Air Zombie Meat
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Trump just isn't funny since he won. Just read this thread for evidence.
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South Park Creators backing off Trump.. "Satire has become reality"
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chillybright
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OT-GAF to be more precise.
PartTimeWarrior
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Gaf last year: "South park? I hate that show!"
Gaf now: "they won't make fun of Trump? Cowards!"
Gaf now: "they won't make fun of Trump? Cowards!"
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Also it's hard to make fun of the shitty things that are actually happening to people because of President Asshole. What are they going to do make fun of some poor soul who gets caught in a travel ban?
The things he was talking about happening are real now, not theoretical.
The things he was talking about happening are real now, not theoretical.
CrimzonSamurai
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I also think them not making fun of it goes a long way to resisting the normalization of Trump.
RiccochetJ
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Surprised that people are upset at the creators of South Park for saying that real life has supplanted all the crazy shit they could come up with and somehow call them cowards.
They publicly said that what Trump is doing is more crazy than what they can come up in South Park.
And some of you called them cowards.
Think on that for a second.
They publicly said that what Trump is doing is more crazy than what they can come up in South Park.
And some of you called them cowards.
Think on that for a second.
There's no ceiling for satire, and even if there were, reality shouldn't be one. They could and should go even harder, but if they can't or don't want to then that's their call. People are so quick to forget just how hard they eviscerated Trump last year, so I feel the "coward" comments are entirely unecessary and misguided.
Yeah, it's funny that people are calling Parker and Stone cowards when they literally raped "Trump" to death in the second episode of last season. Raped him to death. That's as ballsy as it gets folks.Or you can get fucked right back
You must parody Trump for not one, but four whole seasons straight. If not you're a neo-nazi coward.
I mean, they've never given so much attention to any other celebrity before. Personally, I hate last seasons format and hope they go back to smaller independent storylines.
Based on Gaf everyone is a Nazi
Especially my nana, fuck you nana, you nazi punk piece of shit
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Maybe the intent is to anger Trump via ignoring him lol
I can understand their reasons but there maybe are better ways to deal with that, make it a 3 second running gag at the end of every show similar to how Kenny always used to die, Trump screaming into the phone while Russia invades the US and nukes start flying everywhere... something like that.
I can understand their reasons but there maybe are better ways to deal with that, make it a 3 second running gag at the end of every show similar to how Kenny always used to die, Trump screaming into the phone while Russia invades the US and nukes start flying everywhere... something like that.
HP_Wuvcraft
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RiccochetJ
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They made fun of him by saying even they aren't capable of creating an episode of South Park that rivals what he has done in real life. South Park You don't get that?
Okay.
They already fuckin did, a whole season, they never had a theme for an entire damn season up until fuckin Trump
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They believe all sides are stupid?
What a bunch of dumbasses.
What a bunch of dumbasses.
UberTag
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They could always make up stories built around the lies the Trump camp tells.
Like this week's episode could have been all about the Bowling Green Massacre and how Frederick Douglass came back from the dead to thwart it.
The irony
ReplacementPelican
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Pretty much, their pseudo-intellectual 'but both sides' cynicism during the election was completely dumbfounding.
CrimzonSamurai
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I feel like this gets given too much importance.
That episode was about the 2004 election, in which neither candidate was popular, even with their party's base.
People tend to view Kerry much more positively now than they did in 2004. The democratic base was not enthusiastic. Bush's 2000 election is the one that is controversial in terms of whether he actually won. He won handily in 2004.
His Majesty
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Same. The Trump segments last season were among my least favourite. Also nowadays everyone and their dog is making fun of Trump. I can see South Park wanting to move away from that and do their own thing instead.
The reactions in this thread are so incredibly ignorant.
I think you mean Trump.
This thread is going in circles. Clueless people who havent watched the last season spouting flatout wrong shit and running away.
Subpar Scrub
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Yeah man, you know how it is.
"Oh boy a Trump thread, I can't wait to get angry at a name I briefly see while skimming the OT... or just reading the title."
I think I was referring to previous older classic (*cough* better *cough*) episodes/seasons. It's pretty much a given that Trump was also lampooned considering it was only the previous season. Get off your high horse man.
Infinite_Daremo
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Its not exactly trump free on the gaming side either.
And good. Go back to one-off episodes with random storylines. The political circle jerk fell flat on its face half way through. Member berries was the highlight of the series.
The second part of the post wasn't directed at you personally, sorry for the confusion.
This, I feel like some people have been watching a different show than me, because SP has made plenty of Trump jokes.
And both sides equally bad in SP? Mitt Romney was an ink spewing duck incapable of speech whereas Obama was actually one of the few smart/capable adults in the whole show.
Or you can get fucked right back
Cowards, how dare they not make Trump jokes.
GuessMyUserName
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They do not. Their last ENTIRE SEASON was all about Trump being a wholly and intentionally awful human being not qualified for the presidency.
The only "both sides" thing was literally a reference to their old 2004 joke which is solely a nod to the undeniable fact that these were the two least popular candidates. When it actually came down to content, the only real jokes about Hillary were just generic characterizations of being a robotic career politician trying to say what people want to hear and failing.
Hell the biggest gag was during the debates when Garrison was flat out saying to vote for Hillary, but Hillary was told by her campaign staff to just disagree with Garrison. She was not an evil character. She was not a bad person by any means at all, she was even portrayed as a competent governing official outside of the election. Basically the jokes were just about her failure on the campaign which should have been an easy win.
Enough of this bogus shit about South Park being about "both sides". It's completely false and this has been explained throughout the thread a number of times now.
No, just Trump threads on GAF. I don't think the hive-mind is helping anyone, and I don't need to spend energy debating liberals. I've got to save energy for debating Trump supporters.
Yeah, these two things definitely show that GAF is hypocritical and not that South Park is shit. Good job!
Doctor Ironic
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Maybe they should have tried that method before he got elected.
How many chances did you give to Trump being elected as president last year? honestly
It's a totally different situation now
Their comedy show isn't a vehicle to get [your preferred candidate] elected. I'm surprised that people think it is, or even think that it should be.
It was all very hilarious and amusing when Trump was just a stupid joke that would get pummelled come election. Its not their fault the American public are so stupid.
GeordieMark
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Absolutely spot on.
Salty Rice
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You can make fun of terrorists but not the president?
Cowards indeed.
Cowards indeed.
CyclopsRock
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I think it's hard to satirise because it's such low hanging fruit. Even in Team America, they didn't really satirise Kim Jong Il because the reality was just too nuts; they used it as a vehicle to satirise American foreign policy and the crocodile tears of Hollywood actors.
GuessMyUserName
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Once more: They just had an entire season making fun of Trump.
Sorry if they don't wanna continue taking up their show's time on him for 4 more years.
Okay, i'm done
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