Earlier on Thursday, the FCC approved Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global, clearing the way for that merger after Skydance agreed to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and install a watchdog over CBS News. That was on top of the $16 million Paramount paid Trump over the CBS News lawsuit, and the additional $16 million that Trump has said Skydance agreed to pay via those “public service announcements.”
Way to bury the lede. "Liberterians with buyers remorse draw animated prick on animated prick. Oh btw there’s an official from minitrue effectively in charge of what can be shown on one of the 3-4 major American broadcast networks. "
Liberterians[sic] with buyers remorse draw animated prick on animated prick.
I do think there should be a conversation about how South Park did normalize a lot of fucked up shit. I think it is entirely reasonable to argue that it normalized antisemitism and queer phobia in some ways - it taught a lot of twelve year olds that calling someone a “Jew” or a “fagg~t” was inherently funny.
Sorta like how on /b/ - the racism and homophobia was mostly joking originally (I’m talking like pre-2010). Taking it seriously/too far would get mocked. But:
Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they’re in good company. (No attribution)
I love South Park, but their episode on trans people was just shitty and dehumanizing, and it gave people permission to parrot that kind of rhetoric. There’s a difference between being edgy and offensive, and saying the kinds of things that end up actually getting people hurt. South Park has always been at its best when it punched up (as in this episode).
I think it is entirely reasonable to argue that it normalized antisemitism and queer phobia in some ways - it taught a lot of twelve year olds that calling someone a “Jew” or a “fagg~t” was inherently funny.
The whole sentiment of “we need to control what people say so we can control how people think” is the reason why a lot of people dislike the left.
Also I don’t think they did the things you’re accusing them of. The antisemitism is said by Cartman who is not meant to be a role model, he’s a miserable little shit nobody likes. The Jewish kid is portrayed as normal and a good guy. There are two kids that constantly say “huh huh, that’s gay” but they are clearly displayed as complete dumbasses.
But now the “control what people are saying” sentiment is coming from the right, and so the PC Principle character who used to bully people with political correctness is the “Power of Christ” Principle and he’s bullying people about conforming to Christian values.
Seems South Park is just in opposition to anyone that tries to tell them what they should do. Before it was the left (which didn’t work out very well did it?) but now it’s the right. Thinking you’re going to change how people think by controlling what they see just doesn’t work, which I think by now has been proven.
You Democrats are SO DISGUSTING people PENISES on TV!
-People calling Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell HEROES!
Next thing you know, Joe Wilkinson will be giving them unique names.
Hanging about in a train station toilets naming people’s penises (Poem by Joe Wilkinspn)
The relevant part starts at 1:11.
Also from the article:
Way to bury the lede. "Liberterians with buyers remorse draw animated prick on animated prick. Oh btw there’s an official from minitrue effectively in charge of what can be shown on one of the 3-4 major American broadcast networks. "
I do think there should be a conversation about how South Park did normalize a lot of fucked up shit. I think it is entirely reasonable to argue that it normalized antisemitism and queer phobia in some ways - it taught a lot of twelve year olds that calling someone a “Jew” or a “fagg~t” was inherently funny.
Sorta like how on /b/ - the racism and homophobia was mostly joking originally (I’m talking like pre-2010). Taking it seriously/too far would get mocked. But:
I love South Park, but their episode on trans people was just shitty and dehumanizing, and it gave people permission to parrot that kind of rhetoric. There’s a difference between being edgy and offensive, and saying the kinds of things that end up actually getting people hurt. South Park has always been at its best when it punched up (as in this episode).
The whole sentiment of “we need to control what people say so we can control how people think” is the reason why a lot of people dislike the left.
Also I don’t think they did the things you’re accusing them of. The antisemitism is said by Cartman who is not meant to be a role model, he’s a miserable little shit nobody likes. The Jewish kid is portrayed as normal and a good guy. There are two kids that constantly say “huh huh, that’s gay” but they are clearly displayed as complete dumbasses.
But now the “control what people are saying” sentiment is coming from the right, and so the PC Principle character who used to bully people with political correctness is the “Power of Christ” Principle and he’s bullying people about conforming to Christian values.
Seems South Park is just in opposition to anyone that tries to tell them what they should do. Before it was the left (which didn’t work out very well did it?) but now it’s the right. Thinking you’re going to change how people think by controlling what they see just doesn’t work, which I think by now has been proven.
Thank you for representing the thoughts, feelings and opinions of all Jewish/homosexual/Jewish homosexual people everywhere.