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Old 02-18-2010, 01:23 PM   #1
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In fact, Palin excused Rush Limbaugh explaining that his use of "retard" was "satire."
And yet....
When a Fox TV show (Family Guy) - a hyper-satirical show - makes a cheap joke about someone with Down Syndrome, her response is:
The woman is a walking contradiction. And a partisan moron.
The funny part is, aside from Stewies' song about her, the show doesn't make fun of the girl with downs. It doesn't even make fun of Palin. it just says that the girls' mother used to be Governor of Alaska.
Other than that, it was about a main character falling in love with a girl with downs syndrome.

But Palin being Palin, that cunt is open for anything that will keep her name in the news and anger her tea baggers.
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Old 02-18-2010, 01:24 PM   #2
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The funny part is, aside from Stewies' song about her, the show doesn't make fun of the girl with downs. It doesn't even make fun of Palin. it just says that the girls' mother used to be Governor of Alaska.
Other than that, it was about a main character falling in love with a girl with downs syndrome.
Come on dude..
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Old 02-18-2010, 01:34 PM   #3
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The episode (which, yes, I have actually seen) was actually an example of equal, non-discriminatory treatment in its purest form--just not the "warm and fuzzy" kind people like to see. The Down's Syndrome girl was portrayed as the opposite of the usual Down's stereotype, therefore showing that people of all kinds are unique beyond their "classification" and have their own personality and character.

I have tried, but I don't remember Palin being mentioned at all.
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