Mr. Ratburn comes out as gay

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That's really stupid

No it's not. There will be tens (hundreds?) of thousands of kids who watch this and later turn out to be LGBTQ, and for those who come from anti-LGBTQ families, it may be their only exposure to the idea that it's OK to be gay.

It's a children's cartoon, I don't want a cartoon flaunting sexuality, I want them to be entertaining to my (hypothetical) children, not teach them the message of social justice. 

So you don't want any straight characters in any cartoon? Really??

I don't want the characters sexuality to be known in a cartoon? Why? Because it doesn't matter for god's sake.

It does. The children are already exposed to such questions and I'd rather have them being educated in this manner than by overhearing musings of their their gay-hating uncle Bob.

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That's really stupid

No it's not. There will be tens (hundreds?) of thousands of kids who watch this and later turn out to be LGBTQ, and for those who come from anti-LGBTQ families, it may be their only exposure to the idea that it's OK to be gay.

It's a children's cartoon, I don't want a cartoon flaunting sexuality, I want them to be entertaining to my (hypothetical) children, not teach them the message of social justice. 

So you don't want any straight characters in any cartoon? Really??

I don't want the characters sexuality to be known in a cartoon? Why? Because it doesn't matter for god's sake.

It does. The children are already exposed to such questions and I'd rather have them being educated in this manner than by overhearing musings of their their gay-hating uncle Bob.

If you want to teach your children about this culture then that's your right, but at least in the US Arthur recieves tax payer funding, and I think it is questionable to teach our young people about this as a government.

By this definition the U.S. government shouldn't give taxpayer funding to any children show that touches on the subject of racial tolerance, because some people paying said taxes might find it offensive.

Also, what "culture"?

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The real issue is why would Arthur portray a gay character as a rat? Or a Jewish character as a monkey? Why is no one troubled with this?!

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The real issue is why would Arthur portray a gay character as a rat? Or a Jewish character as a monkey? Why is no one troubled with this?!

Also, it features miscegenation, since Mr. Ratburn's husband is not a fellow rat. No wonder Alabama has acted quickly and decisively.

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Why not?

Also, Alabama's recent streak makes it clear that anyone who thinks Doug Jones could get re-elected is delusional.

Yes, Jones was elected by a fluke, in off-year special election, against the worst possible candidate, who still lost by a hair. And if the Senate control was at stake in 2017, we wouldn't have Republicans casting protest write-in votes.

I'm pretty convinced that even if Moore is somehow nominated again, Jones is a toast in a regular election, especially with Trump at the top of the ballot.