to put it back in the context of the article...I have (personally, and there is certainly elements of my own projection in here) always interpreted Matt and Tre

to put it back in the context of the article...I have (personally, and there is certainly elements of my own projection in here) always interpreted Matt and Trey's perspective as 'we need to change grow and improve as a society but stop doing it in the the most self important and reactionary way possible. I place them as left-leaning libertarians in part based on their 'hate liberals even more'. They believe in people not performance. I look at the episodes post Obama being elected as the height of satire of both sides and quite profoundly insightful for what came next.