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French sociologist wonders: Are the Smurfs racist?

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steebo77 on June 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM

Has James Cameron weighed in yet?

WashJeff on June 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM

This French “academic” has way too much time on his hands.

AZCoyote on June 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM

This is just smurfin’ absurd.

myrenovations on June 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM

The world wonders: Are French sociologists really stupid, or just brain dead?

rmgraha on June 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM

I cant wait for the Intel bluemen to come forward.

William Amos on June 2, 2011 at 4:53 PM

I cant wait for the Intel bluemen to come forward.

William Amos on June 2, 2011 at 4:53 PM

Thank Gaia. I mean, with all the stuff going on in the world, I really couldn’t get any sleep over this.

fossten on June 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM

I would wager this French sociologist has not had his car torched by Muslim “youths” yet.

stefanite on June 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM

The smurfs are communists.

And Smurfette was a tease.

portlandon on June 2, 2011 at 4:54 PM

What does he think of Pepe Le Pew?

Mark1971 on June 2, 2011 at 4:55 PM

Well, color me blue.

keep the change on June 2, 2011 at 4:55 PM

I was just thinking the same thing.

Now I’m convinced a powerful liberal is in deep doo-doo somewhere. C’mon, are you gonna tell me the French are passing up a good, old fashioned “look at my powerful crank” scandal in DC?

Smurfs indeed.

BobMbx on June 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM

The french would prefer all characters as yellow as they are.

unlisted on June 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Yes. The Smurfs are also communist.

ramrants on June 2, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Who gives a Smurf!?

catmman on June 2, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Any reasonable person knows Smurfette was a slut.

MadisonConservative on June 2, 2011 at 5:00 PM

Gargamel = Martin Luther King?

Mark1971 on June 2, 2011 at 5:05 PM

I never understood the appeal.

The Smurfs, like most other cartoons from the 80′s, was drek.

Now I hear tell they might be making a Smurf movie? (No, not Avatar – lol)

catmman on June 2, 2011 at 5:08 PM

I never understood the appeal.

The Smurfs, like most other cartoons from the 80′s, was drek.

Now I hear tell they might be making a Smurf movie? (No, not Avatar – lol)

catmman on June 2, 2011 at 5:08 PM

We only had one morning a week for cartoon time and we took what they gave us. Sometimes when you got home right away afterschool, you got some thundercats….

unlisted on June 2, 2011 at 5:15 PM

Clearly.

Vera on June 2, 2011 at 5:18 PM

No, just obnoxious as he**

vcferlita on June 2, 2011 at 5:22 PM

We only had one morning a week for cartoon time and we took what they gave us. Sometimes when you got home right away afterschool, you got some thundercats….

unlisted on June 2, 2011 at 5:15 PM

Ultraman, Green Hornet, Batman, etc.

None of this cartoon crap after school. That was the exclusive domain of Saturday morning.

BobMbx on June 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM

Gargamel, the bad guy through the whole series, was white. Smurfs, the good guys, are Critters of Color.

We done here?

tbrosz on June 2, 2011 at 5:26 PM

How can they be racist? Brainy Smurf’s personality is a match every liberal pundit on MSNBC, and at least 2/3rd the congressional Democratic leadership.

jon1979 on June 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM

Of course! They’re blue supremacists!

ncborn on June 2, 2011 at 5:45 PM

Alternate Headline: French Academic Fails Attempt To Convince World He Has Real Job. Uselessness Exposed.

RadClown on June 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM

Racists i don’t know, but gay? Probably.

C’mon, one girl in the entire village?

Suspicious to say the least.

madne0 on June 2, 2011 at 6:11 PM

French academic finds racism in the smurfs, and fails to find literal foaming at the mouth anti-semitism all around him.

Go figure.

Rebar on June 2, 2011 at 6:43 PM