Right-Wing Trolls Who Dared To Diss 'Sesame Street' Get Tossed In The Trash
LOADINGERROR LOADINGConservatives on social media engaged in their favorite June activity: losing their minds over a “Sesame Street” Pride Month post that celebrated the LGBTQ+ community.However, many users were quick to rebuke the hateful rhetoric plastered all over X.
“Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street! Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community,” the official “Sesame Street” X account posted on Monday:Advertisement Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street! Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community.️ pic.twitter.com/kO9TAhnqDE— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) June 1, 2026It didn’t take long for MAGA-adjacent and conservative figures to sound off in the comments of the PBS show’s post, accusing the program of grooming and sexualizing children.
This is literally a show meant for young children https://t.co/oc89xy4sTJ— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) June 1, 2026Advertisement Guys, there is no universe in which it makes sense to message to children about sexual desires, regardless of worldview.Stop and think about what you’re doing.— Josh Howerton (@howertonjosh) June 1, 2026There’s no scenario where Elmo telling kids to follow their sexual desires isn’t strategic grooming from activist cosplaying as educators.Gross.— Brilyn Hollyhand (@BrilynHollyhand) June 2, 2026These kinds of accusations are nothing new; in fact, they have been used to demonize members of the LGBTQ+ community for decades.
A 2022 report from the Human Rights Campaign found that the anti-LGBTQ+ grooming narrative had soared across all social media platforms following the passage of Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law.Advertisement “The report — Digital Hate: Social Media’s Role in Amplifying Dangerous Lies About LGBTQ+ People — reveals that the average number of tweets per day using slurs such as ‘groomer’ and ‘pedophile’ in relation to LGBTQ+ peo...