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To: Bean74

I’m beyond being offended by Family Guy. This is the equivalent of “Springtime for Hitler” in The Producers — it is self-consciously, intentionally, and conspicuously offensive. When the purpose of the joke is to offend, then to be offended is to fall prey.

If you’re up-in-arms about anything on that show, you’re playing right into the hands of the writers. They’re playing up your emotional reaction for attention and laughs. It is the televised equivalent of internet trolling — wherein any emotional reaction from a viewer, including laughs or outrage, is a win for the writer.

Move on. Nothing to see here.

SnakeDoc


5 posted on 03/23/2010 8:17:18 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant ... that even a god-king can bleed." - 300)
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To: SnakeDoctor
pop culture is evil.....

to do this to a woman who was disabled.....and to her family...

I'm sure her husband is getting his laughs out of it though...

this is very akin to the attitude of the Nazis.....dehumanize everyone so its not so hard for a former hard working barber for example, to suit up, goose step, and lead people into the gas chambers...

11 posted on 03/23/2010 9:19:12 AM PDT by cherry
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