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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

A day earlier, Falwell’s National Liberty Journal published a ‘Parents’ Alert,” warning adults that Tinky Winky is ‘a gay role model.”

Falwell pointed out that the male Tinky Winky carries a handbag not unlike the big purses carried by grandmothers nationwide.

And worse, he said, Tinky is ‘purple – the gay-pride color.” Falwell continued: ‘And his antenna is shaped like a triangle – the gay-pride symbol.”

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They're turning the freaking triangles gay now too? 😭

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

So basically, the Nazis used pink triangles to mark homosexual (male) prisoners in conceration camps. (often prisoners would have symbols on their uniform that would tell you why they were there, such as the infamous yellow star) Later it was reclaimed as a queer symbol by gay men.