As we all know, Family Guy is the least kid-friendly cartoon out there. Count on it to poke fun of everthing-touching on all spectrums of race, gender,religion,andpolitics. However, former vice presidential candidate
Sarah Palin says that one episode crossed the line.
The newest of season of Family Guy makes fun of Sarah Palin. A guest character on the show, Emily, explains to Chris,a character on family guy, that Sarah Palin is her mother. Palin was insulted because Emily's character has down syndrome, just like her real son, Trig.
According to NJ.com, Bristol, Trig's older sister, commented on facebook, "“If the writers of a particularly pathetic cartoon show thought they were being clever in mocking my brother and my family yesterday, they failed. All they proved is that they’re heartless
jerks.”
Andrea Fay Friedman, the voice of Emily, who also has down syndrome in real life,
responded by the whole fiasco by writing a heated letter to the New York Times. Friedman tells New York Times that Palin should "get a sense of Humor". In the letter, Friedman goes on to say that at least her mother didn't carry her around in hopes for "sympathy votes".