Simpsons take heat for Newfie joke in Canadian-themed episode

So the Simpsons way of portraying Indians is okay (racist), but calling Newfies stupid and making a seal clubbing joke isn't okay?
Almost everyone I know (I live in NB) makes fun of Newfies! It's just a thing Canadians do! I even own a pair of Newfie chopsticks 😂

— 🦇🖤Sarah🖤🦇 (@astro_babe97) April 30, 2019

Maybe they shoulda put this guy in that episode of the Simpsons instead of the "Newfie joke".

Everyone woulda just laughed and that's it. pic.twitter.com/ya0uCY2w1M

— Hayato💬⚾ (@RedSoxHayato) April 30, 2019

Not being Canadian but having been to Newfoundland I’m surprised to hear that Newfie is considered offensive by some people. I heard people saying it all the time when I was there and thought it was like any other slang term for people from a specific place.

— Twit Commander 🍻 (@burritocover) April 30, 2019

Im not upset about the ‘newfie’ joke @mrtimlong wrote for tonight’s @Simpson’s episode so much as surprised that in all my 45 years, the lamest, least-interesting ‘Newfie’ joke I’ve heard was on @thesimpsons

— Mark Critch (@markcritch) April 29, 2019

When you're offended by a Newfie joke on the Simpsons pic.twitter.com/njeECbd8Su

— Cape Shore Memes (@capeshorememes) April 29, 2019

So the Simpsons are getting criticism for the "Newfie" scene but not when they showed a picture of a buffed Jesus?

— AxelSantiago (@SuperAvengerMan) April 30, 2019

I hate that slang term for Newfoundlander. It depicts an unintelligent, twee laughing-stock.
I don’t begrudge Newfoundlanders using it as a badge of pride and can take a joke. But uses of it like on The Simpsons prove it still connotes an outdated, inaccurate description of us.

— Melissa Royle (@melissaroyle) April 29, 2019