Build-A-Bear catches heat for Web site videos on global warming

[The Straight Story]

Build-A-Bear catches heat for Web site videos on global warming

ST. LOUIS, First, Chicken Little warned children that the sky is falling. And now Build-A-Bear Workshop has warned children the North Pole could disappear before Christmas.

The warm-and-fuzzy Overland, Mo.-based company now finds itself in hot water, defending an animated series on its Web site featuring polar bears, penguins and even Mrs. Claus as Santa is warned global warming is "a serious situation."

Conservative bloggers posted the videos on their Web sites and called for a boycott of the toy company, saying Build-A-Bear should not be sharing a political stance with children.

Build-A-Bear relented, taking the videos down and posting on its Web site a letter from Build-A-Bear founder and CEO Maxine Clark.

"Our intention with the polar bear story was to inspire children, through the voices of our animal characters, to make a difference in their own individual ways," Clark said in her letter. "We did not intend to politicize the topic of global climate change or offend anyone in any way."

Clark pointed out the story ultimately ends on a happy note.

"The webisodes concluded this week with Santa successfully leaving on his journey to deliver gifts around the world. The webisodes will no longer be available on the site."

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[hatrack]

1. Why does Build-A-Bear heat 'Murca? Why does Build-A-Bear Hate Freedumb?

:eyes:

[ZombieHorde]

2. Recommended.

"Build-A-Bear should not be sharing a political stance with children"

Global warming is not a political stance.

[Pithlet]

3. Ugh.

Conservatives pitched a hissy fit recently when Costco put Al Gore on the cover of their magazine promoting his book, and Costco caved to them, too, and offered a "fair and balanced" rebuttal at their insistence along with an apology. I'm so tired of their crap.

[Lorien]

8. Costco offered a total piece of propaganda bullshit from a paid for "scientist"

that they tried to pass of as truth. I couldn't believe that even COSTCO tried to pass off boldfaced lies as "science" in an effort to suck up to the delusional Right.

[blondeatlast]

4. So they don't think corporate citizens are entitled to free speech? Hypocrisy: Check.

I'm less than surprised.

[FLAprogressive]

5. A political issue?

[Lorien]

7. That was my first thought. Facts are now "political issues"

amazing that they haven't objected to the roundness of the planet as a "political issue".

[BR_Parkway]

9. That leapt out at me as well - science is no longer factual, it's simply

political.

Hopefully our side will go for the pro-gravity position.

[blondeatlast]

6. Stifling Santa. How very THEM of them *RRReoublicans). nt