*sigh* Really? A lot of Stephen Hillenburg’s work has been thought-provoking and relatively moderate. Rocko’s Modern Life and Mother Goose and Grimm cartoons weren’t edgy in any real substantive way, but there were always lessons taught.
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say he leaned a little to the right, but then most Hollywood types are lefties. Perhaps he’s different. I know he’s an Oklahoma boy.
No question the Government is exerting pressure on the entertainment industry, it’s happened before.