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The most recent South Park episode, featuring a naked Donald Trump, may have violated the law.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 100 points 5 days ago (2 children)

While this article is technically correct on some things, it's somewhat missing the entire point of what Matt and Trey did very intentionally. They want Trump to try and sue them.

Trump has inappropriately promoted and used various AI depictions of some seriously fucked up shit, and therefore would immediately lose in court if trying to sure based on the existing laws. In fact, they never showed Trump's dick. They just alluded to it being his dick...with AI.

I would FUCKING LOVE for Trump to try and sue them, because Matt and Trey will make it the circus it deserves to be, get some amazing stuff in discovery, and they can fucking afford not only defending themselves and their content from frivolous lawsuits, but then countersue and fuck Trump and all of his cronies up when it comes out who has been pulling the strings with the absolutely batshit insane stuff that gets posted on his accounts, and government accounts being misused in an official capacity to push dogshit.

I look forward to this with a shwaybone.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 64 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Matt and Trey really don't give a fuck. They tried to show Muhammed in multiple cartoons, and when the network vociferously shouted them down about it (because it might get them killed or their offices attacked), they snuck him in anyway in multiple places and just didn't tell anyone. When one of the foundational members of their cast didn't want them to trash Scientology, they trashed it ten times harder and told him not to let the door hit him on the ass on the way out. They made out with each other for a long time in "Baseketball."

However valuable or not you feel like their message / their humor is, they are among the very few voices in mainstream media who are simply unafraid and doing their own thing, completely without reservation.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 46 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Agreed, except Isaac Hayes never wanted to quit. The fucking Scientologists did it “for him” while he was incapacitated in the hospital. Reportedly, Hayes loved doing the show and wouldn’t have quit on his own.

Trey and Matt have simply said that they miss their friend.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Jesus Christ, I didn't know that. That's worse.

I highly recommend watching the Joe Rogan interview with David Miscavige's dad, it's just wild and weird.

Also, where's Shelly? Where did she go?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Trump has inappropriately promoted and used various AI depictions of some seriously fucked up shit, and therefore would immediately lose in court if trying to sure based on the existing laws.

Yeah, that makes zero sense.

  1. The Supreme Court has ruled that the President can't be charged from crimes committed while in office. That's why he's walking free today instead of rotting in a fucking jail cell where he belongs.

  2. The commission of a crime does not suddenly excuse everyone else from committing said crime.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 72 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The fucker put out an AI generated video of Obama being arrested in the Oval Office. There’s no standing.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Show me a judge that will put him in a cell

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Rules for thee...

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 65 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To qualify, the depiction must appear, in the eyes of a reasonable person, indistinguishable from a real image.

So if the act is used to criminalize this depiction, in doing so it acknowledges that tiny pecker is indistinguishable from Trump's penis?

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Frankly, while the general depiction is realistic, the actual penis doesn't look like any real penis, regardless of size. It shouldn't fall in the scope of the law.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Matt and tray so loved America they were willing to burn $1.5 billion to save it."

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 25 points 5 days ago

I have a feeling they're going to be fine moneywise whatever happens. Their personal safety is probably fine. Maybe not, but probably they don't have to worry too much.

It's still courage that they're doing it.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

Where are all those liberals at who just recently defended Dems for voting with Republicans to pass this law?? Where are all their bullshit justifications now?

[–] TerHu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago

i find it very interesting how suddenly trump loves a law that focuses on consent. so, he does understand what that means?