Lost in the Don Imus shuffle, a South Park gem...

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What a brilliant, funny, shocking South Park show last month.

Those that missed it skipped out on an important life lesson. We're betting Don Imus may have missed this one for sure, and it's a pity, because maybe he would have thought twice before inserting his feet into his mouth last week when he put down the incredible efforts of Rutgers Women's College Basketball Team, who fell one game shy of national status.

Or did they? Seems like the Tennessee Lady Volunteers' remarkable efforts have been completely cast aside. Maybe Imus should have talked about them too.

In the South Park episode "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson", Stan's dad Randy Marsh is picked to go on the gameshow "Wheel of Fortune". He's in the bonus round and the clue is "People that Annoy You". The letters stated in the beginning of this post above were picked for him, but Randy still doesn't want to say what he THINKS the word is...

Finally, his greed for money squelching all other rational thought, (like it so often does to us all), he screams out the word, "NIGGERS!"...

You could have heard a pin drop. In fact, anyone watching this South Park episode probably did get awfully quiet for a minute there. The despicable "n-word"? Used so frequently and fluently throughout this episode?? How dare they!

BZZZT. Sorry, readers. The word was actually "N A G G E R S". But I'll bet you not one single solitary one of you readers thought that was the word either...

And the racial ball suddenly rolls down the hill again. Randy is accused of being a racist, and ends up apologizing to the whole world for his actions, including a funny moment when he is asked to kiss Reverend Jesse Jackson's ass on national television. Randy really, really does seem to understand the severity of his actions, and it looks like perhaps he can live his life normally again.

But when he later finds himself the focus of hate and mockery, and is branded a "nigger guy", Randy soon realizes the show's not over, and he needs to continue repenting for his cruel slur, over and over again. But Randy, as in so many episodes of this wonderful show, doesn't QUITE catch the drift. :-)

Even when he's speaking before black people, and doing wonderful things for the African American community, Randy still does not GET it. He seems more convinced that he must forsake apologies to prove to everyone he is not a "nigger guy". Unfortunately, Randy never does understand what he did wrong, and it only leads him into a deeper hole.

Even Stan Marsh is forced to deal with his own issues with the black kid "Token". (The token black child, get it?) Token continues to tell Stan, despite all his apologizing and begging for forgiveness for the actions of his father, that he still doesn't GET it.

And in a weird, morbid sense, we all DON'T get it, which is exactly what we should have been saying all along for the past 200 to 300 years.

"It's wrong to call a black person a nigger? I DON'T GET IT!"

GOOD! You're not supposed to. ;-)

Bravo, South Park, for hitting another nail on the head!

Okay, Mr. Imus, do you GET it now?

Let's hope not...

...TheScribes...