mr.capps posted:

I always joked Butter and Randy should get a spinoff where its just them traveling the world for some reason.

Race Realists posted:

Race Realists posted:

http://www.amazon.com/Libertarian-Lessons-South-Park-Libertarianism-ebook/dp/B00CJ3FPO2/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1

bless the internet

quote:

I believe that Matt Stone and Trey Parker have influenced, whether it was their intention or not, a generation of young people to be more libertarian with their show South Park. They sum up their political beliefs with the following statement:

“I hate conservatives, but I really f***ing hate liberals.”

If this book works the way I intend, liberals and conservatives who read it will be libertarians when they finish it. I will use certain episodes as a point of departure to discuss certain issues. In some cases, I will use my experience in France to drive the point further. I will cite some prominent libertarians, but in many cases I don’t cite anything. As you read, you will notice that I spend more time trying to convince liberals to be fiscally responsible than I do trying to convince conservatives of being socially intolerant. That is because I believe that fiscal responsibility can be taught more easily than social tolerance. Social intolerance is often motivated by deep religious beliefs, and it is virtually impossible to change one’s religious beliefs.

For example, Rick Santorum is very conservative, and I don’t think anyone can convince him to be socially tolerant. In fact, Santorum recently said that the Republicans are losing elections because they’re not anti-gay enough. I’m more optimistic of influencing those who don’t feel very strongly about the liberal-conservative dichotomy.

My job in France gave me so much time off that I was able to contemplate the role of government in our lives. And I was able to come to many conclusions, which I discuss in this book, without having read anything about libertarianism beforehand. I used to be liberal, but then I realized that I was a libertarian all along. I just didn’t know it.

Each chapter from Chapter Two to Chapter Sixteen is named after an episode from South Park. The chapters begin with a description of the episode, in case you haven’t seen it. If you’re an avid South Park fan, you won’t need to read these of course. Some descriptions are longer or shorter than others. The subsequent subsections contain a libertarian lesson from that episode. The episode is used as a point of departure, and there are a few subsections that don’t pertain directly to the episode, but rather to the lesson in it. You will notice that a few chapters have more lessons than others. For example, Chapter Two contains many lessons discussed that could easily be discussed in other episodes. While many of the libertarian lessons of South Park are often repeated in multiple episodes, each lesson will be discussed only once, but they may be mentioned a few more times.

hemale in pain posted:

wtf is this

Vogler posted:

What?

Sir_Charles posted:

who would even read that poo poo other than idiot political science undergrads

proof of concept posted:

there's a very strong correlation between how much an episode has of stan's dad in it and how good that episode is, and that's been true for like a decade now

CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:

He's not wrong.

And you are a bigot.

Race Realists posted:

mr.capps posted:

like the show always wants to engage in the conversation by shutting down the conversation

and it just kinda leaves me scratching my head cause if they feel that way why not just ignore it and just focus on the comedy

drat horror queefs posted:

anyone who forms their political opinions by what a comedy show tells them is probably dumb as gently caress

mr.capps posted:

actually that reddit post is pretty spot on though i still like the show

mr.capps posted:

like the show always wants to engage in the conversation by shutting down the conversation

and it just kinda leaves me scratching my head cause if they feel that way why not just ignore it and just focus on the comedy

Schweinhund posted:

they're the equivalent of people who when black people are protesting something are like "WHY DONT THESE PEOPLE HAVE JOBS TO GO TO"

CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:

No, they're the equivalent of people who make fun of people who shut down the conversation if it's going to places they don't like by being butthurt and controlling. So... pretty much those people I guess.

EDIT: Pretty much Goons I guess.

Race Realists posted:

christ there goes that word again

its like a self-fulfilling prophecy

Wulfolme posted:

christ, here goes someone trying to shut down a conversation again

mr.capps posted:

like the show always wants to engage in the conversation by shutting down the conversation

the trump tutelage posted:

Cite three examples pls tia

Race Realists posted:

Schweinhund posted:

the south park effect: http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/School-Denounces-South-Park-Inspired-Bullying-353881051.html

hemophilia posted:

The best Randy episode is More Crap and it's not even a loving contest, but Fantastic Easter Special is pretty good too.