Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are being slammed on social media for producing a Netflix cartoon for preschoolers that featured young children attending a gay wedding.Even some LGBT practitioners on social media admitted this is embarrassingly awful. The cartoon, which is based on a 2016 picture book, has run for at least 2 years or so already on Netflix, and provides yet one more reason it's time for parents to save money. Also eyebrow raising, of course, is that it's produced by a former POTUS, serving as a troubling example of a politician who goes on to produce politicized propaganda.
The popular X/Twitter account Libs of TikTok posted a video pointing out that an episode of Netflix’s Ada Twist, Scientist “showcases young students coming together to set up and celebrate their teacher’s gay wedding.”
“This is aimed at preschoolers,” Libs of TikTok said. “Barack and Michelle Obama are the executive producers.”
“Received this from a parent who let her kids watch it as it’s a popular show and she says she was shocked and horrified to see this and wouldn’t let her children watch it anymore,” Libs of TikTok added. “This is supposed to be a show about science!”
In the clip from Season 4, Episode 11’s “Blue River Wedding,” an adult character describes the union of two men, “Sensei Dave” and “Jiu Jitsu Joe,” as “the wedding of the year.” A young girl leads her entourage around, barking out demands and acting as their wedding planner. One of the grooms thanks the children “for making our special day happen.”
A later section of the episode shows the children watching the ceremony, awwing and cheering as the two men hug and kiss.
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Sunday, December 31, 2023
Former president produces woke cartoon for Netflix
Breitbart reported there's another cartoon airing on Netflix that's just as troubling as Cocomelon Lane, produced by a former USA president:
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