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Inspired by South Park’s Eric Cartman, a group of Los Angeles schoolchildren recently beat up several redheaded classmates. WATCH VIDEO of Cartman at his most offensive.
Cartman vs. Ginger Kids
Stupid kids imitating the stupid things they see on TV is, alas, hardly a new phenomenon (see also: Beavis and Butthead, MTV’s Jackass, etc). Last week, it happened again when a group of kids in Los Angeles beat up several red-haired children, inspired by the 2005 South Park episode “Ginger Kids.” Cartman, ever the bastion of taste and good sense, did a school report on red-haired children, saying, “They creep us out and make us feel sick to our stomachs,” and, “Ginger kids have no souls.”
Cartman vs. Scott Tenorman
“Ginger Kids” wasn’t Cartman’s first tussle with a freckled foe. In Season 5, Cartman went the full Titus Andronicus on red-headed bully Scott Tenorman, escalating a fairly harmless prank war into full-on accidental cannibalism.
Cartman vs. Jewish People
Believe it or not, Season 8’s “Passion of the Jew” was not the first time Cartman donned a Hitler outfit, but it was definitely the most outrageous. Using the success of Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ and what he assumed was a preternatural hatred toward Jewish people by the Christian residents of his town, he tried to incite a second coming of the Third Reich.
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Monk66
haha they left out cartman vs tourettes syndrome.
def one of the best ever. ever.
WestVillager
I'm amazed how relevant (and sharp) the show still is. The recent episode about passed celebrities trapped on the jetway made its point better than any other.
ps: They took our jobs!
Monk66
THEY TOOK UR JBS!!!
thefulishbastid
DURK A DURS!
louiexiii
DAY DOOK DAR DUR!!!
sonofloud
Just because it is animated does not mean the show is for children.....what kind of parent would let their child watch South Park in the first place?
I love the show though do think it occasionally misses the mark but then satire is not for everyone.
ps They took our jobs is one of my all time favorite South Park lines LOL
Monk66
i hope you don't blame south park for the children who beat up gingers.
i hope you put the blame where it should be, on the parents. Not the parents who let their children watch south park. The Parents.
roadhunter
Not the parents who let their children watch South Park? Which parents, then? The parents of the soulless ginger-haired children, I assume. : -)
roadhunter
Not the parents who let their children watch South Park? Which parents, then? The parents of the soulless ginger-haired children, I assume. : -)
Monk66
Who elses parents would I be talking about?
Cymatic
Having worked with youth involved in crime, I can say that it is often not too much of a surprise meeting the parents.
Bullying is a bit different though, but there are often real common traits. Often parents of bullies show these traits:
1. They will defend their kids against any allegation. "Our little _____ wouldn't do that!" The kid knows that any attempt to deal with his problem will have his parents angry and in the face of whoever brought the problem up.
2. The parents channel hate at home to 'deserving' groups who are below others. Invective and insults are directed at people, giving the message to the kid that some people deserve whatever they get. The humanity of everyone is definitely not taught.
3. A lack of any real moral grounding. "Might is right" is the basic argument. Instead of talking about how actions can affect people, they constantly hear things like, "I hope someone teaches him a lesson".
If your kid's grasp of basic morals is so untethered that they will take Eric Cartman as a role model, then you've almost completely failed the basic job of parenting. In absence of Southpark, someone else will take that position maybe for the worse.
Monk66
well said cymatic
greenbergrn
Of course South Park isn't for kids. There is something wrong with parents who do not know this. I have belly laughed many times at the show but as the mom of a beautiful red head little girl, this makes me sick.
maspring
Anyone else notice that "Gingers" is an anagram?
AlexHamilton
should have shown the "montage" from the handicapped ep... ahmazing. and i'm "ginger" so i'm allowed to find it funny, haha.
fenngibbon
I would dispute only one point: that cannibalism in the Scott Tenorman wasn't accidental. Given that Cartman even had a song ready, how could it be?
sonofloud
agreed.....having scott tenorman eat his parents was cartman's goal all along
louiexiii
"ha ha ha ha ha ha, I made you eat your parents!"
BobbyTinGA
It was accidental on Tenorman's part. That's what DB meant.
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loloo33
It's a cartoon for christsake. American kids are so dumb and unable to choose what right what wrong after watching a cartoon? So instead of blaming on this South park, why don't you do better in parenting.
All these parents who shouldn't be having kids at the first place, the world is full of idiots.
cjackson
what IS right AND what IS wrong. Did you mean to start with "Are American kids so dumb that they are unable....?" because otherwise that question mark doesn't make sense, yet again, neither does the phrase "blaming on this South Park," or "kids at the first place."
Your right on one thing, the world IS full of idiots...
Thank you.
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