Now, hardcore Republicans have decided to go after “Spongebob Squarepants”, the popular children’s cartoon character.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/politics/20sponge.html?oref=login&8hpib
Already, this controversy appears to be smacking of the bad research so typical of GOPsters. Basically, they’re all up in arms because they think “Spongebob Squarepants” might be gay. Most importantly, they think “Spongebob Squarepants” might have been in a video in which he and other popular Cartoon Network characters team up to urge kids to be tolerant of others.
[quote]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.[/quote]
Perhaps they want to try to take on Tinky-Winky again??
However even after confronted with their error, these Republican wackos aren’t willing to back down. Following in a typical GOPster trait, they completely refuse that they might have been mistaken.
[quote]On Wednesday however, Paul Batura, assistant to Mr. Dobson at Focus on the Family, said the group stood by its accusation.
“We see the video as an insidious means by which the organization is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids,” he said. “It is a classic bait and switch.”[/quote]
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