Conservatives have always been crazy: Teddy Bears are a monstrous crime, lead to race suicide (1907)

[Mrs. Overall]

An article from the conservative publication The Federalist

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[smirkymonkey]

1. What?

This is so ridiculous, I can't even take it seriously. Does he think little girls will want to grow up and have baby bears instead of children?

[Sugar Smack]

2. Yes! Little girls are feral creatures, and willful, and need to be steered away

from becoming witches and environmentalists!! Clearly it was meant to save the female of the species from herself.


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[smirkymonkey]

6. It must have been the stuffed puppy I got when I was a child that made me

want to have dogs instead of kids. I'm sure that's it.

[Sugar Smack]

8. My first toy was an abacus, which is maybe

where it all went sideways for me.

[lame54]

3. Conservative Stephen Colbert tried to warn us

[reACTIONary]

4. k&r

[hunter]

5. A little girl with a teddy bear might grow up to be a Grizzly Bear Mom...

... who would rip apart any priest who abused her cubs.

wikipedia

[smirkymonkey]

7. Well, they are pretty cute.

Babies don't really do it for me.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

9. This posts made me think of this song...