It's the Family Guy heard round the world that has everybody up in arms. The makers of Family Guy had an episode where Chris dates a girl with down syndrome who says her mom is the ex governer of Alaska. Turns out Chris dumps her after she turns out to be a total mean bitch, he explodes and says he thought she was going to be nice but she is just like everyone else. It seemed more like a twisted way to portray equality for the mentally handicapped. OF COURSE I'm in a smaller camp of people. Most people thought it was fucked up. But check out the NY Times article below, the voice of the down syndrome girl in the episode who has the condition herself was totally down with the episode!
NY Times Article on Down's Syndrome Family Guy Episode
The Episode in Question
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