Quote Originally Posted by SMHFConvoy View Post
I voted yes to racist. The characters come from a mean place. I read this thread and I am SURPRISED that it's okay to laugh at people because they are DIFFERENT.

Look at Skids and Mudflap they look different from the rest of the robotic cast and it's intentional.
So your saying we shouldn't be laughing at the Simpsons? Family Guy? Metalocaypse? Brady Bunch? Married With Children? Any other shows that use stereotypes?

I'll pick at Simpsons first. Apu is an Indian that runs a convenience store, nuff said. Comic Book Guy, hes fat, single, big scifi nerd, is that to say that all scifi nerds are fat and single?

Family Guy, has so many stereotypes used throughout the seasons, that I just can't be bothered to type them. I'm sure alot of people here watch it and know what I mean. It got cancelled after season 2 if I'm correct? And they brought it back because people find it funny.

Metalocalypse, sterotypes the metalhead. The creator is a metalhead. I am a metalhead and I find it hilarious. So do alot of people I know who watch it. But I know that there will be some metalhead out there with a pole up his clacker that will find offence in the show.

Brady Bunch is a stereotype on the typical american family of the time it came out. Don't really need to go into it.

Married With Children has Al sitting on the couch most of the time, drinking and watching TV. Plenty of things a stereotype of the typical family life of americans now, or what it is perceived to be.

I can go on about the religous sterotypes used in those shows, but that will open up a big can of worms.

The point I'm trying to make is, there are sterotypes in every facet of life. Someone will always be offended by something.

In my opinion, people just need to sit back and enjoy TV shows, movies, and the like for what they are, fun. Some people are just too uptight.

end rant.