Bert and Ernie Come Out

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http://www.humanevents.com/2013/06/28/bert-and-ernie-come-out-in-new-yorker/

 

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oops wrong board

curse my non mod (lack of) powers!!

 

[deacphan]

nst

 

[deacvision7]

nwt

 

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nst

non sports thread or non straight thread?

 

[IAppreciateIt]

 

[TownieDeac]

http://flavorwire.com/401071/the-ne...nie-doma-cover-is-infantilizing-and-offensive

 

[deacphan]

you forgot to login to your bbd account for that one.

 

[TownieDeac]

Oops

 

[BeachBumDeac]

http://flavorwire.com/401071/the-ne...nie-doma-cover-is-infantilizing-and-offensive

I agree with this. WTF was the point of putting Bert and Ernie on the cover? They could've gone in so many other directions with the cover to celebrate the historic decision.

 

[BeachBumDeac]

you forgot to login to your bbd account for that one.

haha. didn't see this before I responded.

 

[bmoneydeac]

PBS is just trolling conservatives now.

 

[JDawg]

bot moonz hasn't quite gotten his sports board/off-topic board script down yet

 

[BeachBumDeac]

PBS is just trolling conservatives now.

I doubt they gave approval for Bert & Ernie to be on the cover

 

[bmoneydeac]

Can the New Yorker just use a drawing of Bert and Ernie without permission from the owners of the characters?

 

[davejuice]

pretty sure they are just hetero life-mates like Jay and Silent Bob

 

[PhDeac]

Two women kissing would have gotten the point across and moved more copies.

 

[PhilliesDeacs]

Two women kissing would have gotten the point across and moved more copies.

And been a tired cliche. This was more fun and frankly, more provocative.

 

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[PhDeac]

And been a tired cliche. This was more fun and frankly, more provocative.

They could have had two dudes in the same pose as Bert and Ernie and it would have classy and less offensive.