Particularly effective is the choice of portraying the PC guys as frat bros, highlighting the way that, especially online, social justice advocates can become just as cliquish and chest-thumping as a stereotype they presumably loathe. The refreshing thing about this episode is that, to my mind at least, it picks the right elements of crazy PC culture to mock, while allowing that caring about the sensitivities of minority groups is itself a great thing. In fact, personally, I think she’s most likely not a very good person.” In the eyes of PC Principal, his sin is disagreeing with the notion that Caitlyn Jenner is a “hero” and refusing to join the town mantra that she is clearly “stunning and brave.” At one point, Kyle says confidently: “I am not going to apologize for saying Caitlyn Jenner isn’t a hero. While Cartman’s grappling with the sensitivity re-education provides much of the episode’s humor-an attempt at resistance involving Butters’ underwear is particularly hilarious-it’s Kyle’s storyline that offers a more incisive critique. After some initial bristling, everyone in town steps into line, mostly keeping silent for fear of saying something “problematic”-everyone except for Kyle and the always unreconstructed Cartman. At the beginning of the episode, the students of South Park Elementary School are informed that a new principal has taken over-known only as “PC Principal.” The buff, physically intense man quickly takes charge, recounting a litany of offensive events in the school’s past (including aspects of last season’s gender-neutral bathroom episode) and gleefully dispensing detentions for social justice infractions.
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