As a 90’s baby I look back at the old cartoons and listen to old hits, reminiscing the good ole days. I joke around with the children at my job, telling them how the best shows were on cartoon network . I expressed that my favorite shows were the Power Puff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dexter laboratory , and other hit TV series.
As I continued to share my stories, one kid goes “I like Loud House”. Of course I did not know what he was talking about , but another child replies ” It’s that Gay show! My father said I cannot watch it”. Then it clicked. I remember this being a controversial topic on Facebook before the shows premier. The show contains a married, biracial , Gay, male couple that has a child.
In this blog I will explain what makes this show inappropriate .
Point #1 It goes against the social norm : How dare you show a child who is the product of the american dream two men together! That’s absurd ! How dare we show children that there is more to life than just mommy and daddy. Boys cannot be feminine ! They must be rough. If my child see’s this he will not be the man I want him to be! (sarcasm)
Point #2 STICK WITH YOUR OWN RACE! : How dare we promote outside our race ! ( Sarcasm)
Point #3 THIS GOES AGAINST OUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ! : who cares.
Point #4 How can you reproduce if your gay : Well if there’s a will there’s a way……. who cares
At the end of the day no one said you had to be gay, but just respect them as humans. The world must embrace change! Whose to say your way of living is right!? If anything I see it as this, we are letting people finally be themselves. Many people have been killed, have been shunned, have killed themselves,or have had something tragic done to them because they were considered ” not normal” ( Much like blacks were considered way back when but I shall not go there 😀 ). Now we have same sex marriages, Tv shows, Gay parenting, etc! All of these things that were considered abnormal are now part of our norm and should be! At the end of the day we are people. Accept it!
Unruly Bodies 
Hey there, I really liked the method of combining our nostalgia and the way we can confront the improper lash back that these shows presented by bing outside of the norm. This is an important point to make in our new age of nostalgic-revival, in which people are remaking shows at an incredibly fast rate. While this new trend continues, we should be ready to confront media that represents a repressed time that is not progressive in today’s new atmosphere.
Great post. I agree with all the points especially the first sentence of the last paragraph. We are all human beings and are given the ability to make decisions and choices. Therefore we should respect other peoples choices and views. Just because you believe in one thing doesn’t necessarily mean its right. But at the same time if you question ones belief or values, you can have a calm and respectful discussion over it rather than being obnoxious about it.