New Asian American Muppet prompts CPAC president to call for defunding PBS

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  1. dairyair

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    Schlapp, a conservative lobbyist, tweeted a news story about the coming debut of a Korean American character, Ji-Young. The Muppet has been praised for letting Asian American children see a character like themselves on screen, but Schlapp slammed the host network, PBS, which receives both government and private-sector funding.

    “What race is Ernie is Bert?” Schlapp tweeted Monday. “You are insane PBS and we should stop funding you.”
    https://news.yahoo.com/asian-american-muppet-prompts-cpac-000659003.html

    Can anyone believe this? Defund PBS because there's a puppet who looks Asian American.
    Does the RW have problems with Asians now?
     
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    Don't open that can of worms with Bert & Ernie again, they're still 'roommates'.

    Honestly-this is literally a way to prevent racism. Have kids see someone like them learn and be represented in TV. The biggest complaint I have is that Sesame Street never should have been sold to HBO, and should have been nationalized so the state always has them. I don't like the idea of a universal source of learning being privatized.
     
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    I didn't know HBO owns them. That isn't a good thing, IMO either.
     
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    It was more than just race. Read the story again.

    And as long as this country has CNN and MSNBC we don’t need PBS.
     
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    I think they have a deal where HBO owns them and produces episodes, but they go to PBS later. I don't know how much longer that deal will last though.
     
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    ...Ji-Young, an avid electric guitar player and skateboarder,
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    Oh, yes, a girl playing guitar and skateboarding. How did I miss that no no.
     
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    "Sesame Street has never inserted race into its programming before". -Sesame Street is a desegregated neighborhood which has always brought up issues of racial discrimination and all sorts of serious issues. For example, Rosita was introduced in the 1990's. They had an episode talk about hair styles. They have Julia-an autistic muppet. Heck, one of the muppets Lily is homeless.
     
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    folks, let me help you out a little. This crap with everything being woke needs to stop.


    ‘And by the way, this whole question about gender into everything, one of the Muppet characters had a son, and the son wanted to be a daughter, and they just won’t stop with their push for woke politics,” Schlapp said.
     
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    I want you to take a step back and think- how radical it is to have a TV show available to everyone, to teach them the basics they need for preschool and kindergarten. That's an incredibly radical argument. Everyone deserves a good quality education, regardless of where one is in society.
     
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    When they were teaching kids how to count that was a good thing. When they want kids to believe Jack is actually Jill then I have problems.
     
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    "When they taught kids about accepting others, I drew a line!"

    Your post is nothing new or different from the people who complained about Rosita being 'Mexican'. Sesame Street is about tolerance and accepting of others, so let the kids learn they can accept others of a different gender identity.
     
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    I think the only Muppet in the room is Schlapp
     
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    Yeah because they have two characters called “Bert” and Ernie” who live together :roll:

    Let’s compare that to what used to be acceptable

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    Woke? What does that even mean?

    In addition to having issues with blacks, Asians are also on your do not like list?
     
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    Looks like 99% of the commercials we see on TV today. So what’s the problem?
     
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    Lololol…woke, a term invented by the left that is now an unknown word to them ever since AOC questioned it. It’s only a matter of time before the word woke is considered racist.
     
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    Woke? What does that even mean?

    You used the term, I thought you knew what it meant. You don't?
     
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    PBS is run by commies.

    Cut all funding.
     
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    You got that correct. They now included an asian in their cast.
     
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    Glad to hear you agree its run by commies and should be defunded.

    Couldn't care less what puppet they wave.
     
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    Whats your problem with that?
     
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    They don't even understand that they gave us these words we are now using against them.
     
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    Oh no doubt. Only commies will include an Asian American in a tv show.
    Of course you care, you posted about them.
     
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    I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you understand puppets are not real.

    Therefore you can see pass the puppet to its handler.

    Again, giving you an awful generous benefit of doubt.

    Defund commie NPR.

     
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