>> ^KnivesOut:
>> ^TangledThorns:
Seth Macfarlane is a closet homosexual who hates breeders like Sarah Palin but to go after her through her child is pretty low. Would he of made the same joke if she didn't have a down syndrome child?
This is another reason why America dislikes the mean spirited Left.

Seth said nothing disparaging about Down's Syndrome, or about Trig. The character in the sketch is a girl, but Sarah Palin doesn't actually have a daughter with Down's Syndrome.


Are that obtuse or are you just faking it? I suspect it's the latter.

>> ^TangledThorns:
Seth Macfarlane is a closet homosexual who hates breeders like Sarah Palin but to go after her through her child is pretty low. Would he of made the same joke if she didn't have a down syndrome child?
This is another reason why America dislikes the mean spirited Left.


Seth said nothing disparaging about Down's Syndrome, or about Trig. The character in the sketch is a girl, but Sarah Palin doesn't actually have a daughter with Down's Syndrome.

Seth Macfarlane is a closet homosexual who hates breeders like Sarah Palin but to go after her through her child is pretty low. Would he of made the same joke if she didn't have a down syndrome child?

This is another reason why America dislikes the mean spirited Left.

>> ^MilkmanDan:
Interesting. Didn't "idiot", "moron", and "imbecile" once have specific linguistic definitions tied to low IQs or adults with intelligence comparable to young children? Maybe we're ready to move "retarded" away from its older and more clinical definition also.
On the other hand, as much as I hate obsession with political correctness, I despise the use of the word "gay" to denote anything bad or distasteful. It isn't so much that I take offense to it; more that the word has basically ceased to have any meaning at all when used in that context. When a kid can say "this salad is gay", "that movie was gay", "your shirt is gay", or even "you kissed a GIRL? That is soooo GAY" (ala the Simpsons) it no longer has any meaning.
I guess the evolution of language is inevitable, but there will be different elements of that change over time that annoy us in different ways.


You're right about the history of words like idiot, moron and imbecile. The difference is that in the modern day a doctor or service provider would never use those words; they are purely pejorative at this point. However "Mental Retardation" is still the correct medical term, and there's not really any exact substitute. "Developmentally disabled" can sometimes be used as a replacement, however it's a more general term that includes disabilities like autism.

I think your example of using "gay" or "faggot" as an all purpose insult among straight people is apt. Someone who uses "faggot" as an insult is almost never seriously questioning the sexual orientation of the other person. Rather they're using the logic that since being gay is so horrible and filthy, it should anger the other person to be called it. Which of course exposes the bigotry of anyone who uses it as an insult.

In sentiment, calling someone "retarded", who you know isn't, is precisely the same thing. It shows you believe it's shameful and humiliating to be a retard.

Well if that's Seth MacFarlane shouldn't people be doing something??!

>> ^Abel_Prisc:
Davidraine, I think you're exactly right. Seth MacFarlane has said many times that Brian's character is completely based on him, so I'm fairly sure this is a reflection on how he sees himself.


Or, even more hilarious, the way one of his writers sees him.

>> ^davidraine:
Whenever I heard "Brian" I replaced it with "Seth MacFarlane" in my head and all of a sudden this was much funnier.


Brian IS Seth. Everything Seth ever wants to say gets said through Brian. Watch any episode and you'll see.

Davidraine, I think you're exactly right. Seth MacFarlane has said many times that Brian's character is completely based on him, so I'm fairly sure this is a reflection on how he sees himself.

Whenever I heard "Brian" I replaced it with "Seth MacFarlane" in my head and all of a sudden this was much funnier.

Weird, I was having the same problem. I updated the embed from College Humor and it seems to be working again now.

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And the interview is here http://www.videosift.com/video/Seth-MacFarlane-on-The-Abortion-Episode-future-family-guy

In all seriousness what the hell has our country come to when Seth Macfarlane is the speaker at a Harvard ceremony?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-yl_8ywiU << even he is surprised he's there.
The list of prestigious people who have spoken there includes Thorton Wilder, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John F. Kennedy, and the list goes on and on and then there is Seth Macfarlane. w.e

Personally, I think Seth MacFarlane is intentionally making these unfunny just to see how many people still insist they're hilarious.