Episode 808 - Douche and Turd

[prog]

So at the urging of various members of y'all, I watched that one South Park episode in its entirety. Yes, the Puffy video was very funny, as was the bit with Jim Lehrer, but I still seem to be missing something that the rest of you are seeing.

It's true that, as I was advised, the episode as a whole carried a different message than the first 10 minutes did. However, it was a shift from the initially apparent moral of "The 2004 U.S. presidential election is a crock that you should ignore" to the final message of "If you participate in any elections at all, you are a singing, dancing fool, and we mock you."

Is this sort of thing a representative sample of the election-inspired media that the youngern have been watching? Coz, you show me this, and then you sigh about the flat youth turnout rate last Tuesday, and I trace lines in the air between them while looking at you questioningly.

The one PETA guy who looked like daerr was pretty funny, though.

Comments

[xymotik.livejournal.com]

I just saw the episode. I agree with everyone that the P. Diddy scene was great, but I certainly have to agree with you on everything else.

Matt and Trey can suck my ass.

Gah.

[kyroraz.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am going to stab out my eyes now with a rubber cat.

That's way like Andy. V. good observation.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

The moral (as expressed by Stan) was that even if neither candidate is attractive, that's still the best choice we've got and we should vote anyway. At least that's what I heard.

I've also seen them on talk shows saying that "Vote or Die" was stupid because the real message should be "Get Educated and Then Vote", not "Vote No Matter What".

[prog.livejournal.com]

Stan said that, and then was told by the other characters that he didn't seem to realize that all elections are always between a D and a T, since they're the only "electable" personality archetypes.

That's a valid point of view, and it's also so cynical to get my blood boiling. Especially now.