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The Bert and Ernie marriage petition thing is making me grind the heels of my hands into my eye sockets

(1) they’re puppets on a show for pre-schoolers

(2) they exist to teach kids to share and spell

(3) they don’t have a sexual orientation. None of the puppets do, oh remember when Big Bird got married to that nice puppet from around the way? They actually had a terrible divorce because he ended up screwing Grover on the side. No! That does not actually happen on Sesame Street. To puppets.

(4) The puppets are tools used to talk to the kids (both on the show and watching) they don’t have their own soap opera-esque story arcs. 

(5) The whole “Ohhhh I bet Bert and Ernie are totally gay!” line started out as a joke that came from a totally homophobic place. Oh two men (see? see how dumb it is to call puppets men? Now I hate myself) live together and are best friends, welcome to butt fuck city! Amirite?

(6) But really it’s possible to love your friend without being IN LOVE with your friend.

(7) Stop bullying Sesame Street it’s one of the few 100% Good and Awesome things our society has produced.

Posted 6 months ago
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  1. teachmeyourtongues reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    Tell someone by the name of Catherine Wayne that she’s not “sticking to the boxxy persona” and she will get pissed; she...
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    I think a better way to show children that gay people are okay and real people and the same as anyone else would be to...
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  7. williamsdb reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    ok. I’m not stressed about the fact that Bert and Ernie aren’t getting married. As a matter of fact, I think that...
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  9. meagan-taylor reblogged this from mattgorman and added:
    Seconded. There’s a petition? Why? This is all so well stated- especially the part about how the Bert and Ernie thing...
  10. thefortnightly reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    They’re roomates. That’s why Bert has to put up with Ernie. It’s hard to find a rent-controlled apartment on Sesame...