As if you didn't know already, Dr. Laura's an idiot

Dear god how can she be so ignorant?

My mother works with many autistic children...I have met many of them. They are generally wonderful people.

Even if they do have verbal ticks.

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I have just realized that the stakes are myself
I have no other
ransom money, nothing to break or barter but my life
my spirit measured out, in bits, spread over
the roulette table, I recoup what I can
nothing else to shove under the nose of the maître de jeu
nothing to thrust out the window, no white flag
this flesh all I have to offer, to make the play with
this immediate head, what it comes up with, my move
as we slither over this go board, stepping always
(we hope) between the lines

 

Tee hee ...

"There are a lot of other celebrities out there that think they know what they're talking about. That stupid b**** Dr. Laura wrote a book about how we're supposed to act called the Ten Commandments. Not to be confused with the ones by Charlton Heston or God. Mr. T has more wisdom in one of the feathers jammed in his earlobe than Dr. Laura has in her entire naked-on-the-internet body. All you idiot housewives that call Dr. Laura to get yelled at should start taking advice from T. When your drunk husband is stealing money out of your purse, dunk your hand in some potato salad and smack yourself in the face with it. It's called Recouping. One out of one Dr. T's recommend it."

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LOL!! That's hilarious ahpook.


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Question: What would your advice be to the person that wrote in?

While I'm not agree with her . . .
I'm just kind of curious.

Rocket River

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She's not an idiot. She's a little over the top, yes. You try talking for 3 hours on the radio everyday with critics waiting to take you down and see how long you can go without mis-speaking.

BTW, TS is not autism. The kids are quite normal except for the uncontrollable verbal outbursts or fidgeting.

She is one of the staunchest defenders of children out there. It would take a true idiot to flush her over this mistake.

Have any of you listened to her for any length of time?

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Rich:

While I agree that it's impossible to please everyone constantly, I thought her comments about homosexuals were completely wrong. Did you think her dismissal was unwarranted?

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Depends on what you mean by dismissal. I don't know exactly what she said-- other than the brief description. Sounds to me like she was just trying to salvage a tranquil wedding ceremony-- and she did it in an uncouth way. Not criminal, is it?

It sounds like she was trying to be funny and it came off badly. I used to listen to her quite a bit until I couldn't take her anymore. I don't find her to be charming and while I agree with much of what she opines, I do differ with her at times.

She is too abrupt and a bit unreasonable and overly demanding and unyielding.

The point is that I don't think she really meant what she said to the extent it sounds like she said it. That's why I object to her being dismissed here.

She is a huge champion of children. I think she was just trying to protect someone's wedding from "intrusive" behavior.

She deserves criticism but not protest.

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Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils.

 

Yeah, Rich, I mispoke...

I meant people with TS, but it came out autistic...I guess because so many autistics have TS.

Sorry, my opinion stays the same, however.

No, I never have listened to her...didn't even know she had a radio show until the whole homosexuality scandal.

I don't care how long i was talking, I would never say that about someone with a disability. I had a good friend who got worse and worse as the years went by. It was not easy, but he has worked hard and, last I heard, greatly imporved.

Anyway, she should definitely be criticized. I don't know if she should get kicked off or anything, but similar things have happened in the past.

Didn't see:

TS involves more than that, Rich...but I get your point.

RocketRiver,

I would say take your child. Most of the time, there will be no problems. Even if there is an outburst...who cares? The child is a part of the family. Everyone should understand. The child is not an idiot, it would be rude to "hide him."

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I have just realized that the stakes are myself
I have no other
ransom money, nothing to break or barter but my life
my spirit measured out, in bits, spread over
the roulette table, I recoup what I can
nothing else to shove under the nose of the maître de jeu
nothing to thrust out the window, no white flag
this flesh all I have to offer, to make the play with
this immediate head, what it comes up with, my move
as we slither over this go board, stepping always
(we hope) between the lines

[This message has been edited by rimbaud (edited June 13, 2001).]

 

The only thing stupid is paying attention to her. She's a freaking talk show host! It's like worrying about something Howard Stern said.

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Things do not change; we change. - Henry David Thoreau

 

Haven: I think I misunderstood that your reference to dismissal was regarding her comments about homosexuals. Duh.

I don't know what her comments were, so I can't really say.

Usually I'm pretty comfortable with letting the marketplace decide the un/worthiness of a "product," but when the marketplace is cajoled like that, I don't think you get a good measure. You just have cowardly responses to temporary pressure and so no real measure of any enduring value.

Remember when the Rockets stood tall for Horry over Minor? Trite analogy but true principle.

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Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils.

 

I can't believe people would call in with questions like that. What could Dr. Laura possibly add to that debate? Either you invite the kid or you don't. All the information necessary to make the decision is available to the participants. Why do they need to call some talk show host they don't even know to find out what to do? Can they not make a decision on their own?

Of course, the few times I've listened to Dr. Laura, that sort of thing was par for the course for her callers. It was people asking some stranger to make a decision for them that could easily make themselves. Most of the time, they even knew what Dr. Laura was going to tell them. With most of the calls I heard, the callers are seeking approval from Dr. Laura (they want Dr. Laura to like them or agree with their decision) rather than seeking actual advice on a situation from her (and that's not only true of Dr. Laura's callers. That sort of behavior seems to be a common thread in many radio talk shows of Dr. Laura's ilk or of the Rush Limbaugh-type).

I still just cannot believe that someone couldn't make a decision about whether or not to invite someone with Tourette's to their wedding without consulting Dr. Laura.

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After seeing her naked, I don't listen to her much anymore.



DaDakota

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mrpaige:

IMO, people call in to shows for two reasons: either to get the host to validate their already-made decisions, or to get attention. Sounds like this is the former, after all... if the Great Dr. Laura said not to invite the kid, who is she to say no? Just taking a doctor's advice. Don't blame her .

You know, the studies on divorce have really presented some interesting results. Children of divorce actually do BETTER on some things according to one recent study, although this may merely be the result of other variables. All sorts of bad things, too, though...

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Rocketman95: you obviously HAVEN'T listened to Dr. Laura. Your assertions that she urge women to stay in marriages with BAD men is ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS.

Everything you assert above is wrong. You do both her and us a great dis-service by posting that kind of nonsense here. C'mon! You are 180 degrees wrong about these claims.

By the way, her son was NEVER in daycare. She is NO FAN of daycare, you are right. It is a place of last resort in her opinion and she believes that too many people choose it too easily.

It's fine to not like her but don't distort her position, please.

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Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils.

[This message has been edited by RichRocket (edited June 14, 2001).]

 

Rocketman95: I said you were WRONG. I didn't call you a liar. Don't exagerate. You try to ruin my credibility but you only damage your own.

I've listened to Dr. Laura off-and-on for 5 or 6 years and I have never heard her say the kind of things you asserted above. See for yourself at www.drlaura.com.

I don't remember the details but I've heard her describe her working career. Her son is now 12 or 13 I think. In brief, either she or her husband have been able to be with their son during the day since birth. I'm sure they have to patch in the occasional sitter.

You want to criticize her for 5% of her childcare solutions while she is criticizing certain people for virtually 100% of their childcare solutions.

She doesn't forbid daycare, but she decries it when people pursue empty, consumer lifestyles (you know the Keeping-Up-With-the-Joneses syndrome) at the expense of slamming their child in a daycare center.

These are her opinions which she is free to dispense and you and I are free to agree or disagree with. Like Jeff said: "she's just a broadcaster!"

You have to agree it is provocative.


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Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils.

 

Dr Laura is a joke. She's ignorant and doesn't even realize it. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf has the same thing, and it doesn't effect his basketball. Crazy. I don't see anything "provocative" about her making ridiculous comments though. She acts like people with the disease WANT to do what they are doing! She's no different then Howard Stern and the other countless talk shows who are controversial and on ego trips.

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"I'm not here to protect my reputation, I'm here to make my reputation! Mama Barkley didn't raise no chumps!" - Charles Barkley

 

Rimbaud,
Well their are two things at work.
1. Just because you feel people should understand that does not mean others will beleive the same thing.
I mean many are of the opinion this is the bride's perfect day. the once in a lifetime moment in time where she will be in absolute bliss. You have that to measure that against offending one family/child.

It is easy to tell someone else to give up their moment for some else but it is a bit arrogant to TELL someone to TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM?

This child *could* in her mind ruin the day. If they child ruin the day of the bride by saying something at an inopportune time . . . . a life time scar/memory/resentment. . . for what? just to be nice.

Rocket River



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