Insight: Writers Who Slam “South Park” Fans Are Shocked When “South Park” Fans Retaliate

Newton’s third law states: for every action, there is an equal opposite reaction.  So, if you’re someone with a decent social following, don’t be surprised if you come down on a name brand that is loved by millions that you aren’t going to get some sort of retaliation. I get angry emails all the time about my opposing views and I’ve learned to live with it. Unfortunately, not everybody has as thick of skin as I do.

A couple of weeks ago, She-Hulk’s Dana Schwarz (no relation) was critical of South Park’s fanbase noting:

“It seems impossible to overstate the cultural damage done by South Park, the show that portrayed earnestness as the only sin and taught that mockery is the ultimate inoculation against all criticism.”

Naturally, allegations of South Park fans going nuts on her timeline came to pass and Dana’s shocked at the outcome. Her claim is the fanbase was primarily of the “alt-right” movement, an easy tag to throw on people who believe something other than the PC police that is clearly the pathos of what her original claim was. The irony is that alt-right religious conservatives from the likes of the Parents Television Council, Revolution Muslim, and Scientology have done everything they could to try and get South Park canceled, so clearly the allegation is without merit or any substantial research.

Now, does this mean Dana should be subjected by harassment? She claims Youtube videos have been produced attacking her (I looked but couldn’t find anything), anonymous attackers trying to get her fired from her job, and more and while I don’t condone any of these actions, she DID kick open a bee hive. Also, I don’t think an Op-Ed in the Washington Post, is the best way to go about this. Dana rightly puts her cause in the same frame of reference of numerous other hack journalists who attempted to gain notoriety in the #cancelculture uproar that has been pestering for a few years now. She notes now former AV Club writer Sean O’Neal’s same allegations against South Park fans (there’s a reason he doesn’t work there anymore), Emily Nussbaum’s nonsensical claim that South Park got Trump elected, and the real winner, the ridiculous Lindy West whom we commented on last year.

Any notion that South Park is the reason for any of America’s problems clearly forgot late last year when Hong Kong demonstrators actually used the long-running Comedy Central franchise as a symbol of freedom of speech and expression, important ideals that seem to be forgotten more and more by clickbait-starved pressers looking to just make a bunch in an era where nobody reads newspapers anymore (WaPo) or general interest magazines (The New Yorker). Maybe Dana Schwartz should concentrate on her own TV shows that she’s writing on, and not worry about what millions of people enjoy. You do that, things like this don’t happen.