History YMMV / SouthParkS19E5SafeSpace

* TheWoobie: Butters all the way.

** Demi is also one, for some.

'''Original airdate:''' October 18, 2006
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Cartman is the latest victim of body shaming. Meanwhile, Randy is strong armed into giving to charity.

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!This episode includes examples of:

** Demi is also one, for some.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Lena Dunham posted a picture of her anus on social media, so Butters is driving himself insane when he filters comments of posts that go out of their way to be embarrassing. Cartman's "ripped" is close too but his dick pic proves that he should lay off the internet.
** If everyone was so concerned about receiving negative comments, why didn't they just block the users who reacted more frequently than others?

This episode includes examples of:

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Reality. Those opposed to political correctness love him for pointing out that people should take criticism and stop censoring comments. Others believe his message falls flat since the way people act online can be very different compared to how they act in real life and that many have committed suicide due to online harassment they could block. Also he tormented Butters as much as the others and unlike them who sees it was wrong he blames everything on the Safe Space. Reality is not apologetic but that doesn't mean it's not a bitch.

** The sometimes UnintentionallyUnsympathetic nature of the "safe space" condoners can also be interpreted as a simple hard truth that life can be cruel, and sometimes you can't just hide from it, otherwise it wins.

* AccidentalAesop: Considering how Butters was hospitalised from the stress of having to filter Cartman and [=#ShamelessAmerica=]'s social media profiles, there's a lesson on how stress is more dangerous than it appears. If you don't take breaks or manage your workload effectively, then you can literally drive yourself into an early grave.

** Everyone was so concerned about receiving negative comments, why didn't they just block the users.

* WhatAnIdiot: Lena Dunham posted a picture of her anus on social media, so Butters is driving himself insane when he filters comments of posts that go out of their way to be embarrassing. Cartman's "ripped" is close too but his dick pic proves that he should lay off the internet.

* AccidentalAesop: Considering how Butters was hospitalised from the stress of having to filter Cartman and [=#ShamelessAmerica=]'s social media, there's a lesson on how stress is more dangerous than appears. If you don't take breaks or manage your workload, then you can literally drive yourself into an early grave.

* WhatAnIdiot: Demi posted a picture of her anus on social media, so Butters is driving himself insane when he filters comments of posts that go out of their way to be embarrassing. Cartman's "ripped" is close too but his dick pic proves that he should lay off the internet.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Reality gets this treatment ''big time'' from a lot of people who oppose political correctness and censorship. His ReasonYouSuckSpeech to the charity banquet for #[=ShamelessAmerica=] is a contributing factor in this, too.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The episode analyses that while bullying and ridicule can be harsh and callous, it is an unavoidable aspect of life and you cannot spend your entire life safeguarded from any sort of negativity. It even dares to imply that, while a bully is a {{Jerkass}}, sometimes JerkassHasAPoint, and if you have negative qualities and habits, sometimes you just need to accept the negative feelings that stem from it rather than expect to be enabled.

** Kyle said that if Cartman can't handle negativity then he should just stay off the internet. He shows a double standard in "Skank Hunt" when he and the other boys force Cartman off the internet by destroying his computer in order to defend the girls.

* {{Moe}}: The little girl at the end of each "Shameless America" ad~ d'aww!!

* TheWoobie: Butters all the way, poor guy.
** Those poor third world kids.

* WhatAnIdiot: Seriously Demi posted a picture of her anus on social media, no wonder Butters is driving himself insane when he filters comments of posts that go out of their way to be embarrassing. Cartman's "ripped" is close too but his dick pic proves that he should lay off the internet.

** The premise of industries hiding behind their seemingly positive causes as a way to shrewdly bully customers is harsher under the revelation of more and more corruption within charity groups, including an incident of one client being pressured by agencies into donating money to the point of committing suicide.

* HarsherInHindsight: Kyle said that if Cartman can't handle negativity then he should just stay off the internet. He shows a double standard in "Skank Hunt" when he and the other boys force Cartman off the internet by destroying his computer in order to defend the girls.

* BrokenAesop: This episode's moral is essentially to start taking criticism and that reality is harsh without safe spaces, even though the previous episode portrayed critics as obnoxious people that should just be kicked out. So the previous episode depicted people wanting to have their opinion heard as entitled, and now depicts people who don't want to hear other people's opinions as entitled( Though this probably has more to do with the fact that people in the previous episode weren't just speaking their opinions, they were actively using them to bully people into giving them stuff.)
** More eye raising is the fact that neither Trey nor Matt have active social media accounts, and yet dub a character representing brash online criticism as "reality". In [[IncrediblyLamePun reality]] the real life persona of individuals does not always correlate to an online brash one.
** Furthermore, the episode makes use of the AppealToWorseProblems fallacy by depicting poor third world children for having to filter out harmful comments for first world people. This is despite the fact that online abuse can actually be life threatening with the same episode showing Butters nearly committing suicide due to being exposed to too much negativity and sleep deprivation. (For that last part though, that was probably the point to show how those people care more about inflating their egos more than the wellbeing of people in third world countries)
** The episode, as do most people who criticize the concept of a "safe space," assumed that its purpose is to keep out 'reality' rather than allow people that are marginalized and attacked to take a break from the negativity they face every day. Intentional or not, the episode is basically victim-blaming.

** The episode, as do most people who criticize the concept of a "safe space," assumed that it's purpose is to keep out 'reality' rather than allow people that are marginalized and attacked to take a break from the negativity they face everyday. Intentional or not, the episode is basically victim-blaming.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As controversial as the episode is, the aesop of how people need to stop expecting the world to cater to their personal beliefs and egos and accept reality is one that really needs dropping, especially with the recent prevalence of people and organizations trying to censor critics and opposing views by claiming they need a "safe space" where they can't be criticized.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: While the episode unfortunately perpetuates the assumption that a safe space is just an excuse for thin-skinned people to avoid criticism, all of the characters who want safe spaces are exactly that: shallow, thin-skinned people who act as though any criticism towards them is equal to prejudice towards marginalized groups. For better or worse, the kind of people who actually ''need'' safe spaces (people of color, LGBTQ+ people. etc) don't even come up.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: While the episode unfortunately perpetuates the assumption that a safe space is just an excuse for thin-skinned people to avoid criticism, all of the characters who want safe spaces are exactly that: shallow, thin-skinned people who play the victim card any time someone says anything bad about them, the kind of people who would make that assumption. For better or worse, the kind of people who actually ''need'' safe spaces (ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people. etc) don't even come up.