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   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    Travoltron  wrote:   
      
   > They shouldn't have said anything. Nothing is ever good enough for an   
   > SJW. If they kill off the character they'll be pissed off that you   
   > killed off the only Indian character on the show. If you have him go   
   > back to India, they'll write articles likening you to Trump calling ICE   
   > on Apu.   
   >   
   > If I were them, I'd just stop using the character so much. Limit him to   
   > Kwik-E-Mart scenes only. Maybe do some meta humor where he's trying to   
   > lose his accent because some assholes are harassing him and he's taking   
   > mood stabilizers so that he doesn't say funny things anymore.   
      
   You're quite right that at this point there's practically no way the   
   Simpsons could appease the critics. On a show like this, what's the   
   point of having a character like Apu if he doesn't behave   
   stereotypically?   
      
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