CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette weighs in on the "Family Guy" shot that Seth McFarlane's hit squad of character assassins fired right through Trig Palin to reach their intended target -- his mother:
All week, the Palin haters have made feeble attempts to excuse away the offense.Read Navarrette's full opinion piece here.
It's a teenage girl, not a 2-year-old boy. Palin isn't even mentioned. How is this scene an attack on anyone, let alone a child with Down syndrome? Yada, yada.
Please. The whole reason the gag was inserted into that scene in the first place is because it was assumed that the audience would know exactly who the dig was aimed it. Otherwise the joke doesn't work. When the bit is taken literally, the target is Palin's son Trig. But clearly, the intended target was Palin. With the former GOP vice presidential candidate, bestselling author, television commentator and high-priced speaker riding high, this was about trying to take her down a peg.
As someone who is paid to do the same thing with politicians, I'd normally have a hard time criticizing a jab at a public figure -- even if I like the person, as is the case with Palin. But here, liberal Hollywood made it easy.
This gag was unfunny, unkind and unnecessary.
Related: Harry Jackson, Jr's guest commentary at The Christian Post.
- JP
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