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You are surely familiar with the story of the “ The Emperor’s New Clothes ,” in which a vain ruler, who has been spending the state’s money on fancy duds, is convinced by a couple of con men that the nonexistent suit they sell him is fantastically beautiful, but invisible to dopes and fools; not wanting to be thought a dope or a fool, he claims to see it, and all his sycophantic ministers pretend to see it. And when the king goes out on parade, all the people keep their mouths shut — though he is obviously naked — until a small boy, unimpressed by royalty and clearly no fool, calls out, “The emperor has no clothes.”

We are halfway through the 27th season of “South Park,” with the

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