anyone else just exhausted by the news this week?

All. Male. Panel. For tampons. All male. No ladies. Just dudes. Tampons. Dudes. Just dudes.

Well, of the three celebrities mentioned in the first line of the story, all three were born in America, so none of them are living in fear of deportation. I don’t think that was exactly the point of the letter.

I still don’t think you’d be the asshole in this situation.

This. I used to love the show. But around 2004 it started attacking Al Gore and Hybrid drivers for baseless reasons and by 2008 it was utterly unwatchable. Now it’s a cringe-worthy parody of the original show that just serves as a platform to shill for Libertarianism.

It was during the 2012 presidential election campaigns that I suddenly came upon the horrifying realization that all of the young people in my extended family and their friends were basing their entire political belief systems and worldviews on a vulgar, albeit often hilarious, cartoon. I think I tried once to explain…

I never said that it’s impossible for anyone else to be conceited about how clever they are. It just seems obvious to me that the genesis of South Park is “Look at all these small town yokels - ha ha ha”, which morphs into “Look at all these Hollywood liberals - ha ha ha” - because there’s a clot of seasons where it…

I will cop to enjoying South Park.

Probably easier to say that there is a type of politics that is identifiably derived primarily from being a fan of South Park rather than, y’know. Political engagement. I’m a fan, they’re still really funny people, but hoo boy does Trey Parker’s personal agenda shine through all his work bright and clear: “Making Trey…

Can you elaborate on what exactly is “South Park” politics? If I’m a fan of South Park, do people assume I vote a certain way?

I always just called them pot & porn republicans.

It is problematic that you can’t recognise the animating and consistent ideology behind South Park.

http://leftycartoons.com/2010/06/29/the…

Libertarianism is a paper ideology. It looks convincing as a dry equation, but completely falls apart when subjected to real-world, human conditions. Surprise, surprise, trying to apply overly simplistic economic principles to every sphere of human society and governance is not an effective way for the world to…

There is no such thing as the “middle of the spectrum” — Paul is a good example of this. He had exactly one single issue with which had some support in the Democratic coalition, sentencing reform. We should jail fewer people. And while I think his neo-isolationism would find plenty of support, he’d drop his principle…

Smugly hating the world and other people when he’s had every systemic advantage thrust upon him.

I had no clue this was a thing, even though one of my best friends throughout college fit this to a T. Smugly hating the world and other people when he’s had every systemic advantage thrust upon him. Still love the dude, but it’s good to know he’s a type like everyone else.

Ironically, the best way to link such disparate entities with no apparent natural or obvious connection would be... an episode of South Park.

I wonder at what point libertarians actually become crazy assholes. Like in paper “less government, more social freedom” sounds like a believable political idea. Did it just go off the rails at some point? Like Republicans used to be a real party. Then they adopted the Southern Strategy. Was there a similar path of…

it’s always good to express how you feel