I never really tolerated this take on the show. And how many often accused Matt and Trey of being libertarians or even downright bigots even though they're trying to make a socialist statement on civilisation or the topic of the week like gay marriage and treatment of disability in media and how people could potentially be faking it for exploitation both of which were actually very well done and progressive especially the tourettes example.
Also they've ruthless mocked Trump in a story arc not only once but twice. And their latest season is so aggressively ruthless and savage, It feels like they're doing more for the liberal No Kings uprising than The current democratic party leaders who are all talk and no substance.
I'm not saying I don't fully disagree with people's disdain for the show (primarily the trans community. I can see why they hate South Park's guts) but to consider it a permanent stain on basic human decency and a horrid influence for milennials is honestly pretty hair splitting if you'd ask me.
Am I missing something here within these folks? is punching sideways/mocking everyone equally really any worst than complete douchebags straight up punching down for the sake of pissing off the unfortunate because they find it hilarious (Looking at you Tony Hinchcliffe, and Babylon Bee)? Are the South Park guys really to blame for shaping an entire demographic into not caring about any Global Disputes with Current Affairs? Or did the boundaries pushing and subtle satire simply got lost in people who either grewed up into the very thing they were mocking or viewed it as a cesspool of nihlist Slop?
https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-south-park
Stone and Parker are the embodiment of genX politics. That is the cynical mantra that people who believe in stuff are the real fools. And it doesn't matter if you deny the Holocaust or advocate for green energy, in South Park you've committed the same sin.
Sure they make fun of Trump. But they also had an entire season devoted to frat-boy bullies and tyrants who advocated for inclusion, equity, and social justice. Because that's a social problem in American and Matt & Tray simply have the courage to finally speak truth to power.
Oh, and meanwhile Global Warming is a hysterical myth that Al Gore invented.
This is pretty accurate but I would say it's both their flaw and their strength. There's a lot put on the shoulders of the show probably because it's such a cultural force and has been around for a long time. They're often lauded for their take downs and for how well they distilled absurdities in various beliefs and I actually think that praise was pretty well deserved. They can take anything, whatever it may be and find the angle where it is risible and stupid, and that works great for comedy and only becomes a problem when it's expected to somehow be right in doing so or is to have a coherent philosophy that can be discerned from the years of output and that's where it really starts to break down. When something like Southpark is around this long and people place so many expectations on it, when it has to mine the cultural milieux for something current and relevant week after week and still stick to it's "ripping on everybody" schtick, the limits of the actual commentary and messaging start to become apparent. This leads to justified criticism like yours but at the end of the day it was only ever just a tv show and frankly what they do achieve is pretty impressive for the medium and for its longevity even when compared to where it hits the limits of both.
That's a really good distillation of their ethos. I'm going to try to remember it.
For what it's worth, they have officially said they were wrong about Climate Change.
And it only took how long? So brave of them to admit they were wrong long after public consensus shifted (never mind scientific consensus, which was already solid before that episode was even made).
And you’d rather they didn’t? Obviously it would have been better if they didn’t mock climate change in the first place, but if they then use their same platform to use the same influence to acknowledge their mistake, it’s much better than them just staying silent about it. It’s incredibly counterproductive to mock people who actually admit when they were wrong, even if they’re not as quick about it as you want them to be.
They did air two apology episodes in that regard, though.
Even if that was their mantra (which I don't think it is), it's absurd to generalise that to all of Gen X, as if all of us have the same politics.
No to all of this.
believing in stuff makes you stupid about that stuff.
Those Frat boy Bullies and tyrants are all over lemmy and other social media. If you can't see that, you're one of them. There are also real incidents of abuse and harassment on college campuses where good people are getting fired and sued over harmless actions like not using gender neutral pronouns in their emails or some ridiculous crap. Bullying and harassing people into your 'cause' is should never be socially acceptable.
The reason so many folks are so insanely hostile over social justice is they believe in it, and they think violence is justified in it's name. They don't think it's something to stand up for, they think it's something to beat people down with, literally.
Are the people getting fired over not using gender neutral pronouns in the room with us
Where are you getting these stories about who is getting bullied on college campuses for these reasons?
That's such a stupid take.
People who are "hostile" over social justice, are hostile against social injustice. Social injustice is violent, in many many ways.
Your take is basically "I don't like these people, because they are violent against violence to try to fix it". I'm sure that stagnating in violence is better than to try to fix it, huh.
Tell me that you're a privileged brat without telling me that you're a privileged brat.