How Did Fox Let This Pass?

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By Nads | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 10:26 am | 3 Comments
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Did you guys see Family Guy on Sunday? They totally made fun of Sarah Palin’s son for having down syndrome. I’m not a fan of Sarah Palin, but I even think Family Guy pushed it too far on this one–and I’m a big FG fan.

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3 Comments

  1. 1
    cattyfan
    Posted February 16, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    Sorry…not a fan of making fun of people who have disabilities. This more than crossed the line.

  2. 2
    baymenxpac
    Posted February 16, 2010 at 1:48 pm

    it didn’t get me riled up, but i feel like sarah palin exploits her family for her own political gain.

    but politics aside, the joke isn’t funny. like…as in not laughable. it’s stupid. so i’m more offended that family guy still passes itself off as a comedy show when their writing sucks than i am about the joke’s relation to sarah palin’s child.

  3. 3
    Hypnotoad
    Posted February 17, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    Are we actually discussing the fact that Family Guy made fun of a certain group of individuals? Cuz they’ve NEVER done that before! (That was sarcasm.) So, no one is outraged by all their un-funny AIDS jokes (of which there are a million), but this causes a tizzy?

    I’m not a Family Guy fan, mostly because it’s the most lazily written show in Hollywood, but I didn’t see a huge problem with this. They actually treated the girl with Down’s Syndrome as an actual person. The song was a tad tasteless, but other than that, they dealt with a mentally handicapped character FAR more humanely than I would have thought they could have.

    And when was the last time Sarah Palin discussed her son in public? When was the last time you heard her advocating for the rights of the mentally challenged? Never. I’d have more respect for her if she had spoken up about her son previously, but I bet 99% of Family Guy’s audience had no idea she even had a mentally handicapped child and were surprised to find this out. And let’s not forget she DEFENDED Rush Limbaugh’s use of the word “RETARDED” as “SATIRE.” And now she’s acting like she’s hurt? Please. This, like everything else about her, is about nothing but publicity. So I don’t really have any pity for her.

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