Down on Episode 155 we have a commenter who thinks that South Park is a liberal, left wing show. I responded to the comments, but this just leads to a bigger article. First off, lets hit with the hardest evidence:

Many conservatives have attacked “South Park” for its exuberant vulgarity. Such denunciations are misguided. Conservative critics should pay closer attention to what the show so irreverently mocks. As its co-creator, 32-year-old Matt Stone, sums it up: “I hate conservatives, but I really f*cking hate liberals.”

So, you have the people who make the show say that it is very anti-liberal. More commentary about the show:

South Park has satirized the sixties counterculture (Cartman has feverish nightmares about hippies, who ?want to save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad?); anti-big-business zealots (a ?Harbucks? coffee chain opens in South Park, to initial resistance but eventual acclaim as everyone?including the local coffee house?s owners?admits its bean beats anything previously on offer in the town); sex ed in school (featuring ?the Sexual Harassment Panda,? an outrageous classroom mascot); pro-choice extremists (Cartman?s mother decides she wants to abort him, despite the fact that he?s eight years old, relying on the ?it?s my body? argument); hate-crime legislation, anti-discrimination lawsuits, gay scout leaders, and much more. Conservatives do not escape the show?s satirical sword?gun-toting rednecks and phony patriots have been among those slashed. But there should be no mistaking the deepest thrust of South Park?s politics.

Andrew Sullivan created the moniker of South Park Republicans. Its the closest thing to what I subscribe personally. I am too smart to be bullshitted, and too savvy to be lied to. I will look at both sides of an issue and decide which is pure bunk.

Talk to right-leaning college students, and it?s clear that Sullivan is onto something. Arizona State undergrad Eric Spratling says the definition fits him and his Republican pals perfectly. ?The label is really about rejecting the image of conservatives as uptight squares?crusty old men or nerdy kids in blue blazers. We might have long hair, smoke cigarettes, get drunk on weekends, have sex before marriage, watch R-rated movies, cuss like sailors?and also happen to be conservative, or at least libertarian.? Recent Stanford grad Craig Albrecht says most of his young Bush-supporter friends ?absolutely cherish? South Park?style comedy ?for its illumination of hypocrisy and stupidity in all spheres of life.? It just so happens, he adds, ?that most hypocrisy and stupidity take place within the liberal camp.?

What our commenter likes to think is that, as a left-wing liberal, all “proper” viewpoints belong to him alone. What he isn’t politically savvy enough to understand is that the difference between conservative and liberal anymore isn’t the idea itself. It is how it is implemented. Liberals feel that since the idea itself has merit, it must be implemented, it must be immediate, and everyone must accept it, since it has been decreed. Conservatives on the other hand will take time, experiment on a small scale, watch for unintended effects, but will never force feed everyone. An example is smoking “rights”:

Please read more on the latest controversy on whether or not I even exist at TechCentral Station. Jonah Goldberg things the SPR’s don’t really exist as a definable block. While maybe thats true, its usually no more fuzzy than any other group of voters. But the general viewpoint as I see it is they are “realist libertarians” who have little use for most government functions, and just want to live thier lives in freedom.
Also please view: The Inherent Conservatism of “South Park”

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