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Netflix responds to viral homophobic tweet in best way possible

Earlier this week, a Twitter user went viral with an edited Spongebob Squarepants meme supposedly demonstrating how Netflix are forcing “unnecessary gay characters” in every new television series. You know, TV that actually reflects reality.

Worryingly, the post earned over 135,000 likes and 35,000 retweets, as well as hundreds of alarming anti-LGBTQ comments and rhetoric such as, “Heterosexuality is what allowed the continuity of the human race. What is normal isn’t forced.”

Also: “If homosexuality was normal could you take every gay person put them on an island and could they continue? Why do gay people need straight people to have kids so they can adopt or any other way they need to have children?”

Now, Netflix have stepped in themselves and honey, they are not here for this homophobia. Like, at all.

The official Twitter account for the streaming service – and we’re not talking about a country-specific account, we mean the big one with 7.8 million followers – quoted the tweet with the most epic of clap backs.

“Sorry you have yet to realize that every gay person is very necessary,” they wrote.

I've seen that spongebob gets a bad rap from some people re the whole "spongebob is gay" thing- presumably from the religious types or other general idiots - do we know why that is?

I mean, is Spongebob gay? It not something I've ever thought about in all honesty. it's one of those things where if you're busy thinking about a fictional cartoon characters sexuality - maybe that says more about you than it does the character itself?

For me, I don't think he's gay........but then again I also don't think he's not gay either, if that makes sense. If the creators said "yes he's gay" or "yes he's straight" i would not care in the slightest, because that's not why you watch the show. I love Spongebob, as it is [or at least was when i watched it] hilarious. i don't think Spongebob has ever done anything that say Bugs Bunny [who often dressed as a women to seduce other male characters, even if that was the joke in the first place] ever did.

tl:dr - people have too much time on their hands.