zakeno:

/cries

Legit though I hate how current cartoons are affecting kids… I work at a preschool and have been for years so I’ve been seeing them change in attitude/mannerisms and MY GOD! Some of the things they say are noooooot okay. Plus they’re all so swoon-y over boyfriend/girlfriend ideas which is RIDICULOUS because they are 5.

I mean, I understand that shows like Regular Show are for teens, but what else do kids have to watch on the idiot box? And Spongebob’s turned into a grotesque shadow of its former self, and everything is so… stupidified. GAH. 

/end mini rant

As a cartoonist and a writer, I find the constant push to censor today’s media… pretty disgusting, tbh. Scooby Doo was marketed a silly, fun show for young children, while the Regular Show is marketed to teens.

The responsibility should be shouldered by the parents, teachers and guardians of these kids to regulate what they’re watching! I understand the concerns people have with respect to what their children absorb, and I can appreciate it, but- let’s call it what it is! I don’t have a child, and am therefore not responsible for what YOUR child reads or watches! Let’s say your kid just learned to read- are you going to put the scandalous and raunchy 50 Shades of Grey in their hands as opposed to a Dr. Seuss book? If you answered “yes”, you are what we call an IRRESPONSIBLE FUCKING PARENT.

We live in an era where cartooning is no longer exclusive to young audiences- the same applies to videogames. As a parent or a concerned adult, you have every right to question the propriety of a game or a cartoon when it comes to your child, in your own home- but now, writers and artists are being blamed for creating something that has been assigned an age warning label (ie: 18+, TV-G, TV-14, etc) that YOU have, evidently, overlooked. Long story short: your problem, brah. Not mine.

And listen, nothing against the dude who wrote the original post. I’m just sort of airing out grievances I have with the system as a whole. Censoring a cartoon, a song or a movie is exactly the same as censoring a book! It’s wrong and it’s unethical and it needs to stop! >:[