"I have to have a gun, it's in the Constitution."
"Dad, the 2nd Amendment is just a remnant from revolutionary days. It has no meaning today."
"If I didn't have this gun, the king of England could just walk right in here and start shoving you around. Do you want that?"
"I have to have a gun, it's in the Constitution."
Did the writers actually believe what Lisa said or she supposed to be stupid?
She's always been the liberal mouthpiece. If this was written today it'd be an episode of Homer and Lisa shooting together.
She's not wrong.
lazy simpsons quote thread
She is very wrong. Try living in the hood. You're gonna want to have that gun.
Most probably did however the main writer of this episode is a Libertarian thus obviously for individual rights. Also the episode ends with the NRA club saving them ontop of Marge just thinking guns are neat. If the writers thought that people shouldn't have the rights Homer is too stupid to exercise properly, then they wouldn't believe we should have any rights at all.
I wonder if Lisa also thinks the rest of the Bill of Rights is outdated and meaningless today.
I mean, if he had any real upper body strength I'm sure Charles would shove real good with those sausage hands.
t. the king of england
I dunno, I live in a pretty melanin-enriched area and I just have a golf club by the door. The worst that's happened is one of them stole my roommate's bike, so we keep them inside now
just don't live there
Doubt it.
The episode was more about the danger of letting stupid people have access to firearms (Homer literally get kicked out of the NRA for his retardation), not that owning a gun is wrong.
Anyone who takes Lisa's side in any argument automatically outs themselves as a retard.
The places with the highest rape and violent crime rates are typically the ones with the strictest gun laws. The only good thing about the U.S is its Constitution.
This. I'm not in favour of people having guns in the first place but you can't take that back. Only way to be safe is to have a gun. Sadly however, as Ruby Ridge and Waco have shown is is impossible for any militia to defend themselves against the government.
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part and parcel
Why do I need a gun? I just have to worry about everything that's not bolted down getting stolen.
Bike Cuck
Anti-gun
Imagine that
Ruby Ridge
Waco
Those people didn't even try, which is why they got murdered. If people started shooting back at government jackboots they'd start being a hell of a lot nicer.
Never really understood the show's politics, or if it even had any to begin with, given that it's buried in so many levels of American culture satire. It's pretty damn funny though love the simpsons.
The 19th Ammendment is just a remenant from progressive days. It has no meaning today.
She's meant to be the other extreme. Still smarter than Homer in this episode but her word isn't meant to be gospel. The end of the episode clearly exemplifies why self-defense is still very relevant and necessary.
The simpsons generally fell somewhere left-leaning because most of the writers are smart and that's how smart people lean, but lisa was also supposed to be overbearing and nagging as well. So yes to both.
You ever notice that every cartoon tries to position itself as centrist but when it comes to criticizing liberals its always "they are stupid but well meaning" compared to criticizing conservatives such as "they are stupid and racist who want to hurt people". The only show I know that pulled it off right was king of the hill in actually giving conservatives some respect and showing liberals only act nice for self image.
It was Season 9, so yes.
They use to make fun of the left before the brainrot kicked in.
The general rule was making fun of whoever was in power. Until Obama. Then they stopped doing that for some reason.
for some reason
I think we all know the reason
All Hail King Nog
By her retarded logic then multiple amendments would be archaic and only apply to specific situations. Anyone claiming the 2nd Amendment is archaic should also believe that the 1st is archaic and only applies to printed media.
As a UK anon, I never understood America's fascination with guns. Literally everyone else gets by without them.
Sometimes they spend entire episodes giving the left tonguebaths like Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy (minus the one jab about liberal spending other people's money) or Mother Simpsons (abandoning your son to do 1970s leftoid terrorism makes you the best mother who ever lived)
horribly veiled slide thread. The kid really could have done better if he tried, but when you're 17... eh.. who gives a fuck at that age.
Of course the guy from the country full of muzzies throwing acid in people's face and sufferingass stabbings has no understanding of self defense.
gets stabbed by a lunchtime rowdy
They were kissing Hillary's ass in the movie and she wasn't even elected yet (or made it past the primary).
At least he ain't speaking German.
And that is why you are being arrested for asking someone to speak English or owning a butter knife while Mohammad gets 2 weeks probation for raping and murdering a family.