User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/Why I HATE the Total Drama fans from Youtube/@comment-24152851-20141218233039/@comment-24152851-20141222004310

@Codyfan, firstly Total Drama has explicitly stated that some of the things they have done in the past, like breaking up several of the couples, was done to educate kids that relationships don't always turn out well. This means they've tried to be a role model in the past. That and the fact that many young kids will believe everything they see on TV, and later learnt whether or not it's true. So for very serious issues, like mental disorders, they need to get the correct first impression.

Secondly, (as TDPIScarlett already said), it doesn't matter what their intentions were, all that matters is the turn-out. If they made a joke which accidentally came out racist, it would still receive just as much backlash if it was intentionally racist. So why should mental disorders be treated any differently? I once saw a comedian (who's job it was to be offensive), accidentally made a stray remark that a country wasn't happy about, so he ended up apologizing.

@Lego, Really? I know in Western societies we have freedom of speech, but how is that freedom is for something else to be unpleasant? Would it be okay to like something that's racist? From experience, if something like that aired, it would receive so much criticism that it would be taken off the air.