Yellow-Bellied Cowards And Backstabbers

"In the world of the Simpsons, people are capable of bottomless cruelty, greed, and hypocrisy -- indeed, these traits are so widely shared that they go unremarked upon. The show doesn't make a joke about, or even highlight, this violent hypocrisy. It's just accepted. That's how people are."

-- Jonathan Chait, explaining what I like most about 20 years of The Simpsons - and what I despise most about a lifetime spent with real people living like cartoons - as I keep a wary but watchful eye on both, with The New Republic.

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