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/asminaut California Dec 19 '17

South Park tends to take a dim view on most people that seriously care about an issue, no matter how legitimate/illegitimate it is. Which is one of the reasons I feel like I've grown out of it.

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u/Pyryara Dec 20 '17

Yes, this. The political stance of the show has been "lol @ anyone who deeply cares about anything" for a very long time now and it is something that makes sense when you're a rebellious teenager or adolescent, but not as an adult.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

Dare I say, South Park was the forerunner of modern edgelordery.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

South Park tends to take a dim view on most people that seriously care about an issue, no matter how legitimate/illegitimate it is. Which is one of the reasons I feel like I've grown out of it.

South Park's ideology: you'll never care about the wrong thing to care about, and never care about something for wrong and stupid reasons, if you never care about anything.

It's actually vaguely nihilistic. And, for all the praise South Park gets for being "edgy", quite a cowardly attitude to have.

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u/OverlordQuasar Dec 20 '17

I used to like it, then I just kinda realized that the message of every episode is either "shut up and accept it, you can't do anything and if you do you'll make it worse" or "caring is for idiots." You can satirize political issues without telling everyone that they're all pointless.

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u/BigAbbott Dec 20 '17

It’s all noise, man. How are you supposed to know anything with the abundant misinformation? What are we supposed to be able to trust?

I can’t make informed decisions without valid inputs and I have none.

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u/opentoinput Dec 22 '17

Why do you think they do that?

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u/blandge Dec 20 '17

Because now you're one of the people they are mocking.