Oh, for fuck's sake!

First it was Bert and Ernie, then Tinky Winky, then (apparently) Spongebob.

Now the fucking religious right have a problem with BUSTER BUNNY (from the Arthur the Aardvark universe).

Because he's got a new show (where he travels around the world learning about things) and he goes to Connecticut to learn about how maple syrup is made and *GASP* he goes into a house with a HOMOSEXUAL marriage.

Let me say that again, on learning about how to make maple syrup, Buster bunny, a show aimed at young children, went into a house where two adult women lived.

And the fucking stupid ass backwater bible thumping evanfuckingelical Christians want to ban the show because a young child is *gasp* being exposed to homosexuality.

I really hate these assholes. Really hate.

Fucking idiots.

I want to rant a bit more

It really boggles the mind how some completely moronic people can take some completely off the wall situation and say that someone is gay.
Take any example: .. let's take the most FUN one.. Spongebob.
Apparently Spongebob is gay because he has a best buddy named Patrick. And they do all sorts of wild and crazy things together episode after episode.
And this makes them gay.

The concept is absolutely mindboggling.

The concept that we are incapable of having a friendship with a person of our sex without it being sexual is absolutely mindboggling. The concept that two men or two women who live under the same roof MUST be homosexual is absolutely mindboggling.

It's mindboggling how you can take Bert and Ernie who, given that the show is aimed at toddlers, have done nothing more disgraceful than quibble and they MUST be homosexual is absolutely mindboggling.

I actually wish Freud were alive right now. I have to wonder what Freud would say about people like this. I imagine he'd something very rude, most likely suggesting that these backwater hicks are projecting their own homosexuality upon Bert and Ernie.
Then again, maybe not. I dunno.

Still...
It's really disconcerting to me to see our generation growing up under the influence of morons like this. More disturbing because obviously the evangelical movement is WORKING... from small grass roots campaigns to a good portion of the American government.
An entire generation of people so small-minded and deluded that I can't even begin to comprehend their universe. I can't even comprehend a world where the new testament must be taken literally (except where it isn't) and where Faith has more power than reason. (And no, I really don't think reason ever enters into it. Reason requires thought. It requires telling society to go fuck itself so that you can think through things yourself an come up with what, to you, is the best answer.)

I fear for the world my children will be brought into. I only hope that I, and those like me, will be able to pass wisdom to our child.. to make him capable of thinking for himself and questioning the faith and values of those around him.

A conclusion

I've come to the conclusion that my job would be infinitely more satisfying if there was more pie.

Today's project revolves around someone adding fill to the Zone A floodplain of the unnamed tributary to Waxahachie creek in Peoria, Illinois... and pie.

Yes. Infinitely more satisfying.