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Comedy Central Wimps Out
By John
Even though I was swamped last night trying to stand up OpFor, I still made time for part 2 of South Park's battle with dhimmitude.
The short skinny is that Comedy Central found a stool to stand on, grabbed a giant megaphone, and proclaimed in one voice to the American people "We are hypocrital cowards!" Cowards because of their decision to cave, hypocritical because the episode concluded with Jesus pulling a Triumph the Comic Insult Dog and pooping on everything.
In the words of SP character Kyle, I've learned something today. The double standard which mandates the trashing Christianity as a-okay, but condemns similiar treatment of minority religions as insensitive and wrong is a real one. What a disgusting display of weakness on their part.
Michelle has an excellent roundup, writing:
I was just happy to see someone, anyone, in the pop culture world confront some of the fundamental issues raised by the Cartoon Jihad for a mainstream American audience.
Yeah roger that. Certainly makes anti-PC movements like "South Park Conservatism" somewhat easier to deconstruct.
The Anchoress did a fine job explaining South Park's use of Christ as the end of the show:
The point was made to America by SP putting up a cartoon bound to offend various Americans - and any American who would rather not see “pooping” on the flag. Once again, they put the question out there - “what will you allow and what will you ban? And are you willing to fight for the First Amendment or just pay lip service to it until one of your sacred cows-or-icons are insulted?”
More from Captain Ed and the Media Blog.
Michelle also made sure you guys know where to give Comedy Central a chunk of your cranium, posting CC's feedback link. Course of you really wanted to be effective, they've let everyone know that death threats work too*.
*No I'm not saying you should send Comedy Central death threats. Dork.
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They had me going until this morning when the CC spokesman confirmed they had indeed censored SP. I was among the 'it's part of the joke' crowd til then.
If the CC suits had censored the poop fight at the end because it included Jesus they'd atleast have a religious leg to stand on, but as it is they've done a Borders.
I just received a wussie e-mail from CC telling me basically that they're scared shitless of the terrorists, so they won't show Mo... However, having Christ shit on everything is "fair game." Here was my response to those cowards:
Thank you for your email. However, by NOT showing Mohammad, you are letting the terrorists win. Freedom of expression has got to be worth fighting and dying for, or it's not true freedom. If you caved in whenever any group threatened violence, then you would not be able to show anything. I don't care what the "other networks" are doing, I wrote to your network. Please reconsider and be brave. If every network showed Mohammad, the terrorists couldn't possibly attack each one. Be the first.
Thank you.
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I had to laugh at the death threats line.