Warbler said:

Also parents have one other option if they like what characters on a tv show are doing: don't let the kids watch that show.

WHY is that the only option? Why as consumers and citizens CAN'T parents take their concern to the manufacturer?

I asked if it would be ok with you if they edited it It seems to me that it would be inconsistent to be ok with one and not the other. That was my point of asking that question.

I don't see them as the same situation at all.

You have a show still being produced at aimed at preschoolers that from day one tries to teach little kids good lessons, altering itself to do that better. The show has a goal it is trying to accomplish.
You have an old show that has no intention of teaching anyone jack being altered by some hypothetical weirdo to fundamentally change the entire premise of the show.

And when "Tom and Jerry" was 'censored' to cut out the Mammy it was because the owners wanted to keep airing it, making money, and not piss people off. Should some kind of 'restriction' be placed on them, not allowing them to do so? Should they sacrifice profit to avoid revisionism?