| well, donahue was the star and moral center of the show. the rest were side show performers. though later on when the gooey liberal center is removed and all you are left with is jerry springer a better case could be made. but even while indulging and ultimately stage managing on springer type shows their antics and retrograde opinions werent validated. of course, i never watched it but thats my sense. but we do live in a fox news universe that does pander for political and financial ends to this sensibility. but even they, i suspect, prefer the bells and whistles approach to bald face pronouncements when they can help it. and yes, he made some racist and homophobic remarks under the cover of his christian faith among others equating the sinfulness of gay sex with beastiality and suggesting anecdotally that blacks in the south were happier under jim crow laws. as the show is a reality show in the 21st century sense it was able to edit around what they deemed inappropriate or uncomfortable. they just wanted the warm and cuddly version of these "real" folks not the reality.
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but we do live in a fox news universe that does pander for political and financial ends to this sensibility. but even they, i suspect, prefer the bells and whistles approach to bald face pronouncements when they can help it.
and yes, he made some racist and homophobic remarks under the cover of his christian faith among others equating the sinfulness of gay sex with beastiality and suggesting anecdotally that blacks in the south were happier under jim crow laws. as the show is a reality show in the 21st century sense it was able to edit around what they deemed inappropriate or uncomfortable. they just wanted the warm and cuddly version of these "real" folks not the reality.
- dave 12-20-2013 2:38 pm