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marylandblue

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6. Puppets should be free to love other puppets.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 02:06 PM

Sep 2018

Homopuppetry is perfectly natural.

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Sesame Street Writer Confirms Bert and Ernie Are Gay [View all] 47of74 Sep 2018 OP

All along I thought they were puppets. Sanity Claws Sep 2018 #1

That's pretty much how every little kid is BannonsLiver Sep 2018 #3

Yep. As a kid I never gave any thought to the sexual identity of the characters. Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #7

Fun fact: Gay people can be gay and never have sex! Mind Blown! Behind the Aegis Sep 2018 #15

I think most of us already knew this. Laffy Kat Sep 2018 #2

I didn't think puppets had any kind of sex. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #4

Puppets should be free to love other puppets. marylandblue Sep 2018 #6

Fun fact: People can be gay and not have sex. Behind the Aegis Sep 2018 #16

By that I didn't mean having sex; I meant sexual identity. They're puppets. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #17

You think Animal might be a girl? And Miss Piggy is maybe a boy? Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2018 #18

Cartoons and toys are given genders because we don't like to call anything "it" The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #20

You have an issue with Zari, the Muslim feminist muppet? Behind the Aegis Sep 2018 #19

I was unaware of the existence of Zari, not being a muppetophile. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #21

And yet, the writer confirms it. Behind the Aegis Sep 2018 #22

I have no objection to that at all. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #23

The writer only confirms his opinion. SixString Sep 2018 #25

And the bigots are looking around saying, What can we burn? What can we burn? Croney Sep 2018 #5

I dont see it that way. riverbendviewgal Sep 2018 #8

My friend Mark Guppy Sep 2018 #9

Great background underpants Sep 2018 #26

Lmao, give me a break Separation Sep 2018 #10

Oh, bullshit. BlueStater Sep 2018 #11

you beat my thread by 6 minutes left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #12

DUH but thanks for the affirmation writer guy . Love Bert & Ernie! lunasun Sep 2018 #13

How nice. Behind the Aegis Sep 2018 #14

I just put a bunch of bigots on ignore. johnp3907 Sep 2018 #30

Frank Oz: "I created Bert. I know what and who he is." SixString Sep 2018 #32

They are puppets. IluvPitties Sep 2018 #24

No shit RandySF Sep 2018 #27

Luckovich had fun with this Gothmog Sep 2018 #28

I always thought of them as a more innocent version of the Odd Couple. roamer65 Sep 2018 #29

The writer only confirms his opinion. SixString Sep 2018 #31

UPDATE: Twitter has made note of this 47of74 Sep 2018 #33

a sign of true love lol JHan Sep 2018 #34

Yes, they're puppets and don't have a sexual identity but.. JHan Sep 2018 #35