Talk:Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone/@comment-33784431-20190521022244/@comment-33784431-20190521183323

@PrettyCoolStairs - Why should myself or the anyone else watching the episode be expected to form compassion for two people simply because they're gay? You will probably deny this vehemently in hindsight but it almost sounds like you are saying that gay men or gay male couples elicit the expectation of sympathy from anyone who witnesses them in an act like the one shown in the episode.

And the episode was still without question in the Top 10 episodes that taught the viewer absolutely nothing. If it accurately captured how kids react to homosexual weddings (which none of us can confirm for every kid on the planet) then once again the child viewer basically learned nothing from this considering all the child characters in the episode reacted with overwhelming acceptance and didn't utter the slightest objection. The only line which was remotely educational was when the gay chocolateir explained to the children that buying chocolate as a present to declare love can't buy you true love. Okay so we got 0.8 percent of his wisdom as part of the whole arrangement.

And in respect to the gay coding. No he definitely wasn't. By the mid-point of this episode I honestly still thought that he was finally getting married to a woman. There was still no indication during "Lend Me Your Ear". When was there ever? Because he's into stereotypical things like the arts, sorbet, and drinks tea on a regular basis?