Kermit the Frog's new lady friend

OK, ok, this is going to be part hysterical and part pathetic, but this blog post is about Kermit the Frog and the reactions(primarily from Gender Feminists) that I have been seeing. I was watching a youtube video called "this week in stupid" by Sargon of Akkad and at the end of the video there was a brief story about Kermit the frog and his "new lady" as it were. So, naturally I decided to look into this thing out of curiosity, since I grew up watching the muppets, and what I found was quite surprising to say the least.

First, before I begin, let me state that much of what you are going to read is probably some of the funniest shit to come out of the feminisphere in a long time. At least, it was to me. It seems the Gender Feminists have taken issue with Kermit's new gal pal, named Denise, being "skinnier" and "younger" than Miss Piggy. Teir reactions were... let's just say I found their comments hilarious at the seriousness of them. here are a few:

We thought realistic Barbie was a victory, but now we have skinny Pam on Archer & Denise the younger hotter pig on the Muppets.

— Scamille (@scamille_crosby) September 1, 2015

What kind of message are the Muppets sending now that Kermit dating a skinny pig? Jim Henson must be doing somersaults.

— Patrick Costello (@Dobro33H) September 2, 2015

Kermit getting a skinny pig broad totally defeats the "love your body the way you are" idea. Also over/under Kermey was on Ashely Madison?

— Sonia Z. (@thatchicksonia) September 2, 2015

 
The way these seemingly feminist minded people are reacting, even if they are attempting to make a "joke" about it is kind of interesting. At least to me it is anyway. Because it shows where their ideals are, and what their belief system exposes about the movement itself. I did a video recently on my Youtube channel called See a feminist organization prove Feminism isn't about equality. In which I discuss briefly how fuckh8.com proves feminism isn't about equality. And as one might expect, these feminist supporters are also proving there is a double standard yet again. Given the history of the two characters and their relationship, it should come as no surprise that people would point out that Kermit is a victim of domestic abuse. And while these are certainly fictional characters, their story is a disturbing one to behold. Especially when you take into account the beliefs of those supporting the abusive character, Miss Piggy. Who by the way, is considered a feminist or a redfem as some would put it.

Let's take a look at one woman, a Starina Johnson, and her views on the Pig and Frog relationship dynamic. Now, to be fair Johnson has been seeing a lot of twitter comments sent her way because other web sites have used her tweets as examples, but what I find truly amusing is how she reacts to having things pointed out to her. The following is a brief example of her discussion with another twitter user:

@StarinaJohnson And not being battered anymore by a domestic abuser.

— socal_cpa (@Socal_CPA) September 3, 2015

@StarinaJohnson How was he mentally abusive?

— socal_cpa (@Socal_CPA) September 3, 2015

@StarinaJohnson You claimed he was mentally abusive, just wondering how. If you can't back up your claims don't make them.

— socal_cpa (@Socal_CPA) September 3, 2015

@StarinaJohnson Seems like a good reason to be walloped...I think we're done here.

— socal_cpa (@Socal_CPA) September 3, 2015

Now, as we can see from the tweets above Starina Johnson does in fact engage in some victim blaming, as well as rationalization of physically abusive behavior as acceptable, or at least excusable, because as she puts Kermit was "mentally abusive" for not being sure if he wanted to continue to live in a relationship with a woman(though a pig) who was physically abusing him. Johnson seems to think that Kermit was simply "stringing" Piggy along and that this was "mental abuse" and him just "using her." Now, to be fair to Johnson she does try to say that mental abuse doesn't justify physical abuse, but then goes on to ignore the fact she is in fact blaming the victim. Which, as well know, is wrong.

Here's the thing: Miss Piggy's and Kermit the Frog's relationship, while fictional, is a problematic and dysfunctional one. There are example after example of Miss Piggy hitting Kermit for comments he makes, like the one seen in this video clip: Miss Piggy hits Kermit And then there is the fact that in their earlier relationships Kermit made it quite clear he didn't want a relationship with the violent Miss Piggy.

Now, in order to add some validity to Miss Piggy's abusive behavior being more easily accepted they did give those she was abusing some behavior that "justified" her abuse, except for Kermit it seems. With Kermit, her assaults were usually based around his disagreeing with her, or his taking offense at her behavior or reactions. Such as can be seen in this clip: Miss Piggy Appears Angry.

In the end though, it's fictional characters and they are telling a story. Does it really matter that Kermit has a "thinner and younger" piggy to date, or that Miss Piggy is a violent and abusive woman? No really. Because they are trying to tell a story. But what does matter are the reactions to that story, and the fact that a violent psychopath that abuses people and yells like a nutter is a feminist icon. Very telling of the movement really, it would kind of be like anti-feminists touting Al Bundy as an anti-feminist icon.