South Park may seem low-brow but it is actually very strong and intelligent on social commentary. They push the boundaries to show what the writers feel are hypocracies about the way people act toward each other, how the media works, how absurd certain conflicts and religions are, how absurd political correctness has overrun society, etc.
A great moment was when evolution aka science won over religion in the schools...(and people say that religion is the cause of all wars). Fast foward a few hundred years (Cartman froze himself in a glacier because he couldn't wait for a Nintendo Wii) and the Earth is destroying itself in wars of science! It was fantastic! I also loved the episode critizising the concept of tolerance in our P.C. society and how tolerance is a delusion and NOT the same as acceptance.
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