A prime example of satirical use in South Park is the episode where they censored Muhammed after several complaints to Comedy Central, despite the fact that in a much older episode, “Super Best Friends,” Muhammad was fully depicted.The sarcastic censored out Muhammed, was to lash back at the over reacting people who genuinely were offended by the showing of this character. Matt Stone and Trey Parker thought it was ridiculous to censor new images of Muhammad when viewers had already been able to see Muhammad fully before those controversies erupted, and made a statement about how ridiculous and cowardly it was in those episodes, even suggesting that it infringes on First Amendment rights and borders on censorship. This is one of many sarcastic and satirical moves done by the producers of South Park
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