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No matter how hot the political temperature, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s show can be counted on to go for the jugular. And with Brendan Carr in a mountain of poo and Israel’s PM in its sights, the latest episode doesn’t pull any punches

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[–] incompetent@programming.dev 18 points 6 hours ago

"let's rip at Benjamin Netanyahu"

Ha! That was the tamest thing I've ever seen on South Park. And the scene with Bibi was only for a few seconds at the very end. The headline is such hyperbole.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Do they haunt him with the ghosts of Buchenwald past?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 61 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

If South Park can't get away with this one after their entire history of shows, even the shit episode where they literally said they were trying to see if they could get kicked off tv, then we know Israel has WAYYYYYYY too much control over society.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Muslums got the super friends episode taken down but that was a long long time ago. And ya know, we cant have antisemetism!

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

True. Admittedly I haven't seen this episode yet, but I'd say going after Bibi is a bit different than offending Muslims by insulting their religion. I'd seriously hope they don't pull the antisemitism b.s just because they make fun of Bibi.

That's one of the things that has been so infuriating in the US lately. Can't criticize a state for their actions because Jewish people live there and so somehow a criticism of the actions of the state means you hate Jewish people... :/

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Thats antisemetism in a nut shell. It really has lost all meaning

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The Super friends episode parodied/insulted Mohammed who is a religious figure. Netanyahu is a politician and not a religious figure so he’s fair game.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)
  1. I didn't see the insulted part.

  2. Is that like how they have to take down all the Jesus ones?

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You might need to rewatch that episode understanding that recreating any living being’s image is a violation of the prohibition against graven images in Judaism/Islam.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

TIL the south park drawers are Muslim

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

Im not suggesting they are. Im explaining why Muslims see making an image of their prophet so offensive.

It's #3 on most versions of the 10 Commandments so in theory it shouldn't be done by any Abrahamic faith but Rome really liked graven imagery so Christians have statues and paintings of their religious figures.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think there were threats of violence involved in the super friends one.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

No, there was no violence, it was just because they made muhammed (the god) a character and muslums find it offebsive to depict their 'god'

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I said threats of violence, not actual violence.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You mean threata of violence against South Park by muslums, correct?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, they were threatened by a group called Revolution Muslim.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Ok, I miss read your comment lmao Yeah, religious groups tend to have extreme radicals

[–] mental_block@lemmy.wtf 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Funnily enough, I felt like they skirted the satire line quite well with the Israel portrayal.

It was accurate but not that overly offensive (*except to those who deny a holocaust and hospital bombings). It almost felt like they held back on "attacking Israel".

They could have at least given Net&yahoo the Plan B treatment.

Let's see what the future holds!

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

Isn't it time for your nap, Trump?

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

You could just tell they mixed in the Brendan Carr stuff later and that this episode was supposed to be about children betting and Gaza. They did a really good job again though, the FCC stuff was very tongue-in-cheek.