I agree with Matt Stone and Trey Parker

Odradek

there's kind of a level we've reached where making fun of Trump, despite it being the most absurd of all absurdities, is no longer actually funny.

Imipolex G

how dismal

Aliroz

Now you know how I feel about all satire.

Hexartes

If one is to comment at all on current events, not commenting on Trump is just dishonesty.

It's not like South Park has been funny in years anyway.

Odradek

Hexartes said:

If one is to comment at all on current events, not commenting on Trump is just dishonesty.

It's not like South Park has been funny in years anyway.

I doubt Matt Stone and Trey Parker believe they aren't funny, and are taking that into account in their decisions

Hexartes

They're intellectually dishonest cowards, and this is yet another example of that.

The only angle of this that would work would be if ignoring Trump were a pointed statement about the nature of ignoring Trump, which, I admit, could be the angle they end up going for, but I doubt it.

Odradek

Okay

Princess Alice

I feel like if we've reached this point, it's time to cancel South Park.

But that's not gonna happen, of course.

Odradek

I mean, yes

Tre

Between South Park and Nick's two long-runners, it's pretty clear that if Viacom has a prize horse in their animated lineups, they'll beat it till it's dead and then some

Viani

South Park is nice at times but misses the mark some times

Aliroz

Central Avenue said:

I feel like if we've reached this point, it's time to cancel South Park.

But that's not gonna happen, of course.

Show should have been canceled 20 years ago.

Princess Alice

I mean, you're not wrong...

Viani

I didn't know there was money in South Park still.

I think its because of how cheap it is to animate/

Aliroz

1. 1. Nay, speak no ill; a kindly word
   Can never leave a sting behind;
   And, oh, to breathe each tale we’ve heard
   Is far beneath a noble mind.
   Full oft a better seed is sown
   By choosing thus the kinder plan,
   For, if but little good is known,
   Still let us speak the best we can.
2. 2. Give me the heart that fain would hide,
   Would fain another’s faults efface.
   How can it please the human pride
   To prove humanity but base?
   No, let us reach a higher mood,
   A nobler estimate of man;
   Be earnest in the search for good,
   And speak of all the best we can.
3. 3. Then speak no ill, but lenient be
   To others’ failings as your own.
   If you’re the first a fault to see,
   Be not the first to make it known,
   For life is but a passing day;
   No lip may tell how brief its span.
   Then, oh, the little time we stay,
   Let’s speak of all the best we can.

glennmagusharvey

I think the proper response to Donald Trump is to treat him as a footnote, or at best, as just some other piece of vaguely-uninteresting news.

He likes to dominate news cycles, discussions, attention, and so forth.  Don't let him do this when he wants to.

Instead of talking about his flamebait, let's talk about his unintentional blunders, as well as everything that does not involve him directly.  Such as Scott Pruitt wrecking drinking water quality protections, or France's new president getting pushback for being a bit too arrogant, or the Tories in the UK losing their majority, or how the opioid drug abuse problem is getting more attention these days which is a good thing.

Salix Babylonika

Studio TRIGGER had him shoot Inferno Cop and then be defeated by Lotte singing the national anthem and they're not even American, so I disagree.

Viani

That reminds me of MAD Magazine making a "No Trump In This Issue, We Promise" issue, due to the fact that fans were getting tired of hearing about him and wanting to see satire or topics on something else, literally anything else.

Princess Alice

That is glorious.

Bee

It's not good to just outright ignore him, seeing how his antics can literally kill people right now.

That said, a bit of variety in the comedy shows at the moment is a good thing.  It's not good to let the asshole literally dominate everything, even if it is to run him further into the ground.

Calica

Viani said:

South Park is nice at times but misses the mark some times

i see you're one of those south-park-loving centrists who thinks the truth is in the middle huh