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Post by chonies on Oct 23, 2014 17:59:16 GMT -4
June was born in 1979, according to the internets. Excuse me, I need a cold compress now.
Disclaimer: I've only watched a few clips here and there (they came in handy for a linguistics class I was teaching), so I'm not really in a place to defend or criticize, and I'm only going on the general feel of stuff on the internet.
I initially had a few twinges of objection when people would criticize the lot of them because a lot of the "critique" (in general) was the low-hanging fruit kind easily spun from handy hillbilly tropes. I am kind of uneasy with some other criticism that mocks some dubious financial decisions like the scuzzy rip-off that is the baby pageant circuit because financial literacy is not always easy to come by, and it seems they're a few generations deep in entrenched, rural poverty-line issues.
I don't feel comfortable critiquing people when they make decisions that sort of fall into the "possibly doing the best they can in the situation" categories, but I always found a lot of the show to be disgusting in the extreme. I can appreciate (and tell) a decent fart joke, but the rest was just Garbage Pail Kids come to life. I have no idea what carried the show, and I know Mama June was getting a lot of positive publicity for putting the money from the show in a savings account and losing weight, but that's kind of the extent of my knowledge. Her dating someone who molested a child--any child, relative or not--seems beyond the pale.
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Post by Auroranorth on Oct 23, 2014 19:31:50 GMT -4
Team Hope Little Alana Is Safe.
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Post by jmc on Oct 24, 2014 10:22:25 GMT -4
I just read on TMZ that the show has been cancelled. I wonder what TLC knows beyond what TMZ wrote about yesterday.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 10:42:07 GMT -4
I honestly didn't even know the show was still airing.
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Post by smitten on Oct 24, 2014 10:48:28 GMT -4
This. I'm tired of not being able to criticize these people without being called "elitist", "classist" or "anti-fat" or whatever, because they are "just folks." Yeah, well I come from "just folks", too, and I'm here to tell you that does not automatically make you perfect. Someone from HCHBB already cried "photoshop" on the show's FB page. No, it is obviously not. Wow is that really a thing? I can't stand these people. I guess I will gladly proclaim myself an elitist snob.
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Post by azaleaqueen on Oct 24, 2014 11:03:16 GMT -4
Way to put an end to your TLC gravy train, June. Who was it that said she was an "astute money manager"? Or words to that effect.
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Post by chonies on Oct 24, 2014 11:21:51 GMT -4
I just read on TMZ that the show has been cancelled. I wonder what TLC knows beyond what TMZ wrote about yesterday. I don't know where I read this (and I refuse to dignify it with a Google or visit to Wikipedia), but for some reason, I have the nagging idea that the child molester is the bio father of one of the daughters.
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Post by SweetOblivion on Oct 24, 2014 11:38:09 GMT -4
Actually, a *different* registered sex offender is the father of one of her children, and was so before they got together.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 11:38:55 GMT -4
June was born in 1979, according to the internets. Excuse me, I need a cold compress now. Disclaimer: I've only watched a few clips here and there (they came in handy for a linguistics class I was teaching), so I'm not really in a place to defend or criticize, and I'm only going on the general feel of stuff on the internet. I initially had a few twinges of objection when people would criticize the lot of them because a lot of the "critique" (in general) was the low-hanging fruit kind easily spun from handy hillbilly tropes. I am kind of uneasy with some other criticism that mocks some dubious financial decisions like the scuzzy rip-off that is the baby pageant circuit because financial literacy is not always easy to come by, and it seems they're a few generations deep in entrenched, rural poverty-line issues. I don't feel comfortable critiquing people when they make decisions that sort of fall into the "possibly doing the best they can in the situation" I think understand what you're saying (correct me if I'm off base), but there is a huge problem within the "white trash/hillbilly" culture with WILLFUL ignorance. I really have no sympathy for the plight of people who are proud of being poor and proud of being stupid and who, worst of all, encourage their children NOT to value education or pursue careers that don't fit into what their idea of "real" American jobs are. My lack of sympathy and unwillingness to understand them is because these willfully ignorant "real Americans" have been dragging the rest of the us down with politicians pandering to their against-their-own-best-interest and racist-leaning voting practices. There aren't enough wealthy people in the country to vote for the clusterfuck that is our house of representatives. It couldn't have been done without the help from these dumbasses.
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Post by narm on Oct 24, 2014 14:14:59 GMT -4
If that woman (I've never watched the show) has knowingly dated not one but two sex offenders, then she really has some deep issues (and I DON'T armchair-psych easily). I hope her kids are okay. For that matter, I hope she is too, and whatever cycle of poverty/lack of education/abuse (yeah, I'm taking a leap here, as there are no allegations but come on) can end. Now.
I don't want to sound like I am accusing anyone of anything, and I know that sexual abuse is not a poverty issue; it crosses all sorts of socio-economic lines. All I AM saying though is: somehow, being around a sex offender has been normalized, and that is bothersome to me.
I really, really hope the kids are okay.
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