In the course of my daily life, I often come across things that offend me. Specifically, the idea that people shouldn’t have to risk being offended by things they see in the media. Paradoxical, I know, but it is how I feel.
Personally, I think vinryk is giving them to much credit, but maybe not.
P.S. When furthur accused me of being racist, I can see his point. I think of this attitude of being prevalent in the heartland of America, but I am wrong. I believe this attitude exists, but the restraining it by definition to “Middle America" is stupid of me.
Ok, I’ll simplyfy what I am saying. I am upset by the idea of the “liberal media” I believe that the creators of South Park" by into the idea, as do many other people.
Check, check, check… Jerry, pull the high end out, I’m still getting some hiss back here.
Ah, perfect.
1: are you or are you not offended by SP?
I often see south park lampooning some rightwing cause. I laugh. Then I see them ridiculing the other side, but instead of actually parodying attitudes and issues, it seems like they are lampooning a straw man.
2: If so, what in particular offends you? If not, why not?
In the episode with the recounts in a kindergarten election, they were parodying recounts. They made it sound like the whole recount thing was just one side whining until it gets it’s way, which was not the case. I got the impression the writters were saying “I wish these people would just shut up, and go back to ruling the country. Who gets the election? The one who appears to have one it, possiblity of misscounted ballots or not!”
This attitude of “The media should conform to the view of the majority”,
is what offends me.
3: What does Mallard Fillmore have to do with South Park?
I believe both the writers of South Park and many other show feel that the popular culture is imposing on them. The Mallard Philmore strips were an example of the writer saying: “The media imposes it’s values on us” and not listening when told to not watch if he doesn’t like what some of the shows say.
So you’re basically saying that you’re offended when your ideologies are mocked, but enjoy seeing the other side attacked? If that’s not it, I apologize for not understanding and doubt I am capable of doing such. If that is the case, then why are you watching a program that routinely attacks both sides of the political spectrum?
You are missing the point of Southpark. Week after week, they prove that people will laugh and continue to watch the foulest rudest concepts possible, yet in kid cartoon form. They lampoon one side so people say ‘haha’ then they lampoon the other side, and the people laughing are now getting made fun of. They have made a multimillion dollar empire at everyones expense, using crude and witty situations. They take everything shallow, bad, good, etc that television stands for, and vomit it back all at one time. In short, genius.
No, I wouldn’t mind if they attack my side, I just wish they would address the issues, instead of strawmen of what they think my side says. I also believe they are saying:
“At the end of the day, I want to sit down and watch brain numbing tv. I am angry that I see social issue discussed everywhere, and I am disgusted by the fact that they are produced by people on the west or east coast, not people who live in the Heatland of America.”