I love how they pretend that Sesame Street is some sacred neutral institution that’s been co-opted by communists. Mississippi banned Sesame Street in 1970 for having an integrated cast. Outrage over “corrupting children’s television” has always been around.
What the hell this actually happened https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/03/archives/mississippi-agency-votes-for-a-tv-ban-on-sesame-street.html
The same member who asked not to be identified said, “Mainly the commission members felt that Mississippi was not yet ready for it.”
They targeted Big Bird. Big Bird.
It’s so weird that during my lifetime we reached the point where a significant number of people turned against teaching kids to share and to have good teamwork.
I’m old enough to remember Jerry Falwell going on a rant against The Gay Teletubby. And Newt Gingrich’s crusade to defund PBS, because it was run by leftists. And the age-old conspiracy theories about everything from Disney to D&D being a Satanic Plot to End Christianity.
This is depressingly normal American behavior.
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Gonna tell my kids this is The internationale