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For those of you who are not easily offended, I highly suggest you take the time to watch South Park's "I'm a Little Bit Country" episode. NSFW or anybody who's easily offended... by just about anything. The premise of the episode is that protesters of the Iraq war (the episode is from April, 2003) are pitted against anti-protest protesters. Meanwhile, the boys' teacher assigns them to write an essay about what the founding fathers would think about protesting the war if they were around today and one of the boys goes back in time to fulfill the requirements of the assignment.
The argument that the episode ultimately makes is brilliant IMHO. The idea is that without conservatives (a little bit country) we would be walked all over by international interests and without liberals (a little bit rock and roll) we would do horrible things both at home and abroad and the rest of the world would hate us. Ultimately, they comment on what the founding fathers would say about the Iraq war protesters: go ahead and protest to make it look like America isn't as brutal and empirical as our leadership's actions imply.
Interesting commentary for a cartoon, to say the least.
The argument that the episode ultimately makes is brilliant IMHO. The idea is that without conservatives (a little bit country) we would be walked all over by international interests and without liberals (a little bit rock and roll) we would do horrible things both at home and abroad and the rest of the world would hate us. Ultimately, they comment on what the founding fathers would say about the Iraq war protesters: go ahead and protest to make it look like America isn't as brutal and empirical as our leadership's actions imply.
Interesting commentary for a cartoon, to say the least.