Did "Saturday Night Live" Go Too Far With Palin Incest Joke? - Page 3
I'm sorry, but I see absolutely nothing funny about incest. It is one of the worst forms of sexual abuse...that of a parent, who is given the sacred duty of raising their children in a loving and caring manner and whom their children are supposed to trust implicitly, who then smashes that trust to pieces by repeated sexual abuses and molestations and rapes.
I'm not here to promote one party over another, or to say Democrats are bad and Republicans are good, or anything so black and white as that. This should not be a Republican versus Democrat argument, or a conservative versus liberal argument...to me, this crosses political boundaries, and anyone who cares about children and decency should be outraged, no matter what your political leanings are. I would be upset no matter who they were pointing fun at. Whatever "point" SNL was trying to make about the ignorance of East Coast reporters and Alaska, and their willingness to believe all sorts of far-fetched rumors about the state, and their obvious bias against the Palins, was totally lost. Disagree with the Palins' political stance all you want, because it is a free country and we are free to do so. Debate the issues concerning our country and the political beliefs of Obama/Biden versus McCain/Palin. After all, that is what a Presidential election should be about. Yes, there is a time and place for jokes about candidates and something to lighten the serious mood. This, however, wasn't it.
If SNL is going to go that route, then they should also do a sketch featuring jokes about Barack Obama molesting his daughters. I'll bet that one would go over real well! After all, he's not just a Presidential candidate, but he's a black man...that ups the lulz factor when you make jokes about incest! Or is it only funny when it is a Republican conservative?
DISCLAIMER: Any political commentary in the above piece is k's opinion alone.
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