Even liberals are getting tired of mindless leftism. In this week’s episode of Family Guy, the show lampooned the Tea Party. And Carter Dotson, writing in TVFanatic.com, wasn’t buying it:
“And, really, I think the characterization of Tea Party supporters as just basically anarchists seemed like too much of an exaggeration to be funny. I may lean liberal myself, but the anarchist characterization pushed past the point of exaggeration into just plain inaccurate.”
MacFarlane has decent writing in American Dad. It is all against mainstream republicans, but I think it is better than his other shows. He comments on Zionism and makes light of CIA torture programs. MacFarlane did a voice for some stupid cartoon movie where he played a robot named I.S.R.A.E.L. and there is a part where he is flying along the highway and decides that he is tired so he stops in the middle of the highway to take a nap. Needless to say it causes problesm for the people who are using the highway. So, I don’t think he is all bad.
From the review article
The left didn’t think it was bringing to light new facts. Just stating the obvious. The problem isn’t with innaccuracy as much as it is simply preaching to the choir.
Good to know, buddy. I like the Tea Partiers for the most part, they have good hearts and use their heads. Not so for the 912ers from what I can tell as I mentioned earlier, LOL. The same arguments today against the Tea Party are the same arguments the Federalists used against the Anti-Federalists (naturally, since the Federalists were the big government assholes that sought to change things). Many Tea Partiers don’t know that though; they have this mythical understanding that before the current constitution, our first constitution allowed “anarchy” and “insurrection” because there was no federal government to stomp out rebellions. In my humble opinion, the Articles was the time when America flourished with true state sovereignty.
Yeah that was largely my point. It’s the same thing with The Daily Show. And anything Bill Maher does. So much so that even the host himself gets tired of the drone-ing…
(Of course Jon Stewart doesn’t though. He’s too much of a softie with low-self esteem. He’s not going to go anywhere near biting the hand that feeds him. At least Maher has the honesty to state the obvious.)
That wasn’t anything like what I thought it would be. All he basically said was he was a “supporter” and essentially implied that he felt like the US should provide aid and support to the country. I was actually a little disappointed with Scheuer there in the way he came off…seemed pretty heartless. I’m not saying I necessarily disagree with him on the US not getting involved, i just think he could have put it in a more tactful manner.
So I mean, I guess I could understand saying Maher is confused or misguided or just wrong on Israel in the sense that he thinks the US should dedicate American lives to defending them, but as far as I can tell, he basically agrees with Ron Paul on war policy.
I think that largely stems from the bleeding-heart ignoramus’ need to have some cause to support and helpless subordinate to take care of. They know so little about virtually everything, that the few things they know get magnified and championed basically to an unrelenting ridiculous degree. Things like “helping other people is virtuous” and “minorities are people just like anyone else.” Obvious things that only morons would even question. They pick them because they are easily reassured in their position.
So with something like Israel, it’s incredibly easy…you’re actually hitting two in one…helping minorities. They don’t know enough to comment on our own domestic issues and not open themselves up to challenge…but how can you be against helping the Jews? Protecting them from persecution by the evil extremists? These were the people who were rounded up by the Nazis for godsakes!
When you put it that way, my typical distaste for him does seem to creep back up.
The Simpsons seem to be becoming less funny. At first I thought it was only Family Guy, but now both shows are starting to focus more and more on politics- making fun of Rush Limbaugh and guest starring Michell Obama for example. What ever happened to Mr. Plow?
Didn’t the Simpsons make the point early on that all cartoons are ripoffs of each other? When the homeless guy sued the creator of Itchy and Scratchy? We can rag on Seth MacFarlane for making unfunny cartoons, but let’s not strawman him with content ripoff. Family Guy and American Dad are both decent shows, AD more so.
I just saw the episode on Hulu. The episode conflated government with law, assumed if government does not do X then X will not occur, and omitted any libertarian rebuttal, but I don’t expect super sophisticated political analysis from an animated sitcom. I repeatedly laughed aloud at this episode.
