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Something About 'SpongeBob' Whispers 'Gay' to Many Men
Wall Street Journal ^
| October 8, 2002
| SALLY BEATTY
Posted on 10/07/2002 9:31:43 PM PDT by gcruse
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:47:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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He lives in a pineapple under the sea, in a town called Bikini Bottom. His best friend is an exuberant pink starfish named Patrick. His name is SpongeBob SquarePants, the absorbent yellow star of the most highly rated kids show on TV.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: cartoon; cartoons; cbsviacom; homosexualagenda; lovesasquirrel; nick; seebs; spongebob; thisisseries; viacom; viacommie
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To: Arkinsaw
In the couple of years I knew him he let me in on the fact that every male is actually secretly gay. The term is "projection". This guy was into it big-time to justify to himself his own identity.
http://www.xrefer.com/entry/513425
projection (psychology)
The process of attributing one's own qualities to other people or things. In psychoanalysis this is a defence mechanism; people may cope with their own emotions by believing that other people have them. In projective tests, such as the Rorschach test, a person's character is assessed from his descriptions of ambiguous objects.
The Macmillan Encyclopedia 2001, © Market House Books Ltd 2000
BTW, from the link for "defense mechanism" is the following statement:
Defence mechanisms are a part of normal life, but if they become excessively strong they can distort the development of personality and even give rise to symptoms of neurosis.
Sounds like your friend, huh?!
To: Hildy
ROTFLMBO, thats priceless.
To: southern rock
That animated guy could be Brian Bosworth, only he's a far better actor.
To: gcruse
If loving Spongebob is wrong, I don't want to be right.
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10/08/2002 8:45:12 AM PDT
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dead
To: ArneFufkin
He's Johnny Bravo. The FUNNIEST cartoon on Nickelodeon!
To: Hildy
To: RckyRaCoCo
Then check this out...who would've thought?
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posted on
10/08/2002 8:54:25 AM PDT
by
Hildy
To: agrace
It sounds cute and lively. PBS should split-screen SpongeBob and a Jim Lehrer/Fred Luntz droneathon. SpongeBob would look like Michael Johnson racing Gerry Nadler.
To: gcruse
It's kinda funny how folks seem to find "gay" in so many things. Makes you wonder if the guy who wrote this might be a little fruity.
Brings an old wise saying to mind:
"Thou protesteth too much"
To: Nam Vet
The greatest philosopher of our times is Bugs Bunny. Next to him, the rest are but maroons!;) And what's up with Porky Pig?? He runs around with no pants on, and nobody says ANYTHING?
Riiiiiight.
To: Kevin Curry; Hemlock
There must be tens of thousands of names you could choose to identify yourselves with--noble names, good names, perhaps your own names. But I have noticed that a substantial subset of libertarians adopt names like "DarkLordViciousCrapNoodle" or "GreenGrinningHorkPhlegm." Why?
I always thought you could have shown a little more creativity in selecting a screen name. Considering your crusading nature, I would have suggested Curry Nation.
![](http://64.224.27.243/Januarylooking/images/carrie2.jpg)
BTW, I earned my nickname as a fraternity pledge in college, in case youre wondering, but if Spongebob were around when I signed up for FR, I would have chosen Plankton.
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10/08/2002 9:05:28 AM PDT
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dead
To: katana
If grownups can find a cartoon to make em laugh..good deal. I'm sure people find some of the stuff I watch less than enjoyable. I agree with your post.
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posted on
10/08/2002 9:07:05 AM PDT
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goodieD
To: gcruse
Sponge Bob Square Pants rules!
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posted on
10/08/2002 9:08:50 AM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: dead
"BTW, I earned my nickname as a fraternity pledge in college..." "dead" as in the hazing brothers left you for?
PS: ROFL on your love for spongebob!
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Is Spongebob more or less gay than Mr. Rogers?
I can unequivocally say that Spongebob does not have any young boys buried under his porch.
Mr. Rogers, I dont know about.
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10/08/2002 9:11:31 AM PDT
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dead
To: SunnyUsa
Actually, I was a bit of a wiseass, and was always mocking the fraternity brothers (which the pledges aren't supposed to do.) They would repeatedly say to me "You're dead, maggot!" to the point where they finally decided that that should be my nickname. It has stuck and, 16 years after graduation, I am still called "dead" by everybody I knew in college.
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10/08/2002 9:23:16 AM PDT
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dead
To: IncPen
Excellent post.
To: general_re
Dude, I think we've all figured out that you could give a rat's patootie about any of this ;) Actually, this interests me more than the rote "Invasion of Mexican Immigrants" whineathon playing on a thread near you.
The business of children's programming and entertainment fascinates me. "Big" took on a big chunk of the dynamic, and it's fun to ponder. Adults meeting daily to discuss the final artist's design for the "piggie" on the "Littlest Farmhand" playschool noisemaker. "We wanted a healthfully plump pig, but not a fat pig that would induce any children to revisit some negative body image ..." "What do the focus groups say about the pig ..."
To: clamboat
He runs around with no pants on, and nobody says ANYTHING? Riiiiiight. It works for Ted Kennedy.
To: ArneFufkin
I dunno - I'm as cynical as the next guy, but I don't really get the impression that it's designed by committee. Anyone who's been around kids for the last ten years or so will have noticed the explosion of "cartoons" that are basically thinly-veiled half-hour commercials for the line of toys that mysteriously showed up in stores a week or two before the first episode, but I don't think that's the case here. Anyway, see for yourself - IIRC, it's on at 10 AM ET on Saturdays ;)
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