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The Socialist Threat Comes to ‘South Park’

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Posted on Nov 12, 2009
Cartman as Beck
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The twisted minds behind “South Park” have taken notice of the Glenn Beck style of casting doubt and judgment on certain prominent public leaders via guilt-by-association word games, and now Cartman’s taking a page from Beck’s playbook. Is any American elementary school really safe from the scourge of socialism?  —KA

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By Night-Gaunt, November 16, 2009 at 10:41 am Link to this comment

Jason you get an “A” and Christian96 gets a “D” because you didn’t insult anyone and still made it funny by speaking truth to power.

I love South Park because it is a free for all satire range and people like Glenn Beck the fascist clown is appropriate for this. Oh and Sara Palin is a walking, talking and living farce. The real life version of the caricature of what the wrongies want as citizens and leaders in this country. What a comedown from the likes of Bill Buckley for them, eh?

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By Jason, November 13, 2009 at 8:37 am Link to this comment
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Q. What do real conservatives believe is the best way
  to extinguish a campfire?

A. Dump gasoline on it.

Q. What would a conservative in the USA say to Ayn Rand
  to make her believe that he is honest?

A. I lack cognitive functioning as I believe what you
  say is truth.

Q. What do real conservatives believe is the best way to
  decrease the USA deficit?

A. Give the tax revenue to other nations and give the
  remaining money to the Pentagon.

Q. What are USA conservatives the most fearful of?

A. That what does the most good for the most people.

Q. What are the 4 main goals of conservatives for the
  future of the USA?

A. 1) To bankrupt the USA.  2) To strongarm and extort, nay kill, those living in third world.  3) To protect the wealth of CEOs while ensuring that the majority of Americans go hungry and homeless over time.  4) To defend the already inept and failed status quo.

So Eric just wants to ask questions, huh?  You need to do more than ask questions!  Do research.  Find out for yourself the answers you seek rather than being arrogant paranoid and heartless - not to mention ignorant.  This goes for all the other American conservatives and tea party attendees who fail to make the connection between USA empire ambitions and the recession.  Again, I believe this is because conservatives just seem to intrinsically lack cognitive functioning.  After all, who really would want to defend something that is against their own personal interests unless he is not paying attention.  These are not ad hominem attacks toward conservatives, and neither were the aforementioned jokes.  I am simply backing up my assertions with empirical evidence.

Excellent satire on the typical USA conservative ideologue.

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By mlb, November 13, 2009 at 7:23 am Link to this comment

We haven’t a thing to worry about.
Fascism will always protect us from the twin scourges of socialism and democracy.

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