Editing South Park (section)

===Political===
{{Main|South Park Republican}}
While some [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatives]] have condemned ''South Park'' for its vulgarity, a growing population of people who hold [[Centre-right politics|center-right]] political beliefs, including teenagers and young adults, have embraced the show for its tendency to mock [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] viewpoints and lampoon liberal celebrities and icons.<ref name="theadvocates">{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/trey-parker.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113153236/http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/trey-parker.html |archive-date=January 13, 2008 |title=Trey Parker – Libertarian |publisher=The Advocates |access-date=May 24, 2009 |last=Winter |first=Bill |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Pundit|Political commentator]] [[Andrew Sullivan]] dubbed the group [[South Park Republican|''South Park'' Republicans]], or ''South Park'' conservatives.<ref name="cityjournal" /><ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|first=William|last=Cohen|title=Respect Its Authoritah!|work=The Cornell American|date=November 4, 2005|url=http://www.cornellamerican.com/article/109/print/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100129195812/http://www.cornellamerican.com/article/109/print/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2010|access-date=May 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="refugees">{{cite news|author=John Tierney|title=South Park Refugees|work=The New York Times|date=August 29, 2006|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/29/opinion/29tierney.html|access-date=February 21, 2022|archive-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823132238/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/29/opinion/29tierney.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sullivan averred that members of the group are "extremely skeptical of political correctness but also are socially liberal on many issues", though he says the phrase applied to them is meant to be more of a casual indication of beliefs than a strong partisan label.<ref name="cornell" /><ref name="cityjournal" /> [[Brian C. Anderson]] describes the group as "generally characterized by holding strong [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] beliefs and rejecting more conservative social policy", and notes that although the show makes "wicked fun of conservatives", it is "at the forefront of a conservative revolt against liberal media" and Hollywood's "liberal hegemony".<ref name="theadvocates" /><ref name=ReasonMagazine/>

Parker and Stone reject the idea that the show has any underlying political position, and deny having a political agenda when creating an episode.<ref name="mcfarland1" /><ref name="refugees" /><ref name="HP2010">[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-stone-trey-parker-ar_n_475744 Matt Stone & Trey Parker Are Not Your Political Allies (No Matter What You Believe)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002122145/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/25/matt-stone-trey-parker-ar_n_475744.html |date=October 2, 2017 }} by Alex Leo, ''[[HuffPost]]'', February 25, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2022</ref>
The two claim the show's higher proportion of instances lampooning liberal rather than conservative orthodoxies stems simply from their preference for making fun of liberals.<ref name="cornell" /><ref name="abc3" /> While Stone has been quoted saying, "I hate conservatives, but I really fucking hate liberals", Stone and Parker have explained that their drive to lampoon a given target comes first from the target's insistence on telling other people how to behave.<ref name="gillespie" /> The duo explain that they regard liberals as having both delusions of entitlement to remain free from satire, and a propensity to enforce political correctness while patronizing the citizens of [[Middle America (United States)|Middle America]].<ref name="nytimesconserv" /><ref name="cityjournal" /> Parker and Stone are uncomfortable with the idea of themselves or ''South Park'' being assigned any kind of [[Partisan (politics)|partisan]] classification.<ref name="mcfarland1" /><ref name="refugees" /> Parker said he rejects the "''South Park'' Republican" and "''South Park'' conservative" labels, feeling that either tag implies that one only adheres to strictly conservative or liberal viewpoints.<ref name="rs1" /><ref name="theadvocates" /> The duo has in the past reluctantly labeled themselves libertarians and fans of [[Gridlock (politics)|government gridlock]]. In 2006, they said that they were "rooting for [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2008 simply because it would be weird to have her as president".<ref name=ReasonMagazine>{{cite web|url=https://reason.com/archives/2006/08/31/south-park-refugees|title=South Park Refugees|first=John|last=Tierney|date=August 31, 2006|magazine=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115003210/https://reason.com/archives/2006/08/31/south-park-refugees|url-status=live}}</ref>