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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony, -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frederick Langford who wrote (72649)	7/17/2001 2:31:19 PM
From: Boquacious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

i don't think he is prejudice--actually he was a reprobate until finding christ. now--you do appear to be prejudice against god-fearing conservative people. btw---twinky winky was an gay icon before Falwell made his comments---so i guess he was right? Gay Media: Falwell is Right on 'Teletubbies' 12 February, 1999 By Lawrence Morahan CNS Staff Writer (CNS) – The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who has been ridiculed by some in the establishment press for saying one of the "Teletubbies" is meant to depict a homosexual toddler, appears to have found some unlikely corroborators among the gay media. Falwell caught his share of flack for suggesting that Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby who carries a purse and has a triangle protruding from his head, is homosexual. In telling his supporters about his concerns regarding the Teletubbies, Falwell warned that Tinky Winky promoted homosexual messages, making note of the triangle – a common gay-pride symbol – and the purse the character carries. However, in a number of media outlets, there is no doubt about the "gayness" of Tinky Winky, one of four fuzzy Teletubbies in a TV show for toddlers. "Tinky Winky is the unofficial gay Teletubby, in the opinion of myself and many others," reads the Gay Teletubby page on the Internet web site LesBiGay, Etc, a web site that calls itself "the place for youth-friendly gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight sexual orientation information and resources." Tinky Winky's status as a gay television character designed to appeal to children is demonstrated by "the purple triangle on his head, the effeminate mannerisms, the "bag... "" reads the LesBiGay site, which described the program as one that's "aimed at people to (sic) young to tie their shoelaces." Another gay publication drew a similar conclusion about the children's TV character. The April 17, 1998 edition of The Washington Blade, a newspaper that caters to the gay community in the nation's capital, noted that Tinky Winky "has become something of a Gay icon among British viewers," and quoted Kenn Viselman, president of the company that produces the program, as denying the gay connection with Tinky Winky by saying that "the idea is to break down stereotypes." "I find the flat denial of such a portrayal by Teletubby's producers to be disingenuous and insufficient in answering the questions that have been raised about the Tinky Winky character since the series premiered in England," Falwell said. Other media have picked up on the apparent gayness of the character. Author William Steven Humphrey wrote in the Seattle, Washington-based e-zine The Stranger that Winky Tinky has been "deemed a gay icon for pre-schoolers by one English university professor." Another Internet site that focuses on Teletubbies, curvecomm.com, notes that, along with carrying a purse, Tinky Winky may also be seen "wearing the communal Teletubbyland tutu. So, well, okay; everybody has their own preferences, right? Tinky Winky's (sic) are just a bit less conventional than the norm," reads the web site's page dedicated to the controversial character. The program has been broadcast in the United States by the Public Broadcasting System for a little less than a year, but it was created in the mid-1990's and debuted several years ago in England, where it remains a topic of spirited debate among the British. A review of the bulletin boards of the British Internet web site pants.co.uk revealed a 34-page long message thread of Teletubby commentary, in which the characters were called everything from "subversive" and "gaye," to "cute" and "harmless." Still others have noted a similarity between the name of the character – Tinky Winky – and the term 'Twinky,' which is sometimes used to describe or disparage young gay men. At least one family group was stunned at the producers' denials and the near-unanimous ridicule of Falwell in the establishment media. "The lesson here is that the media is in the grip of gay activism," said Steve Schwalm, a senior policy analyst with the Family Research Council, in an interview with CNS. "It's more evidence of the double standard conservatives are held to when they are ridiculed for pointing out what is common knowledge in the gay community," Schwalm said. "When we say the same thing, they act like we're crazy." Schwalm said the message of the Teletubbies is to blur gender norms and put that message into shows aimed at the youngest generation. "It shows how important is to homosexual activists to reach that generation and their power to do so," Schwalm said.