Palin & Family Guy

[JFrankA]

According to you, and other JREF posters in this thread, S.P does nothing but remind people she has a Down Syndrome child. So we are now to believe that MacFarlane is part of the S.P. political machine?




Where did I post that I was insulted? I just don't begrudge S.P. for perceiving the episode an insult to her family.



I never thought of JREF as a diary. Have you used it as such?

Nice dodge. And assuming what we are saying by ignoring what we are really saying. However....

....you still didn't answer the question:

Where is the insult?

 

[tyr_13]

The charater is defintely attractive enough for JFrankA and thaiboxerken. What CT is this that you speak of?

BTW: Are you attracted to your cartoon avatar?

Are you attracted to that dog?

 

[tyr_13]

So sarcasm is now considered as false dichotomies. Did you just make this up?

You were sarcastic about it being a tribute. That doesn't change that you set up a situation where because it was not a tribute, it must have been an attack.

MacFarlane's political ideology is not in doubt. He elected to do a drive by dig at Palin using the Down Syndrome character as half of the nexus to S.P. and to set up the punch line. Why some JREF posters are beside themselves with indignation because S.P. didn't appreciate MacFarlane's sense of "humor" is rather silly.

His political ideology has nothing to do with this being an 'attack' on Palin's children, which is the claim that some posters are having trouble with.

Actually, I said, when MacFarlane desires to draw attractive characters, he doesn't seem to have any problem. I then posted an example. If you concluded from that that there is only "ugly" and "beautiful" that is the result of your own misapprehension.

'Ugly' was the word you were responding to and 'attractive' was the word you used. That has nothing to do with my misapprehension. You still responded to the assertion that the character was not ugly with, 'she's clearly meant to be ugly because here is a beautiful character.'

It isn't my fault if your conclusions are faulty. Keep trying. You might actually stumble on a valid one.

You've shown no valid arguments that I've seen, just asserted that it has to be an attack on Palin's children.

Do jokes about Palin's glasses attack the glasses as well?

 

[Cicero]

Are you attracted to that dog?

Hey, Morrigan has some definite opinions about "perceived attractiveness" of cartoon characters. Considering the selection of an avatar, I figured Morrigan would be able to explain the fascination for this particular cartoon.

 

[cyborg]

So sarcasm is now considered as false dichotomies.

So you're saying that it can be something other than outright praise or an outright insult?

 

[JFrankA]

Hey, Morrigan has some definite opinions about "perceived attractiveness" of cartoon characters. Considering the selection of an avatar, I figured Morrigan would be able to explain the fascination for this particular cartoon.

Wow. You're good.

Dodge, misdirect, change the question, point fingers at others, insult.


You're good! Ever think of doing a blog or something?

 

[Morrigan]

BTW: Are you attracted to your cartoon avatar?

You're quite insane, you know that?

Hey, Morrigan has some definite opinions about "perceived attractiveness" of cartoon characters.

Um, no. I have an opinion about people who argue about whether or not cartoon characters are attractive. You know, the "Lara Croft is totally hawt!" "no she's not!" kind of people. Or people who go, "Family Guy deliberately makes fun of Sarah Palin by making a teenage girl with Down Syndrome who makes a joking reference to an Alaska governor as a mother unattractive!" or some such nonsense.

Considering the selection of an avatar, I figured Morrigan would be able to explain the fascination for this particular cartoon.

I'm not attracted to women, let alone cartoon women. You're insane.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I have to say I did enjoy the phrase "lame stream media". I hadn't heard that one before.

 

[joobz]

Further, where is it written that someone someone in "the public eye" has to be protected so to take away the 1st Amendment right from people like us to criticize that same person as to their reaction (or overreaction) to such a jest?

what???

 

[ToddH]

 

[JFrankA]

Further, where is it written that someone someone in "the public eye" has to be protected so to take away the 1st Amendment right from people like us to criticize that same person as to their reaction (or overreaction) to such a jest?

what???

Didn't work did it? Well I tried.

To clear it up, I was trying to use Cicero's style of writing to ask him if our First Amendment rights to criticize Sarah Palin for her reaction to the joke on Family Guy should be taken away.

That's all. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

 

[joobz]

Didn't work did it? Well I tried.

To clear it up, I was trying to use Cicero's style of writing to ask him if our First Amendment rights to criticize Sarah Palin for her reaction to the joke on Family Guy should be taken away.

That's all. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Sorry, I just couldn't follow.

I agree.

First amendment permits
1.) person A to mock person B
2.) Person B to complain and mock back at Person A
and for
3.) Persons C,D,E.... to mock Either Person A or Person B for their comments.

 

[Juniversal]

Family Guy is hillarious. Palin has no business in politics. My Two cents. And i'm out...

 

[Meed]

The character was obviously drawn partly based on the the actress. Cicero, why do you feel the need to disparage her looks?

 

[Meed]

Can the people who dislike Family Guy (due to thinking it unfunny) confirm whether or not they think Happy Gilmour, and Tommy Boy are good films?

 

[JFrankA]

Can the people who dislike Family Guy (due to thinking it unfunny) confirm whether or not they think Happy Gilmour, and Tommy Boy are good films?

The thing is, I don't like Family Guy. I'm sorry, I don't think any of Seth MacFarlane's (spelling?) shows are all that funny. However, I think the guy himself is pretty funny.

Never saw the two movies you mentioned.

 

[Piscivore]

The character was obviously drawn partly based on the the actress. Cicero, why do you feel the need to disparage her looks?

She was part of the conspiracy to "insult" Palin, obviously.

 

[Meed]

The thing is, I don't like Family Guy. I'm sorry, I don't think any of Seth MacFarlane's (spelling?) shows are all that funny. However, I think the guy himself is pretty funny.

Um, you don't have to apologize. I noticed a surprisingly high proportion of posters don't like Family Guy here, which seems to strange to me, because I'm still living a college lifestyle (albeit grad school). I just wondered if there was a correlation between not liking Family Guy and not liking films such as Happy Gilmour and Tommy Boy.

 

[Meed]

She was part of the conspiracy to "insult" Palin, obviously.

Is Cicero berating someone with down syndrome to defend Sarah Palin's outrage on behalf of people with down syndrome?

Honestly, AFF seems pretty upset about Palin's comments (from her Insider interview) and in a much more sincere way than Palin was. She doesn't think of herself as disabled or "special", clearly.

 

[The Man]

Well I don’t particularly like “The Family Guy” and would certainly rather watch “Happy Gilmore” or “Tommy Boy”. Although I would also have to say that I don’t particularly like “Happy Gilmore”, but did like “Tommy Boy”, most likely the result of Chris Farley and David Spade’s antics and interactions.