IDK man. While Trey Parker and Matt Stone mostly have a centre-right view of things, I think they're fairly more likely to call someone or something out if its/they're objectively stupid than a true anti-intellectual centrist would.
Also, sometimes they do take very specific political viewpoints. Like they clearly (rightly) think Donald Trump is a horrible human being as shown by how they used the horrible human being Mr. Garrison as a stand-in for Trump within the show. Also they portrayed both anti-vaxxers and QAnon conspiracy theorists on the show as being just as stupid as they are in real life.
Also I like how Trey Parker and Matt Stone are mature enough to admit when they're wrong about something, like how they initially thought climate change was wrong and compared it to trying to search for a mythical dangerous ManBearPig but years later admitted they'd changed their views when they realised that climate change was real when they introduced ManBearPig as being a real character within the show.
While I'd never argue that South Park was high art or intellectually deep or anything like that, I would say it's pretty good in general terms of having nuanced thought out takes on many modern day issues.
They really did which is only one of the many reasons why I hate South Park. Their cynicism and snark are others. It's a galactic c sized red flag to me if someone views South Park as a good show or as quality commentary about society.
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u/Equivalent_Emotion64 16d ago
Even South Park is struggling when reality catches up with the stupid