Netflix is once again taking heat for its children's content. This time, for episode 8 of the first season of CoComelon Lane, where a child can be seen dressed in a tutu and a tiara while his parents, a homosexual couple, sing to him: "Just be you."
Netflix releases new episode of CocoMelon Lane, a show suitable for children ages 2+, with a boy dressed as a girl wearing a dress with two dads.
The two dads encourage the kid to “Just be You.”
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) December 20, 2023
After the clip of the episode reached social media, subscribers began to criticize the company and even called for a boycott. Or, as conservative commentator Matt Walsh called it, "the full Bud Light treatment," in reference to the campaign against the beverage company after its association with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Netflix needs the full Bud Light treatment for this https://t.co/dj0IMFULjd
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) December 20, 2023
Ben Shapiro, founder of the conservative newspaper The Daily Wire, joined the boycott call, asking parents to "stop letting Hollywood indoctrinate your kids in gender garbage."
Stop letting Hollywood indoctrinate your kids in gender garbage. https://t.co/KFK8pLLEPr right now. https://t.co/4d76ir5tJh
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 20, 2023
Inez Stepman, the political analyst at the Independent Women's Forum, commented that "even aside from the gay and transgender stuff in this, 'just be you' is terrible advice to a toddler". "The you most of us are at age 2 is the you that screams for ice cream."
Even aside from the gay and transgender stuff in this, “just be you” is terrible advice to a toddler. The you most of us are at age 2 is the you that screams for ice cream. https://t.co/vYlFizXGAr
— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) December 20, 2023
Some subscribers also shared images canceling their subscription to the platform:
GAVE ME ANOTHER REASON TO CANCEL @netflix BYE NETFLIX. PLEASE BOYCOTT THIS POS WOKE COMPANY #netflix #boycottnetflix #boycott #woke #wokeness #antiwoke
Thanks @EndWokeness for info pic.twitter.com/wtPE5rr0dV— Veritas In News (@VeritasInNews) December 20, 2023
Netflix faced similar campaigns for content such as the children's series Ridley Jones, the Museum Keeper, which featured a non-binary bison, and the film Cleopatra, starring a black actress.
The subscribers' attempt to punish content companies, or companies that provide services of all kinds, for aligning with the woke ideology - the so-called go woke, go broke- has been a growing trend in 2023 that has produced losses and changes of direction in companies as large as Disney and Target.
