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'Family Guy' mocks Sarah Palin's son (video)
6:12 AM PST 11/30/2010 by James Hibberd
Fox's "Family Guy" is drawing fire for arguably mocking Sarah Palin's special needs son Trig during Sunday's episode.
In the story, Chris dates a disabled girl who says, "My dad's anaccountant, and my mom's the former governor of Alaska." (Clip below).
Here's the thing: "Family Guy" and "South Park" have mocked the disabled for years. Such cheap shots are insensitive and arguably "wrong," but certainly nothing new. Trig is a toddler. The Palin reference might piss off Sarah Palin, but it's not like it's going to wound her child. Palin is doing her usual "I'm a victim!" reaction, saying it "felt like another kick in the gut." Sorry to seem insensitive, but this is just "Family Guy" being "Family Guy."
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