r/politics • u/slaysia • Dec 19 '17

Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.82f2b85b50fa
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u/mrbaryonyx Dec 19 '17 edited Dec 19 '17

Giant Douche and Turd Sandwich" I feel has done real harm to our political discussion. It's a pithy little throw away phrase that people can use to kill a conversation in its tracks, a thoughtless and contextless placeholder for considered opinions founded on facts and evidence, a social virus of the mind. It's a meme, and a fuckin' shitty one at that.

Throw in "you PC bro?" and "dey took ur jerbs" in there too.

I like South Park a lot, but they do this a ton. The whole point of the show is taking complicated subjects and making them dumb and jokey in order to examine them, but a lot of people, namely impatient dolts who like cartoons with swearing, only stick around for the "dumb and jokey" parts. South Park's attitudes on a subject seldom last as long as whatever dopey meme Matt and Trey came up with does.

EDIT: If you really want to get depressed, think about what effect Cartman's constant anti-semitism and racism had on that sort of audience. Do you think they got the impression that Cartman's a piece of shit? Or do you think they decided he's a hilarious cultural icon and they can act just like him.

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u/100WattCrusader Dec 19 '17

You seriously think South Park fans that try to think about the satirical points of the show would start being anti-semitic?

They paint him as the worst figure in the show. He was literally hitler 2.0. He’s a pussy, bully, sociopath, psychopath, and much more all in one. I’ve never seen anyone that’s older than 12 say “I want to be like cartman, fuck Jews, I’ll feed your parents to you, etc.”

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u/EricLarose Dec 20 '17

I honestly think you'd be surprised actually.

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u/100WattCrusader Dec 20 '17

I really don’t think so. If you assume the worst about south park’s fanbase, then why not other shows’ fan bases?

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u/EricLarose Dec 20 '17

I don't have the energy to argue with you. Believe what you like. Peace.

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u/100WattCrusader Dec 20 '17

Lol, okay. Have a nice day.

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u/npinguy Dec 20 '17

Actually I encountered it from a Donald Trump supporter on reddit, yeah... I had to explain to him that agreeing with something Cartman is saying or doing is a Colossal red flag and he just didn't see it.

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u/100WattCrusader Dec 20 '17

Yeah, that’s sad.

I just don’t think it’s a large or noticeable amount of the fanbase at all. It’s the ones that are going to believe in shit that is detrimental to society anyway.