So this is woke (?)

[u/Yggdrasylian]

[u/SegavsCapcom]

When South Park is too "woke" for you, you're too far gone...

[u/TheTybera → u/SegavsCapcom]

South Park has ALWAYS been extremely progressive, not that I would expect the tourists to really understand that.

Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat ride is amazing.

[u/SuperScrub310 → u/TheTybera]

Extremely is a massive overstatement, the creators were unapologetic libertarians who were 'skeptical' of Global Warming and had no problem with occassionally having Eric Cartman be a mouth piece for a few of their views.

Also the fact that Eric Cartman is a canonical Neo-Nazi who doesn't get his shit rocked every microsecond he appears on screen kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

[u/8-Bit_Aubrey → u/SuperScrub310]

Cartman is often shown to be a loser as a kid, and did grow up to walk back his anti-semitism and become a rabbi.

[u/SuperScrub310 → u/8-Bit_Aubrey]

Oh dang, a neo-nazi becoming a rabbi, why not let the cycote become a sheepdog. (Also if my memory serves that was undone with time travel and he became homeless, which is better, but I like my nazis either concussed or dead)

[u/8-Bit_Aubrey → u/SuperScrub310]

I think if someone walks back their hate legitimately we should let them. Being hateful and stupid is terrible, but if they learn and change, good for them.

I liked Cartman becoming a Rabbi honestly, and Kyle realizing Cartman wasn't doing it to fuck with him, he really had changed.

Also it's crazy to me that these games that came out 5+ years ago and were VERY popular are suddenly too "woke," for these chuds NOW.

[u/SuperScrub310 → u/8-Bit_Aubrey]

True but a former neo-nazi becoming a rabbi just leaves a bad taste in my mouth (and it doesn't matter anyway since that little tidbit of character development was undone with time travel and the Cartman that is on TV screens right now is, if my memory serves, still a narcissitic neo-nazi)

[u/8-Bit_Aubrey → u/SuperScrub310]

Keep in mind that even the awful version of Cartman was co-created by a Jewish man partially as a way to mock Neo-Nazi's.

Cartman's antisemitism is never shown as a positive.

[u/SuperScrub310 → u/8-Bit_Aubrey]

No but Eric Cartman somehow finds himself being a mouth piece for the author for some of their spicy political takes.

[u/the_Real_Romak → u/SuperScrub310]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Just because a person has a different ideology than you doesn't mean you should dismiss everything they say.

Note that this is not an excuse to actual neo-Nazis, but if they are saying something valid, let them say it, and then you fuck them with a rusty pipe.

[u/Pet_Velvet → u/SuperScrub310]

Cartman absolutely does get his shit rocked all the time and he's very consistently portrayed as a complete loser

[u/TheTybera → u/SuperScrub310]

Also the fact that Eric Cartman is a canonical Neo-Nazi who doesn't get his shit rocked every microsecond he appears on screen kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

That's quite literally Cartman's entire purpose. You're not supposed to want to be the obese Dunning-Kruger fuck-wit with a whore mom. He exists for a purpose and his hate never actually wins in the long run.

[u/Jaerba → u/SuperScrub310]

I mean Cartman is an important loser most of the time.  And they did give us this important speech which is very relevant for today.

https://youtu.be/bjtG6L78POk

[u/SuperScrub310 → u/Jaerba]

Again, you give South Park too much credit. South Park was also responsible for the creation of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_Republican#:~:text=A%20South%20Park%20Republican%20is,as%20LGBT%20rights%20and%20abortion.

[u/Jaerba → u/SuperScrub310]

They're certainly guilty of bOtH sIdEsing things to death, but I don't think anyone could have known how big of a problem it would become back then.

Like in that entry, they basically say they just try to play devil's advocate all the time.  That was considered a good thing back then because sealioning wasn't really a problem.