for members of Congress and political allies to celebrate the election results.
SpongeBob needed no introduction. In addition to his popularity among children, who watch his cartoon show, he has become a well-known camp figure among adult gay men, perhaps because he holds hands with his animated sidekick Patrick and likes to watch the imaginary television show "The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy."
Now, Dr. Dobson said, SpongeBob's creators had enlisted him in a "pro-homosexual video," in which he appeared alongside children's television colleagues like Barney and Jimmy Neutron, among many others. The makers of the video, he said, planned to mail it to thousands of elementary schools to promote a "tolerance pledge" that includes tolerance for differences of "sexual identity."
The video's creator, Nile Rodgers, who wrote the disco hit "We Are Family," said Mr. Dobson's objection stemmed from a misunderstanding. Mr. Rodgers said he founded the We Are Family Foundation after the Sept. 11 attacks to create a music video to teach children about multiculturalism. The video has appeared on television networks, and nothing in it or its accompanying materials refers to sexual identity. The pledge, borrowed from the Southern Poverty Law Center, is not mentioned on the video and is available only on the group's Web site.
Mr. Rodgers suggested that Dr. Dobson and the American Family Association, the conservative Christian group that first sounded the alarm, might have been confused because of an unrelated Web site belonging to another group called "We Are Family," which supports gay youth.
"The fact that some people may be upset with each other peoples' lifestyles, that is O.K.," Mr. Rodgers said. "We are just talking about respect."
Mark Barondess, the foundation's lawyer, said the critics "need medication."
Of course, He's not the first to out a gay cartoon character....remember Jerry Falwell and the old Teletubbies? Tinky Winy, that insipid purple tub of goo? Well....because he liked dancing and carried what could only be called an early incarnation of the "murse", that was enough for the right to line up to beat the poor thing to the ground!
Of course, one of the most beloved cartoons ever features a cottontail in drag for a significant portion of the short....you probably know it as "What's Opera, Doc?"
I don't know....I think I can feel the gay coming on!
Speaking of feeling the gay, I am surprised that the right never went after one show in particular. It featured a creepy guy that liked to sing, always spoke in soft tones with a lisp....he lived on a dead-end street in a quiet neighborhood, played with puppets and toy trains....and his "friend" was named "Mr. McFeely".
Yeah....Fred Rogers. If he's not gay, I'll eat my hat. But then again, he was an ordained Epsicopalean minister, so I suppose they could cover up stuff like that.
So, I'm off to write my letter to Mr. Dobson. I'll let you know how it turns out!
