South Park Republican

South Park Republican is a term that was circulated in a few articles and weblogs on the Internet circa 2001 and 2002, to describe what was claimed by the authors as a "new wave" of young adults and teenagers who hold conservative and libertarian political beliefs. The phrase was coined in 2001 by commentator Andrew Sullivan http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2001_12_09_dish_archive.html#7873332, who identified himself as a South Park Republican, in response to the two principal creators of the television show South Park declaring themselves to be Republicans.

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Weblogs - 2001 - 2002 - Teenager - Conservative - Libertarian - Andrew Sullivan - South Park - Republicans

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The term is meant to be more of a casual indication of beliefs than a strong partisan label. For example Trey Parker is actually a registered member of the United States Libertarian Party, and Parker and Stone declared television producer Norman Lear, the founder of the liberal pressure group People for the American Way, as one of their heroes. Andrew Sullivan has often been very critical of the Republican Party (mostly on social libertarian reasons and for lack of fiscal responsibility) and endorsed John Kerry in the 2004 United States Presidential election. As the show's co-creator, Matt Stone, sums it up: "I hate conservatives, but I really fucking hate liberals." http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_4_were_not_losing.html Such sentiments were reflected in their movie '.

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Trey Parker - United States Libertarian Party - Television producer - Norman Lear - Liberal - People for the American Way - John Kerry

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