Cancel Culture Comes For “South Park” And Twitter Erupts In Debate

Is there anything more “on brand” for 2021 than a debate about “canceling” (in both the TV and the annoyingly woke sense of the term) South Park — an almost 30-year-old, and I can’t stress this enough, comedy show?

I submit that there is not.

And not JUST because coming for South Park puts modern “progressives” in the same camp as the churchy right-wing corn-cobs who were mortally opposed to it when it first came out in the 90s.

Now, we don’t get terribly “political” on this site, but when cancel culture comes for a legendary comedy show, we’ll throw our hat in the ring.

In a tweet that has since gone viral, and keeps resurfacing, journalist and author Dana Schwartz argues that the show had caused “cultural damage” by instructing people to “embrace mockery” in response to criticism of society.

https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1228019211311562752

Schwartz, 27, followed this tweet with several more that claimed the show preached a philosophy of “smugness” and “provocation” masking as intelligence and bravery.

https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1228019577541419008

https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1228063591560925184

As you can imagine, this opinion has caused some debate and gotten a few responses.

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Below are some of the best reactions to Schwartz’s tweet, both supportive and vehemently against it.

https://twitter.com/BIG_E98/status/1228358940196556800

Ok, and now for one final, pretty level-headed perspective:

What do you think?

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