What IS your point? That educational kids icons shouldn't communicate to kids about important issues that are affecting the whole world and probably causing them anxiety?
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Nope. Vaccines good, poorly acted bizarro hyper-capitalist right wing propaganda hilarious
Have you ever considered that the push to make sure kids know about this all the time might be causing some of that anxiety?
I dunno maybe we could have Big Bird teaching numbers and letters like he used to?
I mean even with an environmental theme we didn't need the Suntots telling us the entire world was going to end if as kid we weren't on the ball with the stuff they were on about.
Context for people who don't get the reference
But big bird suggesting your health will be impacted without the vaccine while true it seems more like a scare tactic sort of thing considering again targeting kids.
He's not saying that, he's saying hey it isnt a horrible thing to be feared.
It normalises it for them, making something that may seem scary (needles poking your flesh) a simple thing not to be scared of. Kid psychology 101.
yeh.......... except the kids of families not getting the vaccine who are now likely fearing death......... but hey no point caring about them or their kids right?
In the same way that hearing Cookie Monster say to eat their veggies to stay healthy had kids fearing death, sure
Also, don't run with scissors, and look both ways when crossing the street. Better not talk about that otherwise kids might get scared of scissors and playing outside.
I remember when Mr. Rogers talked about death and mortality on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and it making a lot of sense to me as a kid.
But Big Bird trying to demystify vaccines? Bridge too far, apparently.
But Big Bird trying to demystify vaccines? Bridge too far, apparently.
Remember, even Mr. Rogers is an "evil, evil man" according to conservatives nowadays...
Did 'Fox and Friends' Call Fred Rogers an 'Evil, Evil Man'?
The segment prompted numerous rebuttals condemning the "maliciousness of the attack" on the legacy of the children's TV host.
www.snopes.com
I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd be laughing at the pearl clutching in trying to treat "get vaccinated" as some objectionable political statement, if it wasn't so sad. It's pure tribalistic stupidity on so many levels. Setting aside that "a shot hurts a little but it's worth it" is very much in line with Sesame Street's fare, leave us not forget that it is not new. We saw Elmo getting vaccinated in 2015. We saw Big Bird getting a Measles shot in 1972.
"*Le gasp!* A kid's show indicating that kids shouldn't be scared of a vaccination shot? This is completely unprecedented and unacceptable!" *eyeroll*
So, not to mince words, people getting offended that Sesame Street would dare to do something like this really is as simple as people being stupid.
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Big Bird suggesting to get the shot isn't scare tactics for getting the vaccine, this is scare tactics for getting the vaccine;
So sesame Street barely exists here. Like we know it, but I couldn't tell you where you could watch it and even I know it has literally always had social messages.
Also the only reason vaccines are "political" is because conservatives are fucking dipshits.
Also the only reason vaccines are "political" is because conservatives are fucking dipshits.
I'm guessing you never saw the Trump anime comics? They were pretty hilarious actually is how silly they were.
I don't know how I'd feel about being in the timeline where Josh Hawley raises his fist and yells "Sieg Zeon!"
There's a joke in here about spitroating but I should probably behave myself and not make it.