October 29, 2015
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The resulting logo, which has nothing to do with what he was paid to create, depicts the Pakistani employee wearing an Aztec headdress while having sex with the Statue of Liberty from behind. Chuy pretentiously explains that it’s a symbol of “the Latino struggle for justice in America,” as the white characters debate how to tell him they don”t like it without appearing racist. The graffiti artist is the butt of the joke; given the opportunity to do something creative, he demonstrates that all he is capable of is crass, obscene anti-Americanism, which he cloaks in faux “Latino pride.” But conservatives didn”t get the joke. The right-wing “think tank” Media Research Center slammed the episode as “anti-American,” and the MRC’s Facebook page was flooded with indignant comments:
GROSS, AND THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND JAILED!!!!!… I think whoever is responsible should be charged with indecency and face criminal charges. … It is really the Gay Rights Organization behind it!!!!! … The show was to promote the “Latino struggle in America”??? And this is going to make the so-called struggle better in what way?… Disgusting…….they need to leave our country if that’s what they think is art. … Is this what Latinos see themselves doing to the United States of America? Raping the nation? Disgusting! … It’s how Jews train white people to be passive and accept humiliation along with Jewish rule. … Tell Chuy to go back to Mexico if he is offended by our government and symbols of freedom. … He should be shot. … Satan’s maggots!
The one or two commenters who got the joke and tried to explain it were quickly overwhelmed by the others (and, for the record, “Satan’s Maggots” was the name of my college metal band). This exact same situation was repeated with last month’s South Park season opener, which showed Donald Trump being anally violated. Conservative Facebook pages and news sites were filled with the typical chest-pounding: “I don”t watch that piece of filth, but I bet they”d never do nothin” insulting about Hillary Clinton” (conservatives are so darling when they opine about shows they proudly state they never watch). In fact, South Park, a reliably right/libertarian-leaning show, has most certainly been disrespectful to Hillary, once depicting her as having a terrorist bomb hidden in her vagina. Little difference that made; the Trump episode led to the typical “Ban the show! Arrest the queer perverts!” comments.
Anyone who thinks conservatives can or will step in as the left continues to sanitize comedy is sorely misguided. The kind of merciless, unashamed, unapologetic satire championed by the old National Lampoon will find no quarter these days on the left or the right. It’s to the detriment of society, and to the benefit of today’s Itty Bitty Meanie Mohammeds, like would-be election rigger Principal Lena Van Haren.
