Why I'm not a 'South Park Conservative', by Michelle Malkin

Townhall.com ^ | May 4, 2005 | Michelle Malkin

[HairOfTheDog]

Joking about something isn't the same as saying that it's something we should all be doing, either - then it wouldn't be humerous. I have a feeling that the joke is a lot older than the 50-60 years it's getting credit for. Laura went up in my estimation, she's a real person.

Me too, Sam... For cryin' out loud, we should all be real people. Life's funny if let it be.

[dirtboy]

I was reminding you that she was taking us back in time, to a joke that was allowed in a g rated movie in the mid sixties.

If that were the only such joke, I would agree with you. But it wasn't. Do you think there would be mention of male strippers and dollar bills in a g rated movie in the sixties?

Point is, such double inferrence, artfully phrased, isn't wrong.

Well, then, people shouldn't be viciously attacked for noting that there is a double inferrence. You're not doing the attacking. But there have been many over the last few days who have.

[tiamat]

ROFLMAO!

You said "fart"...heh...heh...heh

[cyborg]

Hopefully they're not doing it while typing.

[Skooz]

Beavis and Butthead is the funniest show in the history of television.

Wouldn't let my daughter watch it, though.

[dirtboy]

It certainly doesn't raise the level of debate one iota.

Now, now, that is a classic propaganda technique - calling into question the motives or rationale of your opponents. You should admire their artistry in applying such.

[Peach]

And not moved to the SBR. Given the language, that's where it belongs.

Personally, I think half the posters are about 12 years old.

[FR_addict]

If Hillary had said the same things about Bush, conservatives would be up in arms. The First Lady of the United States put down the most important man in the world as being stupid.

We tell the rest of the world that we have a great family values culture. Horse masturbation jokes and male stripper jokes are not what I expect from the First Lady, at least not in public.

Clinton introduced oral sex as not really sex and Laura Bush has made raunchy unfunny potty jokes as exceptable behavior in public.

This was a slap in the face to conservatives and completely unnecessary. Something is up in the White House.

I agree with Michelle Malkin and Michael Savage.

[Howlin]

Samwise put it as succintly as it has been put in four days:

Absence of teats does not equal masturbation, and absence of humor does not equal moral superiority.

[george wythe]

It is in the ear of the listener, as a result of our course society, that the joke would be thought of as a "masturbation" joke. It is a very old joke about city people not knowing the difference between male and female animals. That is all it is.

Some critics of the First Lady have a dirtier mind than they realize.

I've heard that old joke before without making the "masturbation" connection.

[Howlin]

Oh, thanks for THAT visual. :-)

[Peach]

A slap in the face at conservatives? Oh, brother.

[brytlea]

Ah, thank you for enlightening me! :)
susie

[Liberator]

"She [Laura Bush] walked to the edge but didn't cross...."

In other words, she merely dipped her toes into the muck.

Maybe that'll be enough to convince the RINO centrists and libs she's not the prude they think she is./sarc

[dirtboy]

I swear, some of these people just LOVE typing the words, "penis," "masturbation," and "jerking off."

Ah, another example of calling into question the motives of one's opponents. This tempest has offered some textbook applications of classic propaganda techniques.

[RushCrush]

The point? Oh I dunno, it's my OPINION. That's the point. Just because it offends you doesn't mean it doesn't have a point.

[JCEccles]

I've watched a few episodes of South Park and have seen some very funny bits. But the incessant profanity has always worn me out real quick. It's like sitting on a long flight next to a passenger with overpowering body odor. You don't even care if he's a witty conversationalist. There comes a point at which you desperately try to change seats (switch the channel).

[dirtboy]

And not moved to the SBR. Given the language, that's where it belongs.

Yeah, sure, it's not like your side is crossing the line of propriety. Other than maybe Howlin saying those of us thinking that Laura was over the line all needed to get l***. Naw, your bunch SURE has held the high ground.

[Sam Cree]

"As Americans, we really didn't get the current stick up our collective butts until the Victorian era."

I don't know, Cotton Mather, who vowed to "never use but one grain of patience with any man that shall go to impose upon me a Denial of Devils, or of Witches," was hanging witches in the 17th century.

I think Puritanism is deep within American roots. "Political correctness" is, IMO, the leftist manifestation of Puritanism.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Heh....Heh...Heh....cyborg said "fart"....Heh-eh....CYBORG RULES!!

:)