• TheOldRazzleDazzle [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    EDIT: Of course, there are some truly apolitical people who self-describe as libertarians, mostly because they need an answer when people ask them what their politics are, and they don’t want to present themselves as either a Democrat or Republican.

    Now I'm completely confused. According to this definition is South Park political in an "apolitical" both-sidesing of American politics way or apolitical in a "so far outside of mainstream politics that you can't even call it politics, it's like, the opposite of politics man" kind of way?

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I'm using apolitical to mean disinterested in politics. Some people who are disinterested in politics call themselves libertarians because they don't want to get dragged into political fights they don't care about.

      I wouldn't say South Park is apolitical at all: they have many expressly political episodes, which you don't do if you're disinterested in politics. They seem to be the type of libertarian who (1) is at least semi-interested in politics, (2) is disillusioned with both major parties, but (3) has not thought too deeply about their political stances beyond that.