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GLAAD protests 'South Park' f-bomb episode

by James Hibberd

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is coming out against
Wednesday's "South Park" episode that attempted to re-define the word
"fag."

In the episode, the "South Park" boys rally their Colorado town to use
the anti-gay slur to refer to loud and annoying riders of Harley
Davidson motorcycles. Local gays initially take offense, then get on
board with the re-branding too.

GLAAD says they get the joke ... they just didn't find it very funny.
Here's GLAAD:
Though this seems to represent a well-intentioned effort by the
creators of South Park to delegitimize a vulgar anti-gay slur, the
fact is that the word is and remains a hateful slur that is often part
of the harassment, bullying and violence that gay people, and gay
youth in particular, experience on a daily basis in this country. It
is an epithet that has real consequences for real people’s lives. Just
this year, an 11-year-old Massachusetts student named Carl Joseph
Walker-Hoover, unable to endure the unrelenting anti-gay bullying and
name-calling he experienced at school, committed suicide.

The creators of South Park are right on one important point: more and
more people are using the F-word as an all-purpose insult. However, it
is irresponsible and wrong to suggest that it is a benign insult or
that promoting its use has no consequences for those who are the
targets of anti-gay bullying and violence. This is a slur whose
meaning remains rooted in homophobia. And while many South Park
viewers will understand the sophisticated satire and critique in last
night’s episode, others won’t – and if even a small number of those
take from this a message that using the “F-word” is OK, it worsens the
hostile climate that many in our community continue to face.

The episode was the highest-rated outing so far this season for "South
Park," drawing a 1.5 adult-demo rating. GLAAD is urging people to
contact "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, as well as
Comedy Central, and share "personal stories of the negative impact the
F-word and other anti-gay slurs have had on your life."

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