I have never seen it, nor heard of it before this and I really have no desire to see it either.... "reality" shows hold no sway on me!!!
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never even seen this show, but I can only imagine the attacks that > the show, it's characters, writers and producers receive from those who are > so hate filled and determined to revise American History: > > > http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2014/11/08/bozell-graham-column-punching-duggars > > Bozell & Graham Column: Punching the Duggars > By Brent Bozell <http://newsbusters.org/author/brent-bozell> and Tim > Graham <http://newsbusters.org/author/tim-graham> | November 8, 2014 | > 7:31 AM EST > > While so much of “reality television” dwells on catty “Real Housewives” > and Snooki-style party-hearty debauchery, it's interesting to note that a > small fraction of this ever-expanding genre is celebrating evangelical > Christianity and values like chastity. > > This drives the libertines crazy. Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever > recently raged on the Internet against the Duggar family of TLC’s “19 Kids > & Counting” and how they are no more worthy of attention than the > Kardashians. Their children are denied “freedom of choice.” > > “My thoughts on the Duggars are few and far between because I think the > show treats its viewers like they're learning-disabled,” he wrote. Then he > doubled down. “The viewers, not the Duggars. Although...” > > Leftists, especially openly gay writers like Stuever, itch for the > children to rebel against that old-time religion. “I guess we just sit and > wait and hope that there's a contrarian in the bunch who gets the itch to > write a tell-all at some point down the road. I'd be surprised if anyone > seriously watches the Duggar show out of a place of envy.” > > It is the right of a TV critic to knock the Duggar show as too sweet and > happy and prim for his snarky tastes. But how do those critics react when > you knock a show *they* like? “If you don’t like it, turn the channel!” > Let's face it, the Duggar family isn’t broken by divorce or addiction or > other social maladies. That is why the critics are turned off. > > On the other hand, the celebrity magazines have found these popular > Christian reality shows to be worthy of cover stories. The latest Us Weekly > forwards “Duck Dynasty” teenager Sadie Robertson’s decision to forego > premarital sex. A recent edition of People magazine reported on newly > married Jill Duggar and the family’s “Extreme Courtship Rules.” Those > principles are a direct challenge to today’s hookup culture, and that’s > what makes magazine readers so curious about them. > > It naturally follows that loutish “sex columnist” Dan Savage would get in > his insults at these “professional virgins.” The conservative blog site > Twitchy took exception to his wise-cracking on Twitter that the Duggar > daughters should observe his mating rules, including his notion of “F— > First.” Savage thinks people should be sexually compatible before marriage, > so chastity is a terrible idea. In fact, he despises virginity and its > advocates from the start. His rules also include cheating, which is > “inevitable” in his mind. > > > After Twitchy spurred the conservative Twitterati to attack him, Savage > then responded with a 2,500-word attack on the Duggar worldview. Like > Stuever, it begins with the notion that Christians are an organized “hate > group.” Their oldest son Josh now works for the Family Research Council, > which validates their charge, they would tell you. > > Savage argues that if the Duggars were Muslims and Josh worked for the > Council on American-Islamic Relations, conservatives would never embrace > them. “But the right wing doesn’t have a problem with the Duggars: They’re > the right color, they worship the right God, and they want to impose the > right brand of theocracy.” > > Savage, like Stuever, wishes these robot-children would grow up to reject > their freakish parents: “I have hopes for all the unmarried little Duggars > still being pimped on television and dragged to campaign rallies: I hope > they all get out from under the thumbs of their crazy, controlling, > virginity-obsessed parents.” > > Leftists better hope their “best wishes” for rebellion are never turned on > them. Would it seem kind for conservatives to wish that Dan Savage’s > adopted son should write a “tell-all book” about growing up having to hear > all about his "father's" extreme sex rules and obsessions? It would seem > unkind, intolerant, and smug – all adjectives that apply to the Duggar > bashers. > > Culture/Society > <http://newsbusters.org/issues-events-groups/culturesociety> > Anti-Religious Bias > <http://newsbusters.org/issues-events-groups/anti-religious-bias> > Christianity <http://newsbusters.org/issues-events-groups/christianity> > Washington Post <http://newsbusters.org/media-places/washington-post> > Hank Stuever <http://newsbusters.org/people-organizations/hank-stuever> > Dan Savage <http://newsbusters.org/non-journalists/dan-savage> > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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