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A New Reality Show starring rapper Shawty Lo and his 11 children
Posted: Jan 8, 2013
There is plenty of outrage about this. When will this stuff stop? Is it greed (money) or is it fame? Change.org has a petition going and there's 23,000 people who signed it. There's Sister Wives, Honey Boo-Boo, Toddlers and Tiaras, Buck Wild, the new "Redneck" (from WV), and others to name a few. I certainly think these shows need to go. It degrades the people in these shows and dumbs down our society.
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/271475/40/Former-GA-resident-leads-protest-against-Shawty-Lo-reality-show
Clarence Page has a story in the Chicago Tribune. If you go to his page (which excerpt was on another site), make sure you don't stop reading when you come to an "ad." The ads, at first, make you think you're at the end of the article, but you're not.
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Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that All My Babies' Mamas -- the story of rapper Shawty Lo and his 11 children with 10 different women -- is just one example of new forms of slavery that we impose on ourselves.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-01-03/news/ct-oped-0103-page-20130103_1_marriage-rate-soars-preview
;No slavery is quite as pernicious as that which we impose on ourselves ...
Lincoln's moves also freed several of my own ancestors, for which I thank him.
But, sad to say, today we have newer forms of slavery that we impose on ourselves ...
The Oxygen cable television network has announced production of a new one-hour reality-based special that makes TLC's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" sound like PBS' "Masterpiece Theater."
The program, as the press release puts, reveals "the complicated lives" of Atlanta-based rap star and music entrepreneur Carlos "Shawty Lo" Walker and his household family of 10 -- yes, 10 -- women and the 11 children to whom they have given birth and are raising without the benefit of marriage.
And the program's title? Brace yourself. It is "All My Babies' Mamas."
My reaction after watching a 13-minute preview on YouTube? "What were they thinking?"
And, "Lincoln freed us for this?" ...
People have to stop watching. - RC
[ In Reply To ..]Networks aren't going to air better shows until people stop watching these crap shows.
People fill their little heads with this crap but don't know - who the VP is. Then they vote.
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Like Lifetime's Double Diva's boobs whisperers who tame - ginormous endowments? nm
[ In Reply To ..]Ugh.
Is this the politics board? Why doesn't someone - tattle already! ;-)
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Go right ahead - !
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Naw, it's usually the ones who post this garbage - are the ones who tattle
[ In Reply To ..]on something they are "offended" by.
I'm not offended, just protesting in principle. So I'll just have a sit-in and get over it ;-)
This is now a POLITICS AND "PUBLIC TOPICS" board. - American TV is appropriate. Also Yemeni. :)
[ In Reply To ..]Discussion is meant to be about large, societally relevant topics, such as surprising benefits of reality TV for octogenarians or whether "commies" are using it to destroy us from inside, and so on. Discussion of what the "Housewives of" are up to these days still goes on the chat forum.
Did you know Brandi/Jarrod on Storage Wars - aren't married?
[ In Reply To ..]And have 2 kids!!!
What is this world coming to.
Who are you? - In House MT
[ In Reply To ..]Who are you to decide for me what I watch? If you don't like it, turn the channel. Yes, I watch a couple of these shows. Makes my not so normal life look oh so normal!
Not telling you what you can watch. Calm down. - backwards typist
[ In Reply To ..]I just think these shows are going much too far lately. Each year they get worse.
The kids in these shows are being exploited and there's no getting around that.
There has to be a line drawn somewhere. What's next?
Agree. In-House, this show is selling feelings of outraged virtue, - purely entertainment, no actual virtue required
[ In Reply To ..]--obviously. Some will watch and come away with their egos restoked, some won't. We all draw out own lines, after all.
1 dad, 11 kids, 10 different mothers - "outraged virtue??"
[ In Reply To ..]"purely entertainment??" Incredible.
The new norm - and a sad one at that - kr
[ In Reply To ..]culture is spiraling down
The destruction of the American family - sm
[ In Reply To ..]is getting worse and worse, to the point where now this one guy's lifestyle is being glamorized, while his girlfriends are being used and his kids are an afterthought. Are we taxpayers supporting his kids for him?
You're confusing him with Octomom. Shawty Lo net worth = - a cool $2.5 million, though
[ In Reply To ..]it comes as no surprise you would jump to that baseless conclusion.
What comparison to Octomom? - Where did that come from?
[ In Reply To ..]This guy fathered each one of those 11 kids with 10 different girlfriends. Which, by the way, is amazing to me, that a woman would allow herself to be treated as one of a harem. And the poor kids...
Octomom is on the welfare dole. - Shawty Lo is flush with cash
[ In Reply To ..]and about to make a boatload more of it with this new series for his harem and offspring. This observation came directly from following the context of the thread. There are several directions you can take the comment within a political context. It's entirely up to you.
Being "flush with cash" makes his lifestyle okay? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Maybe you're one of is groupies, but for the life of me, I can't see why anyone would defend and admire him.
I see no difference between this one and the obscene - 19 kids and counting nuclear family. nm
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The difference is - those 19 kids have
[ In Reply To ..]the same mom & dad. I.e., an intact family.
not to mention they have to exploit their children - to get by
[ In Reply To ..]disgusting.
See? You felt superior, didn't you? - That's what's being sold. nm
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Exactly. - and poignantly said.
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You are so correct. - This is not entertainment.
[ In Reply To ..]It's depressing. It's mind-boggling that this sort of reality TV has a fan base. But, to each his own.
Who cares? - In House MT
[ In Reply To ..]Why does it matter what is next? How does it affect YOU? If you don't like the show, turn the channel. I hate football, baseball, basketball, etc., but I would never assume to tell others they are wasting their time and money. Who in their right mind thinks a person swinging a bat at a ball should be making millions of dollars a year? This, to me, is outrageous. More so than being redneckognized! ;)
Well, you're right, it's your decision. But you're - really overreacting. Why? Answer
[ In Reply To ..]that to yourself and move on? Enjoy your series.
Because.... - In House MT
[ In Reply To ..]I am tired of other people trying to making decisions for me thinking they know what is best for me. no other reason. You think I'm overreacting...I don't think I am. So there. :)
Are they running for office? How is this political. Hope - moderator moves itNM
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NAACP agrees with you. Wants the show cancelled. - nm
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