PMV: Turn it Off (Book of Mormon)

Edit: Yay for 2000 views!

I woke up one morning and this combination sprung into my mind for some reason. I'm also noticing that I seem to be doing nothing but musicals. My Little Pony and showtunes, truly I am the straightest man in existence.

I'll let you guess as to whether I own anything in this video, and the answer is no.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• PMV
• my little pony
• ponies
• Book of Mormon
• turn it off
• rainbow dash

[desert4427]

As a Jew, I find this VERY offensive. I am not defending Mormons or the Mormon religion, simply pointing out that this sort of attack is an example of unfair, stereotyping and borderline-racist. What would the reaction be if somebody who didn't like Jews put up a song with colorful ponies singing about all the stereotyipcal jewish "behaviors" that they find repulsive, like stinginess, greed, love of money, etc.?

Racism is racism, whether you are attacking a popular or unpopular groupd.

[scienceandponies]

@desert4427

What KaijuPirate said.

Also, I'm not even sure what stereotypes you're referring to. The song could equally apply to a wide spectrum of highly conservative fundamentalist christian sects. Does anyone actually know any Mormon stereotypes? I'd say the magic underwear thing but that's part of dogma, like saying that Catholics believe in transubstantiation is a stereotype.

[UnlimitedZoro2010]

@desert4427 how do you fit 64 jews in a buick? 2 in the front, two in the back and 60 i the ashtray :D now THAT'S racism

[scienceandponies]

@UnlimitedZoro2010

1. That was terrible.

2. It reminds me that antisemitism needs to decide whether it wants to be racism or regular religious discrimination. I hate the vagueness of "Jew" referring to either a member of the religion of Judaism, or the someone from a semitic ethnic group. Then there's the people who are non-believing descendents of converts who still consider themselves to be "culturally Jewish"..

[scienceandponies]

@Bug10110

Actually, it was written by the two guys who made South Park. I'm fairly certain they're not Mormon.

[Saphira01]

@3473firewolf, I really think that you should tolerate and not take this to heart. Everyone knows that this isn't really how the Mormon church functions :)

I'm Catholic, and I catch a lot of heck about pedophilia and other horrible stereotypes. It's all in good fun, and though it can be offensive you just have to realize that it makes other people happy. I can assure you that scienceandponies meant no offense to the Mormon community.

[Porkytool5]

i am now a mormon

[emperor0013]

@desert4427 "if somebody who didn't like Jews put up a song with colorful ponies singing about all the stereotyipcal jewish "behaviors" that they find repulsive, like stinginess, greed, love of money, etc.?"

You said it, not us.

You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the word "racist". The religion you CHOOSE to be a part of has NOTHING to do with race, and is not immune to criticism by any stretch of the imagination. If someone believes in something stupid, I will point it out.

[emperor0013]

Ex mormon here.

It never ceases to amaze me the blatant and shameless ignorance that mormons display concerning their own church. You still have members today that don't know about the church's horrendously racist history, nor about the embarrassing and verified lie from Joseph Smith that is the Book of Abraham. Many even think there is archaeological evidence that supports the book of mormon.

Their shameless ignorance aside, the naivety is kind of adorable if you think about it.

[bedofrazorsqwerty]

This was genius. Just brilliant. I'd never actually watch this show, but you put it together with the audio track really well. My favorite part was the dimmer switch line. I really like how Trey and Matt have been gleefully showining the U.S. that religion is being shown the door. Like it or not, we are becoming less and less religious in this country. Most religious people I know are nowhere as strong in their beliefs(affecting actions and decisions) as their parents or grandparents. It's nice.

[LordDragonClaw42]

I like ponies but I hate South Park. Not sure what to think of this video.

[LetCorgisHaveWings34]

@desert4427 I don't think it was meant to be offensive - anything written by Matt and Trey should be taken with a grain of salt, otherwise you'll get hurt. The MLP franchise has exploded, and it's natural to expect anything popular to be paired up with it.

I'm not trying to give you a hard time - I'm trying to help.

[SoINeedAName48]

The simple reason why Newtie won South Carolina:

"Yeah, he's a serial adulterer. Whatever. Least he ain't no Mormon!"

[crowwoman1999]

@scienceandponies And as someone who grew up in a church derived from LDS teachings I find this ridiculously funny. Though that may because of some subtle in jokes.