"It's Sponge Bob making all these kids Gay!"

[DainBramaged]

(I'm standing in a short line at Target on the way home. Guy older than me in the next aisle is bitching about some toy the woman in front of him is buying for somebody. She says nothing, red as a beet, about to break into tears)

You mean just like the TeleTubbies and Tinky Winky from 25 years ago that made the current generation all gayed up? (me)


Yeah YEAH, only Sponge Bob is worse, more kids are watching!


You're a fucking Neanderthal. Gay isn't caused by anything, Gay isn't a choice, GAY JUST IS and you never know who around you just may be Gay!! Quit watching Fox News and get educated! (me)



Put his shit on the belt and left. Not a second glance at me, turned on his boot and headed for the door.


Neanderthal bullies. Just have to stand up to them. And yes I walked out and looked for him. Gone like the punk he was.


Sponge Bob. Sure........


Woman and the cashiers thanked me. She had been mortified by this asshole. Seems like the clown comes in often spouting political bullshit for everyone to hear. I hope next time he keeps his mouth shut. I hope next time I'm there too.

[GoneOffShore]

1. Well done Dain.

And your avatar rocks.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. Oh, I would have turned around and said how sad you feel that way. I bought one for

my son who is in Afghanistan. He called and thanked me. He said it reminded him of home. That would have shut him up. I really would have said that. Because I really love SpongeBob.

[elehhhhna]

52. plus if anyone on SB makes people gay it's Patrick,

the pink starfish! I love him. I'd gaymarry Patrick if only I was a male starfish, fersure.

[southernyankeebelle]

54. Alright now. And as SpongeBob who is his best friend will be the Best man wearing whatever

Star wants him to wear. Yayayayayayaya

[Angry Dragon]

3. I am glad you were able to slap him done ..........

[etherealtruth]

4. Oh holy shit ....

My kids "always" get me Sponge Bob stuff ... are they trying to make me gay


One has to wonder how folk that stupid manage to function ...?

[eltopomaravilloso]

5. I see that kind of thing all the time.

Glad you have the balls to speak up.

[Archae]

6. Guy in one big box store said to a guy buying My Little Pony toys...

"Those will make you into a f*****."

I couldn't resist, I said to the guy, "What toys made you gay?"
Guy turns purple and storms off.

[DainBramaged]

9. You used to be able to go buy toys and not be assulted by Fascists

What do GI Joe's do, make you into a killer?

[freshwest]

11. Excellent retort!

[zappaman]

29. Cool story Bro!

[DainBramaged]

68. YOU REALLY ARE DYING FOR ATTENTION AREN'T YOU?

[zappaman]

78. "YOU REALLY ARE DYING FOR ATTENTION AREN'T YOU?"

[damonm]

33. DAMN that I can't recommend a reply!!!!!!

[dlwickham]

34. so you called him gay in response to his comment

wow

[Archae]

36. The guy was in the same toy aisle he said was making boys gay...

So I asked him what toys he was buying that made him gay.

He obviously knew I had made him look like a prize ass.

[dlwickham]

47. you still called him gay like it was an insult

you were the one who was a prize ass and homophobic as well

[elehhhhna]

57. please don't call someone an ass or homophobic

when you don't understand what he's saying

[infidel dog]

48. Great one!!

[keroro gunsou]

64. i was called gay at my gym

for wearing my Fluttershy shirt while i worked out...

"gay recognizes gay."

and the jerk wandered away... then again i think the murderous look on my face might have helped....

how people can walk upright when they are that bloody stupid is a wonder to me...

[Terra Alta]

7. How can a fucking CARTOON make someone gay??

The ignorance of some people never cease to amaze me. Sponge Bob is a fucking cartoon sponge. Do people really believe the shit that comes out of their mouth?

I'm guessing this jerk is a fan of VeggieTales, which really does encourage children grow up to be brainwashed idiots.

[DainBramaged]

10. We didn't know better when my daughter was 6 or 7

We bought her a Veggie Tails tape and SHE came to us and said she didn't like it. Of course I took her to see a Nightmare before Christmas and then the South Park movie when she was older so you can guess how influenced she already was.

[Terra Alta]

12. You've got a smart daughter.

I was a teen when VeggieTales first came out. I watched them with my younger brother and the only thing it did for me was give me cravings for tomatoes and cucumbers.

[0rganism]

28. perhaps the ATHF parody "Bible Fruit" would be more to her liking then...

http://aqua-teen-hunger-force.wikia.com/wiki/Bible_Fruit
http://video.adultswim.com/search/index.html?queryText=bible+fruit

[elehhhhna]

55. my daughter learned to read by insisting we repeatedly watch the german Nosferatu

(klaus Kinski - fab movie!) and we had to read the subtitles. Over. And over.

She was 5.

She's a 3.9 college student now and an award-winning HS & now college actress

AND she insisted we call her "Steven, son of Dracula" for like 4 months around that time. So we did.

She's straight. Well, so far...

[DainBramaged]

65. I have proudly told this story many times

My daughter learned to read that way but we helped her read from the Nintendo 64 guides when she was 3 and she too is a 3.9 student in her last semester at Seton Hall!!!

[elehhhhna]

80. LOVE IT!

[Quantess]

8. Spongebob keeps revealing his buttocks to the children.

You would have to be blind not to see the blatant seduction, an attempt to lure tender children to the undersea gay lifestyle. Spongebob and Patrick are going to a watery Hell.

[freshwest]

13. 'Square pants' means his ass has corners, right? And he moons people? Sorry, never saw the show.

It's strange what turns neanderthals on... Very odd tastes, that... Who woulda thought...

[wandy]

15. Thank you for that. Yup, who woulda thought.

[Quantess]

43. Spongebob's pants keep accidentally falling down,

and we get to see that seductive butt crack of his. His "special friend" Patrick the starfish?
Oh honey, they are soo gay. (I'm only kidding, of course).

Seriously though, there are uptight people who have a real problem with the nudity in this cartoon. People can get offended at anything.

[progressiveinaction]

14. I totally believe this happened!

[Larrymoe Curlyshemp]

42. Me too!

[DainBramaged]

70. U mad too brro? Awwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Larrymoe Curlyshemp]

74. Excuse me?

I was merely affirming my opinion that your account of what happened was accurate.

[DainBramaged]

69. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww so sad U mad bro?

[joeybee12]

16. KNR...well done!

[WillyT]

17. Damned Proud To Know Ya, Dain !!!

& Rec !!!

[XRubicon]

18. Did this happen at night?

[freshwest]

20. Is he always so enthusiastic?

[Nine]

19. hmm

If I were to say anything at all in that sort of situation, it would be more along the lines of, "Why don't you worry about your own purchases and let the rest of us worry about ours." And I certainly wouldn't have followed anyone outside looking for a fight.

[underpants]

21. Sponge Bob and Phineas are fine with me

We changed the TV rules around here this year - no real life people on TV shows because those teener things are pure dribble, not harmful just bad TV.

Lots of nature shows. Sponge Bob is great - always hopeful always happy and it puts the boss/employee relationship in front of kids at the most rudimentary level.

[Buzz Clik]

22. Sponge Bob? HA! PeeWee Herman? ... ok.

Well done!

[Jennicut]

23. He must really have issues with Squidward

Just wow.

Thank you for your response.

My girls love Spongebob. And I teach them all the time that discrimination of any kind is wrong.

[Doc Holliday]

24. You never really understand

phrases like 'too stupid to live' until you meet people like this.

[davesliberal1977_gg]

25. Spongebob making kids gay? Where the hell do these people get this bs from?

I'm willing to bet that jerk is a heavy listener of Limbaugh. Or any of the myriad of RW commentators on the TV.

[kydo]

26. Strange I'm not gay neither are my kids

But dagnabit I love Sponge Bob! Been watching him since my kids were like 6 and 8. They are 21 and 23 now. Got hook when I forget why but I was in DC and my kids were there we were in a hotel. Sponge Bob came on so I watched it and have been hook since. It was the one where the squirrel was home sick and the gang was trying really dumb things to make her feel at home. The best line is when Patrick says to Sponge Bob, "Guess what I am now?" And Sponge replies, "Stupid?" Patrick, "No, I'm Texas."

Sorry no slam on Texas but it was funny.

I'd probably have similar words if I ran into the same situation. I stopped letting the stupid crazy comments go un challenged. So bravo!

[zappaman]

27. Cool story Bro!

[DainBramaged]

67. U mad bro?

Clowns to the left of me......

[zappaman]

79. Jokers to the right?

Or just jokers making shit up?

[AverageJoe90]

30. You did good, man. Be proud of yourself.

Seriously, DB, kudos.

[mysuzuki2]

31. Personally, I blame Squidward.

[Warren DeMontague]

39. It's the nose.

I mean, come on.

[LiberalElite]

60. Yes, Squiddy is so obvious

with the dancing and the art and the fancy home magazines.

[randome]

32. Gay rights will lead straight to sponge on snail sex!

It's inevitable.

[dlwickham]

35. sounds hot!

[Honeycombe8]

37. Why would she cry 'cause the guy next in line is rude and doesn't like her toy?

Doesn't make sense.

[Nine]

45. makes a better story? (nt)

[DainBramaged]

49. I see the two of you doubt the truth, too bad, so sad.

You folks can be as negative as you like, the fact remains the is happened EXACTY the way I typed it and if you don't like the story, why bother commenting????


I guess when you've been around a bt longer you'll start to understand many of us aren't the the Liberals FAUX news makes us out to be. A LOT OF US don't take Reich wing shit, period.


Have a nice stay here.

[Honeycombe8]

72. No, I don't. I just don't know why someone would cry 'cause the guy next in line criticizes her toy.

Tell him where he can get off....ignore him....give him the evil eye.....that I can understand.

Maybe she hadn't taken her hormones that day. I know I'm more prone to cry when I miss my hormone!

[DainBramaged]

73. "Maybe she hadn't taken her hormones that day" OMG

Your utter lack of empathy for the woman is simply thuggish.

[Amaril]

76. Some people simply do not......

.....have the ability to handle confrontation. Doesn't mean she was "hormonal" (kind of an ugly comment that, by the way).

[Honeycombe8]

83. She needs to grow up. If you go through life crying like a baby every time someone is rude....

you'll spend most of your life crying every day.

The hormone comment is real. If you were a middle aged woman, you would know that. Hormones cause your emotions to go haywire when you're pregnant, when you're premenopausal, when you're menopausal....and when you're male (but the hormone testosterone causes the more masculine reaction of anger and violence).

[Nine]

75. Enjoy my stay? I've been here five years, but thanks.

I guess it's rude to doubt a poster's anecdote but acceptable to accuse a poster of being a troll.

I doubt your story because I know a bar brag when I hear one. The damsel in distress. The annoyed onlookers. The meat-headed bully too dumb to know you're mocking him. The grandiose speech. The bully then tucking tail and running away. The adoring throng thanking you for standing up to him. You actually think my problem with this story is that I think liberals are all wimps? Only someone who think liberals are perceived as wimps in the first place would find it necessary to concoct a story like this. And on the slim chance it's true, I'm still not impressed because only someone with a liberal=wimp complex would feel the need to respond as you did (following him outside? what the hell?) and then come post it here. "Tinky Winky is gay" type comments are only noteworthy when they're made by someone prominent.

But it's the damsel in distress part that annoys me the most. I myself would probably get embarrassed if some jerk behind me was making comments on my purchases. And I would probably ignore him, not out of fear, but because I wouldn't see any point in getting into it with him. I wouldn't be grateful if some other guy made an even bigger production out of the whole thing and expected me to swoon over his manliness. As I said upthread, a think a better response if you wanted to say something would be to quietly tell the guy to just worry about his own purchases. Maybe others think there is no real harm in a story like this, true or not, but I disagree. It's setting up women as victims who always need and want to be rescued. And don't tell me that's not the point of the story because you made it very much a point, as much as the bully's idiocy was a point.

[DainBramaged]

77. Wow U mad bro

I am so glad this story has touched your life so completely.


Buh bye, have a great life bro

[DainBramaged]

50. I guess all women should be strong and put up with assholes?

[LiberalElite]

61. maybe because she felt embarassed by the fuss he was making? eom

[PatrynXX]

38. would surprise my brother

who's rather right wing and watches that stupid show all the time. yawn. The Rabbids are better ahhhhhhhh

[Warren DeMontague]

40. The Christian Right has been penetrating the depths of this controversy for years!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants_%28character%29#Criticism_and_controversy

[rppper]

41. Spongebob fan and hetero here...

.....modern day Salem witch hunters....

They should take spongebob and Patrick's advice here....

[seabeyond]

44. meh... just stupid, not gay. glad you spoke up. wish the woman spoke up instead of turning red.

she didnt have to put up with it.

[LiberalElite]

62. some people don't speak up it's just the way they are

[seabeyond]

63. ya, i get that. nt

[Panasonic]

46. My son likes Spongebob

and also likes Dora and Sofia the First.

Loves to play the kitchen.

Loves to cook.

Loves to play with cars.

Loves Angry Birds.

Loves Bad Piggies.

That does not make him gay.

[DainBramaged]

51. It makes him a kid!!!!

[madrchsod]

56. good thing he has`t seen .......

he would have a heart attack..........

[DisgustipatedinCA]

58. I count at least 5 responses that insinuate you're lying in your OP

I don't have any reason to doubt your story, but for some reason, there are at least 5 respondents to your OP who don't believe you're telling the truth. Let me state this plainly: unless there's someone in this thread who personally knows you and has knowledge of your doings, NO ONE in this thread knows whether you're telling the truth or not. That holds true for every thread on DU that recounts a personal story without links to back it up. So, what do these 5 people know about you that the rest of us don't know? Answer: nothing--they're just dickheads.

Progressiveinaction (112 posts), in post #14 says: "I totally believe this happened". Let's not mince words. This new person is calling you a liar. I actually just self-deleted my reply to this person, not because he didn't deserve every bit of invective I threw at him, but because I don't want to be locked out of this part of the thread, what I'm typing now. so Progressiveinaction, take a bow. You're new here, but feel comfortable enough already to call long-time posters liars. I won't be the only one watching you.

Larrymoecurlyshemp (58 posts), in post 42, a reply to progressiveinaction, above, says, "Me too". Congratulations, stoogeboy, for calling one of our long-term members a liar on your 8th day here. Marked.

Zappaman (lots of posts) in post #27 says: "Cool story Bro!". Of course, he also said that in response to a different person with the exact same text. It could be that he's got a tragic condition that limits him to 10th grade phraseology. Or he could be calling you (and another person) a liar. Or he could be trying to convince you that your story is so dull that he's just bored stiff. In any case, zappaman may be snarking you, or this may be all he's capable of. Please don't ever confuse this person with the real and worthwhile Frank Zappa.

To round out our field, both Honeycombe8 and someone named Nine suspect your story is not true. You've already spoken to them about this; enough said.

Do any of you 5 have enough fortitude to step right up and explain why you think DB here is a liar? Do you have information we don't have? Do you have what GW Bush called his "gut" feeling? Are you just guessing, and you also happen to think character assassination is ok? There needs to be a high bar set before people start calling long-time DU'ers liars. There needs to be cause. And there should be consequences for this type of rude and antisocial behavior. Rule of thumb: if it will get you punched in the mouth for saying it in person, you probably shouldn't be saying it on the Internet either, brave heroes.

[DainBramaged]

66. Well thank and they can go to hell

corrected and thank, but the trolls are thick in this thread.


I appreciate your effort.

[zappaman]

82. Is their a smilie for "bullshit"?

[zappaman]

81. Well done!

[Kalidurga]

59. Its not just Spongebob...

It's Bert and Ernie, the purple Teletubby, all the Wiggles, and probably Bugs Bunny too(he did like to put on a dress every once in a while don't you know). I totally believe a RWer would act this way because I have seen it in real life(thank Dog they don't vote). I have no doubt DB would say what he said he said, because I am outspoken like this on occasion myself. It is seriously F'd up to call someone a liar without proof or something that is way off.

In any case it seems the RWer thinks that no one was ever gay before tv was invented. The same way a lot of people think there was no violence before movies and television. It makes no sense what so ever.

[DainBramaged]

71. If it isn't GI Joe well, it's Gay.........