Can't Select 2D Objects in Scene View

Hi,

I'm making a 2D level editor. For whatever reason, I can't select an object if it has 2D sprite attached. If I parent it to an empty object and give that empty an icon in the inspector, then I can select the empty. This is extremely frustrating and seems like something Unity would have noticed and fixed. I don't want to give it a parent because there will be many of this object. I should be able to select a 2D object in a 2D game engine :(

This is only a problem for objects with a sprite renderer component. The renderer is open. I closed and reopened the Scene tab and still nothing.