There's a reason for this next subject.
Hasbro introduced Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head in 1952 with this commercial. Sounds like Mae Questel as the voice of Hasbro, the company's namesake mascot:
Ultimately realizing that marketing a vegetable as a toy product wasn't going to work in the long term, because potatoes do tend to turn moldy & rotten, Hasbro switched things up to create the plastic figures we all know.
Now comes word that Hasbro is turning the franchise gender-neutral.
SAY WHAT??!?
In other words, the company is moving forward with this era of inclusiveness. Nearly 40 years ago, they turned GI Joe from one generic action hero figure into an entire unit of heroes, and saved that franchise brand. They're hoping lightning can strike twice. It isn't enough that Potato Head was included in Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story" series, but one wonders if they're mocking the whole inclusitivity thing.........
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Naturally, the right wingnuts are having a hissy fit about this, saying that this move is the latest attack on them (somehow) by the "PC Police" and "woke imbeciles", blah blah blah. Um, y'all know that the whole point of (Mr.) Potato Head is that you can dress it up to be whatever you want it to be, right? That's the way it's always been from the beginning, so nothing's really changed. If Hasbro hadn't made a big announcement about this "change", I don't think anyone would've even noticed.
The wingnuts would rather we were still living in the 50's. As our society has changed, some might say evolved, since the mid-60's, we as a country has become more progressive, inclusive, and open. And yet these jackasses think the Democrats are socialists? The GOPers are the ones who are close-minded, unwilling to embrace the changes in society without whining & crying over perceived slights.
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