Talk:Derpy/@comment-5081250-20120505212037/@comment-76.250.36.103-20120514224206

Derpy appears in 35 episodes performing innocuous actions that do NOT fit a possible definition of the word "derpy" as meaning "retarded". Derpy appears in TWO episodes doing things that COULD be "derpy" if you believe that the word "derpy" means "retarded":

To be a caricature of stereotypes, the character in question must consistently show a distorted or exaggerated set of stereotypical traits. If 2 out of 37 (about 5%) constitutes "consistent" in your mind, you are plain wrong mathematically. The only way you can accept that Derpy consitently shows exaggerated traits stereotypically associated with being "derpy" more than 5% of the time is if you IGNORE 95% of her screen time where she DOES NOT and SELECTIVELY FOCUS on 5% of her screen time where she DOES. That is certainly possible to do, but it is NOT the objective truth about how Derpy is portrayed on the show. If this line of thought is allowed to enter into the converstaion on whether or not to edit television shows, then African Americans should be immediately banned from EVER eating watermelon on television, because it INSTANTLY makes them a caricature of a stereotype, even if they only eat watermelon 5% of the time.