South Park 9/11 Episode Equates Truthers with Anti-Semitism, Numerology and Cartman Cartoon jabs at 'retarded' public, Charlie Sheen, citing Bush incompetence"
You make those who voice a different view, version of the 'truth' and lifestyle, stand out like black sheep in the human herd. You have already conditioned the herd to accept your norms as its reality and, through arrogance and ignorance, they ridicule or condemn those with a different spin on life."- David Icke
Comedy Central has run a hit piece on the 9/11 Truth Movement apparently. I haven't seen the episode yet, and i use to have a leaste a little respect left over for the creators of South Park. Haven't really enjoyed their show since i was still in high school and still thought fart jokes were funny. I think the only episodes i've liked in recent years have been The Casa Bonita one and The Ginger Kids one.
But every time i've watched it with Justin the show really just annoys the shit out of me more than anything else.
I guess i still have to see the episode for myself before i do a personal boycott of the show, but from what i have heard about it,
really pisses me off!
The piece Aaron Dykes wrote about it on JonesReport.com really has me wondering.
Granted yes i know that South Park is a comedy show and maybe they're just trying to make light of a very serious subject, but on the other hand, is it really in good taste to make fun of the people and call them "retards" who are trying to tell the other people the facts?!?! I mean the
FACTS, we're not just pulling this shit out of our ass!
This just fucking blows my mind! Maybe i'm not taking it lightly when
I'm on the butt end of a joke.
Yes South Park it's really funny and cute that our government killed it's own people, just like when the Nazi's did it in Germany, that was really fucking funny and cute too.
I really think you guys need to stick to what you're good at, which is making fun of celebrities. Stick to what you
know.
Aaron Dykes/JonesReport.com October 11, 2006
The popular cartoon South Park launched a 9/11 hit piece, claiming that the "one-fourth" of Americans who believe the attacks were an inside job are "retards." The episode equates the 9/11 truth movement with anti-semitism, a pointless and insignificant investigation into the misuse of a bathroom, numerology, and the selfish, racist, spoiled and more-or-less evil show character Cartman, who frequently attacks the character Kyle for transgressions he blames on Jews.
By the end, though, the 9/11 conspiracy that the government perpetrated 9/11 is itself a government conspiracy. In the episode, Bush and his administration want people to believe that the government is all-powerful and could achieve absolutely anything. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone let the scene go over-the-top on purpose to play up the irony of Bush's known incompetence.
Here's a brief summation of the distorted and simplified view that South Park portrayed about the 9/11 truth movement:
- Cartman (and subsequently the episode) refer to a poll where "one-fourth" of Americans suspect the government did 9/11. However, the
Scripps-Howard poll taken in late July 2006 reflects that MORE THAN ONE THIRD of voting-age Americans believe that the US government either perpetrated the September 11th attack or purposefully took no action to prevent it.
Additionally, the
Zogby Poll conducted in May 2006 showed that 70 million American adults support a new investigation of 9/11. South Park not only under represented the polling numbers, but labeled that population representation as "retarded."
-The show did not challenge any of the claims made by various members of the 9/11 truth movement (though they did present various elements in an mixed, but un clarified blanket theory which poorly represented serious points and research explored). It mentioned that steel couldn't be melted by the jet fuel fires, but connected it with blame for the Jews, allowing for a continuation of Cartman attacking Kyle and the Jewish faith.
The attempt to link 9/11 Truth with anti-semitism is fallacious, as most people who believe 9/11 was an inside job blame the Bush administration. Alex Jones estimates that approximately 10-15% of that group "blames the Jews." The media continually tries to link 9/11 Truth with anti-semitism without basis.
-During the segment featuring a 911truth.org researcher, the show portrays the political dissident as a crazed, paranoid person who would even possess anthrax-- 9/11 Truthers are "nut jobs" nearly equivalent with terrorists.
-But the overriding message here is a continuation of the Bush incompetence theory. South Park makes clear that 9/11 was perpetrated by "pissed off Arabs" and that only a "retard" would think the government is capable of carrying this out.
Excuse me? Nineteen people in a cave could make NORAD stand-down, fly Cessna planes and otherwise catch an elaborate and leading intelligence network off-guard, but the government could not because Bush is a moron?
Clearly, this case, however valid, does not address the
Norman Mineta testimony from the 9/11 Commission hearings that has an aide asking Dick Cheney if the "order still stands" as the planes approach their targets. According to testimony, Cheney tells the aide, "Of course the order still stands. Have you heard any different?"
9/11 Blogger October 12, 2006Tonight Southpark focused on 9/11 conspiracy in their latest episode. I say 'focused on' quite loosely in that 9/11 conspiracy was really a sort of side show to the episode, and not the entire focus. While the episode covered some of the more common 'conspiracy theories', it didn't go into much detail on anything substantial in relation to the growing movement of those that question 9/11. Looking back on the last 2 years of my personal involvement in this subject I would have to say this is probably the largest, but definitely not the most even-handed, coverage given so far to 9/11 skeptics.
I would feel remiss if I didn't make at least a few suggestions to those that will happen upon this site for the first time and then totally forget about it, and write off everyone who questions 9/11 as crazy. I hope if this is your first time to hear of 9/11 'conspiracies' that you might spend a few minutes of your time to look over a few things
Click here to see a large number of credible patriots who openly question 9/11
Click here to watch a new documentary focused on the family members who are disgusted by the coverup of 9/11 (
official website )
Click here for the most complete timeline on 9/11 before, during, and after
If anything positive comes out of this Southpark episode I hope it is a desire for individuals to do some research on 9/11. I also hope that these individuals will realize that while some that question 9/11 may be 'crazy' (like in any grouping), it would be absurd to think that everyone who questions 9/11 is (or even a large percentage of the 40%+ who think there is a coverup are), and equally as absurd to think that our current government's corruption and willingness to lie somehow don't apply to 9/11.