User blog comment:Shadowshroom/Character:Mike/@comment-5221692-20151228012534/@comment-5221692-20151228231640

"It's probably a combination of Teletoon, Cake and to an extent Fresh TV not wanting to do anything too controversial"

That's honestly the first good point you've made. If anything, they just don't want to add an LGBT character because they know they'd screw up.

"Heterosexuality is still the norm in most of the world"

Yeah. We know. That's not a good thing, and while it's a tiny part, demanding more LGBT characters in our shows is a way to slowly fix that, and in the grand scheme of things, it does make a small difference.

"And Canada actually made PSAs about how you shouldn't believe everything you see on TV (people call this Media Literacy)"

FICTION IMPACTS REALITY. How do you still not get this? Litteraly if you're supposed to ignore everything you see on T.V. then what's the point of even watching? People take stuff from what they see on T.V. Of COURSE people with knowledge of the subject will know what's wrong with Mike's portrayal, but not everyone does, people will draw negative and false conclusions from a character like Mike. You clearly have NO knowledge of the impact he has, so please stop talking.

"The question is "Does the entertainment industry have a moral obligation to showcase these issues in media and should they be forced to do so?""

LGBT people deserve representation and visibility instead of being represented entirely through gay jokes. So the answer is, if you're going to acknowledge our existince only through cheap offensive humor, then at least have the moral decency to have an LGBT character on the damn show.

And please stop refering to LGBT people as political statements and "issues".

"No, Tom and Jacques were confirmed to be gay by Fresh TV (which means all Jacsee shippers are technically bigots)"

Yeah, that's the same account that said Jen was caucasian, Lindsay and Tyler broke up, and didn't even know who B was. That account is completely detached from canon.