Joel is Cool

“ In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes.

Actress Andrea Fay Friedman, who voiced “Down Syndrome Girl” Ellen on Family Guy, and is herself an individual with Down’s, responds to Palin’s negative remarks concerning the controversial episode.

[huffpo.]

(via thedailywhat)

down’s syndrome throwdown. awesome.

what nobody seems to be pointing out, though, is that it wasn’t a funny gag in the first place. it was a clunky, poorly executed, hamfisted attempt at what seth macfarlane so humbly described as “biting” political satire. if you want a good retardation joke, look for stephen colbert calling palin a “fucking retard.” that’s gold.