F-Word On ‘South Park’: Comedy Central Responds To GLAAD

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation had a negative reaction to last Sunday’s ‘South Park‘ episode, in which Cartman and the gang tried to turn the word “fag” from an anti-gay slur into a word that described noisy and annoying bikers - by using it repeatedly.

A statement by the organization read: “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.”

But Comedy Central is not backing down.

With a statement of their own, the network suggested that the episode “has been both criticized and applauded within the gay and lesbian community,” and taking this into consideration, they will “let this ‘South Park’ episode speak for itself.”

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