Gay Dumbledore: Somewhere, Jerry Falwell Is Smiling

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"It’s a children’s show, folks. To think we would be putting sexual innuendo in a children’s show is kind of outlandish." Spokesman for Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., which licenses Teletubby characters in the United States.

Yeah, outlandish. I mean, how could anyone imagine there could be undisclosed gay characters in pop-culture materials for children? That Jerry Falwell, what a Christian conservative crank! We all remember how the MSM rightly unloaded on him when he suggested that the Teletubby Tinky Winky could be a hidden homosexual, because "he is purple, the gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle, the gay pride symbol." Not to mention that he carried a purse. What ridiculous speculation!

The New York Times, for example, in an article written shortly after Falwell's death, mocked him as having "spouted off" with his gay Teletubby theory.

What's that? It now turns out that Dumbledore is gay? That guy who was the headmaster at Harry Potter's Hogwarts? Author J.K. Rowling said so herself?

Oh, well, that's different. According to the New York Times:

A gay headmaster at a British boarding school? The idea may not be particularly shocking to the literati or to those who have speculated on the Internet about the sexuality of Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and headmaster of Hogwarts, home to Harry Potter and his mates.

What? We shouldn't be shocked that British boarding school headmasters are gay? Sounds like sexual stereotyping to me. What's next, the Times telling us that we shouldn't be shocked by gay male window designers or figure skaters?

And while Falwell was thoroughly lambasted in the MSM for his suggestion, the Times tells us that Rowlings's revelation inspired "applause."

Somewhere, Jerry Falwell is smiling.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I told my daughter that yesterday. For some reason, women are attracted to gay men. :-)

[beaversmom]

Well now that you mention it...

[Greg F]

I get your point. Do you get mine?

[Greg F]

I’ve never read the books so I don’t know who Dumbledorf or Dumbledore is. If the author promotes homosexuality I’m not going to read her . . .

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[ThatchersKiddie]

“While talking with Grant, the fellow mentions that his brother’s friend “buggered” all the time while at school. That’s definitely homosexual.”

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Nope. What he says is that his brother’s friend ‘buggered ABOUT” while in school.

British slang: “buggered about” = “Did nothing much. Lazed and wasted time”

Sorry Lily, but Brits don’t use the word ‘bugger’ in a homosexual sense (at least, not in everyday conversation) and haven’t for about a hundred years.

[lilylangtree]

Thanks for clearing that up. When I watch it again, I listen more closely.

[Jarine5]

Actually, the Christopher Robin problem has been solved. Apparently, there wasn’t enough female representation in the winnie the pooh shows. Christopher Robin has been done away with. The Disney channel “Pooh” shows has a female character in the main role now.