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Poll for Men Only Please: Oprah

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Lugnuts, Dec 11, 2007.

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Which of the following best describes your feelings about Oprah?

  1. I feel about Oprah much the way Ted Kaczynski felt about modern technology.

    7 vote(s)
    5.0%

  2. I rarely use the word 'hatred' about people I don't know, but in her case I'll make an exception.

    6 vote(s)
    4.3%

  3. Find her annoying as hell.

    20 vote(s)
    14.2%

  4. She doesn't bother me, but I wish she'd shut her fucking trap.

    17 vote(s)
    12.1%

  5. I don't give a shit about Oprah.

    26 vote(s)
    18.4%

  6. Ambivalent.

    15 vote(s)
    10.6%

  7. Her show's not my thing, but she's done a lot of good.

    39 vote(s)
    27.7%

  8. Like her.

    8 vote(s)
    5.7%

  9. I rarely use the word 'love' about people I don't know, but her in case, I'll make an exception.

    3 vote(s)
    2.1%

  10. I feel about her much the way Gosling felt about McAdams in [i]The Notebook.[/i]

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    But to call it racism and misogyny? Sorry, it is not racism to hate just one person. Nor is it misogyny. That is a tremendous and unfair leap to say that it is either of those things.

    I don't hate Oprah. I voted ambivalent. Some of the crap she pulled for ratings bothers me. Like when she was crashing weddings and thinking it was ok because she brought a nice gift.

    She seems to have this attitude that she can do whatever she wants because of her success. That doesn't make me hate her, but I sure as heck don't like her, either.
     
    outofplace, Dec 11, 2007
    #49
  2. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Ambivalence: uncertainty caused by coexistence of positive and negative thoughts

    Don't give a shit: no thoughts at all

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    As for how I feel about Oprah, I will channel the sports editor from my college paper: "Oh God, don't care!"

    She's done some good, but she also helped foist Albom books and Dr. Phil on the world.

    Advantage? Push. There are no winners here.
     
    TrooperBari, Dec 11, 2007
    #50
  3. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Cute bird, Pallister.

    And I'm not saying all or even most of the critics of Oprah show the traits I've ascribed, but a lot of those things do crop up when Oprah is criticized, and a lot of the vehemence that Zeke mentioned can be ascribed to that. She's a she that's black and successful and no shrinking violet....in other words, the antichrist to many folk.
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 11, 2007
    #51
  4. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Some of my best friends are vocal black successful females.
     
    BYH, Dec 11, 2007
    #52
  5. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    I easily give Oprah credit for all she's done and the example she's set, even if I don't always agree with that example. I can respect someone even if I don't like them...kinda the way I felt about Pete Rose during his '70s playing days.

    I really dislike her show, though.
     
    alleyallen, Dec 11, 2007
    #53
  6. pallister

    pallister Guest


    Squawk!
     
    pallister, Dec 11, 2007
    #54
  7. imjustagirl2

    imjustagirl2 New Member

    I think it's awesome that a poll for men has an option invoking The Notebook. :D
     
    imjustagirl2, Dec 11, 2007
    #55
  8. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    I had no idea what that Notebook thing meant, so I just nodded and moved on.

    And I said the bird was cute, not that it was particularly relevant to anything.
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 11, 2007
    #56
  9. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    looks like I voted with the majority - not my thing, but she's done alot of good.
     
    EStreetJoe, Dec 11, 2007
    #57
  10. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    A wart of the ass of society...
     
    slappy4428, Dec 11, 2007
    #58
  11. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    But we love ya anyway.
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 11, 2007
    #59
  12. HandsomeHarley

    HandsomeHarley Well-Known Member

    Amazing how you absolutely cannot dislike a minority or women in American society today without being labeled.

    Hate Julia Roberts? Perfectly acceptable. Hate Oprah By God Winfrey? You're a racist.

    What a bunch of fucking bullshit.
     
    HandsomeHarley, Dec 11, 2007
    #60
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