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I'm sorry Ace, I must have missed the in-depth discussion of the pros and cons of comparative effectiveness research in that South Park clip.
Protesters carrying that sign weren't making funny racial satire. They were protesting a politician on the street. The context is hardly the same. This may be hard for you to believe, but I love South Park and the Chappelle Show and Woody Allen. That doesn't mean that I don't find that reprehensible image...well, reprehensible.
P.S. I don't care what race you are. I am soooooo sick of hearing borderline or outright racism being dismissed by saying, "hey, just lighten up."
P.P.S. I realize racial satire is an explosive, incredibly hard to define topic and that thousands of academics have spent their careers trying to pin down what it is racism, what is parody, etc. But still, that picture just ain't satire.
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