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[The Blitherer]

Actually, South Park mocks hypocrisy in religious institutions.

[subterfuge]

Slow news day?

[kromike]

Of course, one's religion deserves a bit of respect. But any religion that isn't strong enough to stand up to mockery, ridicule and even blasphemy isn't a true religion.

Catholics & Protestants have suffered for thousands of years with this. It makes them unhappy, it makes them miserable, it makes them indignant & angry, but the one thing it doesn't make them is homicidal.

Thus, the not-so-surprising irony: Christianity is an enduring religion and because it's core nature is a respect for Life, it's a target primarily because of some hypocrites who unfortunately claim to be representative.

And yet, Islam is unconditionally off-limits so much to the effect that if you even think something naughty, by golly, it's your a$$.

[justt bloomin]

Say what you like, but South Park is up there with Stephen Colbert and Sacha Baron Cohen for the Jonathan Swift-esque of our time.

The same can't be said about Family Guy, although it's 100% politically incorrect and offensive to everybody. That's why I like it.

[Mr. Blonde]

I think the author is right that South Park is all for spirituality, but very much against organized religion.

If there is a motto that SP lives by I would say it is this quote by George Carlin, "I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to."

[cubreporter]

If I want to watch trash I’ll go into the garbage cans!

[baclava]

Actually, South Park has gotten pretty lame in the last year.

I still watch all the old episodes, but they just got too preachy and drag out the soapbox on too much stuff that isn’t funny.

I miss chef.

[reagan_fanatic]

I don't have a problem with Southpark for the most part since, like another FReeper mentioned, they lampoon religious hypocrisy instead of the religion itself.

Family Guy, however, seems to revel in mocking not only Christians, but God himself. It can be a very funny show (I still watch it when then episodes don't involve Christian bashing) but I sure would like to find out just what the creators of Family Guy have against Christinanity and Christians in general.

I just don't find mocking someone's religion like that to be funny, that's all.

[The Great RJ]

I am a real fan of South Park because they satirize just about everything which is just what we need in our increasingly PC world. Where else can someone poke fun at cheating in the Special Olympics?

[Chewie84]

I thought the article was a little too soft on ‘The Simpsons.’ Recent episodes have done everything they can to portray people of faith (Flanders in particular) as brainless, bigoted loons who are inevitably proven wrong every time they’re featured in an episode.
I just hope the Simpsons movie is less biased than the last couple seasons of the show have been.

[ozzymandus]

South Park is great. Did this guy just discover it or something?

[gondramB]

I understand there are people so out of touch with popular culture as to not know about Family Guy or South Park and even easier to miss the generally conservative themes in South Park.

But how could Phillip Turner be so stupid as to write about them as if this a new situation without a quick search to find out they have been on the air for 9 and 11 years respectively.

And how did it his editor publish it?

[sweet_diane]

"Writers for Fox's "The Simpsons" long ago tapped into religion as a source of gentle jokes and story lines. In doing so, the show opened the way for hip, animated comedies like "South Park"

Just sounds to me like the writer is wanting to give The Simpson's credit for South Park. IMHO, The Simpson's haven't been funny in years.