Comments on: ‘South Park’ attacks Somalia and Susan Boyle

By: emma

emma — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:00:28 +0000

i object to the description of Obama as “that pretentious Obama”.

By: lol

lol — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:49:48 +0000

im somalian and i enjoyed this episode..wasnt offended because i was expecting south park to be offensive but i love that the somalians actually spoke somali in that episode.

By: lolito

lolito — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:34:22 +0000

“no less funny depictions of the French as pretentious cowards”: how is that funny M. Tucker ? Unless you are a fan of GW Bush propaganda.
It took the french quite some guts to declare war on Germany although they were not prepared, outnumbered and outgunned.
M. Tucker why not reading a little about WW2 instead of watching FOX News ? You may then understand how despicable your comment really is.

By: Dam

Dam — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:01:25 +0000

I’m french and I really enjoy this episode ! Very funny !
The creators make fun of everybody, if you can’t get it, don’t watch.

By: MiquelonDotOrg

MiquelonDotOrg — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:49:43 +0000

French Defeat of 1940: we were betrayed by leaders. Lost 100 000 men so the Brits could evac Dunkirk. Learn http://miquelon.org Mocking 1940 defeat as offensive to us as 9/11 jokes. You don't see us mocking USA defeats in Vietnam, Somalia, Beirut?

By: SPrules

SPrules — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:15:47 +0000

hey Miquelondotorg, I agree. In fact, I have a gift i’d like to offer you in a truce. Its a genuine WWII French Rifle. It’s never been Fired! although its been dropped once or twice…

By: siLeNc3x

siLeNc3x — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:31:33 +0000

who cares if they bash french people. THEY BASH EVERYONE equally. That is their right. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. Making a big deal out of something like this will only make south park studios more happy. That is the reaction they want. The show is not going anywhere anytime soon, and neither are these types of jokes. Relax and stop crying…

By: Miquelondotorg

Miquelondotorg — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:05:29 +0000

Here is a list of anti-French slurs and comments as told or written by American comedy writers, comedians, journalists and politicians.
http://www.miquelon.org/bashers/

By: Miquelondotorg

Miquelondotorg — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:04:07 +0000

There are consequences to this type of constant attacking of one specific people and culture: discrimination at your workplace, harassment on the job, verbal abuse, children from exchange programs being refused because of nationality, graffiti, attacks on property …
I am not joking here, each one of these occurrences happened during the height of Anti-French propaganda between 2003 and 2007 and some of these still occur today.

By: Miquelondotorg

Miquelondotorg — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:03:11 +0000

There have been Anti-French barbs in the past, but they are usually in the mouth of Cartman (”French people piss me off” – in response to Pip Pirrup, a British character). The purpose of this joke is to ridicule the anti-French attitudes of people like Cartman who view all foreigners as identical.
But episode 7 of season 13, the joke is radically different in nature and purpose. The French are portrayed as cowards, readily surrendering to children. This is a very different type of joke as it paints an entire people and culture with a despicable character trait. This is what we are focused on, and we will not accept this from South Park any more than we would from anybody else. This was a lazy, pathetic and cheap shot, pure and simple.