# More victimhood from Sarah Palin - this time involving "Family Guy." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200 "2010-02-16T15:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/21 "2010-02-16T17:06:23Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > … and no foreigners allowed at her press conference…not kidding on the last one. That was really one of her demands). she’s got a thing about it. … She wanted to make sure Obama the Kenyan wouln’t be allowed in. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/22 "2010-02-16T17:11:24Z")
Crude tasteless highly unfunny “humor.” But that’s “Family Guy’s” _raison d’etre_. I think Palin can get some traction, perhaps, out of criticizing a political figure for using “retard,” especially one from the party that’s most susceptible to political correctness, but a TV show that reliably makes 18 out of its 22 minute runtime offensive to someone, somewhere? Forget it. This is absurd. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/23 "2010-02-16T17:14:06Z")
Interesting that Palin complains about Fox’s _Family Guy_ when she just started working for…Fox. Wonder how that will pan out. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/24 "2010-02-16T17:19:57Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Maybe Frank Murkowski or Anthony Carroll Knowles or even Wally Hickel should be the ones upset by this spurious attack. But I guess we’ll never know who her parents really were or why they decided to move across the US to settle into Quahog. She said her mom was the Governor, so that probably leaves them out. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/25 "2010-02-16T17:26:08Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > …especially one from the party that’s most susceptible to political correctness… I’m not sure that it is especially clear which party is most susceptible to political correctness now, if it really ever was. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/26 "2010-02-16T17:27:27Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Slam Palin as much as you want, but it’s skeevy to bring kids into it. Making fun of Chelsea Clinton as ugly was out of bounds too. But this wasn’t making fun of any actual child of any actual person. Unless Palin has a teenaged daughter with Down Syndrome as well as her DS baby, or thought they were saying that one of her daughters was DS as well as the baby, which they clearly were not, then all we have here was an inference. A satirical inference that may have been in poor taste (though tastes are, of course, not really disputable) but that’s all it was. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/27 "2010-02-16T17:32:29Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > She said her mom was the Governor, so that probably leaves them out. Or it’s assuming the previous governors were transgendered and making fun of sex change operations. How deep does this rabbit hole go anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/28 "2010-02-16T17:41:51Z")
Too bad _Family Guy_ is never satirical like Rush Limbaugh, or she might have given them a pass. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/29 "2010-02-16T17:49:57Z")
If Palin were smart she’d ignore the whole thing, and if some reporter asked her what she thought about it, she’d shrug and say, “Sorry, but I don’t watch _the Simpsons_.” But then, if Palin were smart she wouldn’t be Palin. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/30 "2010-02-16T19:17:12Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I hope they had people checking on the passports or original birth certificates of everyone attending, just to make sure no foreigners got in. It would have been hilarious if the Mall of America had taken rigorous measures to ensure that her wishes were met… A security screen around the event. Everyone who wanted to go to her book signing had to produce an original birth certificate. The certificates would have to be scrutinized carefully to make sure they were not forgeries. Anyone without an original (long form) birth certificate would be made to go to a “foreigners enclosure” where they would be surrounded by guards who jeered at them. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/31 "2010-02-16T19:29:02Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > If Palin were smart she’d ignore the whole thing, and if some reporter asked her what she thought about it, she’d shrug and say, “Sorry, but I don’t watch _the Simpsons_.” > > But then, if Palin were smart she wouldn’t be Palin. If she doesn’t know what magazines she doesn’t read, how will she know what shows she doesn’t watch? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/32 "2010-02-16T21:20:30Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’m not sure the joke was in bad taste because I don’t think it really made sense. It doesn’t really map to Palin in a way that makes sense, or says anything about her other than (at most) that she has a child with Downs Syndrome. The character and the episode as whole clearly had nothing to do with her. What, a joke on Family Guy that has nothing to do with the rest of the episode? They’d never do that! > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I wonder if the joke was inserted into the episode late purely to wind her up. This makes sense, maybe they wanted to take advantage of the “retard” “controversy”, they might have only had to change the audio. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/33 "2010-02-16T21:24:49Z")
I wonder if this will be covered on Fox News tonight, and if so what sort of spin they’ll take toward their Newscorp sister company. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/34 "2010-02-16T21:35:40Z")
Family Guy hasn’t been funny in years but going out of their way to offend Sarah Palin earns them a mulligan IMO. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/35 "2010-02-16T22:13:21Z")
Faux will treat them like the Muslims did when Allah was shown in a cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/36 "2010-02-16T22:52:15Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > Family Guy hasn’t been funny in years but going out of their way to offend Sarah Palin earns them a mulligan IMO. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/37 "2010-02-16T22:56:00Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > But this wasn’t making fun of any actual child of any actual person. In fact, it seemed to be intended to mock the mentally handicapped character _specifically by associating her with Sarah Palin_. That is, we don’t laugh at the Palins for being retarded; we laugh at the retarded for being Palins. In any case, Sarah Palin is thinner-skinned than Ross Perot with a bad sunburn wearing 50-grit sandpaper underwear, so she’s Og’s gift to purveyors of tasteless humor like _Family Guy_. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/38 "2010-02-16T23:03:24Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > [W]e don’t laugh at the Palins for being retarded; we laugh at the retarded for being Palins. That should be embroidered, framed and hung somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/39 "2010-02-16T23:07:35Z")
She’s an attention whore, but it seems to be working quite well. Keeping her name in the “news” is good for business. > [@Kimstu](#): > > In fact, it seemed to be intended to mock the mentally handicapped character _specifically by associating her with Sarah Palin_. > > That is, we don’t laugh at the Palins for being retarded; we laugh at the retarded for being Palins. Huh? To me, that’s even more tasteless. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200/40 "2010-02-16T23:11:46Z")
I disagree that people with mental disabilities were being mocked at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200.md?page=3)