Does anyone still watch Jerry Springer?

There are a fair number of folks who think that crap is real...and the way
it is!

"Scented Nectar" > wrote in message
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>> For benefit of those who missed this show (or who turned it off early
>> because she felt picked on again), here's a brief summary. This show
>> would benefit anyone who's never had the misfortune of encountering a
>> vegan. It showed what vegans are like, what they think and believe, and
>> how they interact with normal people.
>>
>> The vegan wife, Jackie, forces her entire household (including the cat)
>> to consume a raw vegan diet. Her actions extend beyond herself and her
>> household: she protests meat and hands out leaflets to strangers on the
>> street in an attempt to get them to live according to her peculiar
>> "principles." Part of those principles at home included getting rid of
>> their stove and many of their possessions; her home became increasingly
>> spartan as she sank deeper into her kooky vegan abyss.
>>
>> The best way to explain her average day is that she focuses on the
>> things most out of her control and avoids dealing with the things most
>> within her control. Her husband Harold WANTS to eat meat but fears doing
>> so for the consequences he'd face from Jackie (note: he expressed no
>> fear of consequences to his health from it). Harold also overworks to
>> avoid coming home because Jackie is too busy navel-gazing, sun-gazing,
>> bitching, domineering, and protesting to clean house or do other mundane
>> things; he's adopted the role of housemaid by default. The whole family
>> were kind of drifting apart and becoming more dysfunctional, with Harold
>> and the daughter afraid to speak up about any of the changes (dietary,
>> anti-"decorating," etc.).
>>
>> Jackie ends up trading places with a wife from a family who hunt out of
>> necessity. With her vegan psyche already very weak and fragile, Jackie
>> assesses her new situation by going through the fridge (filled with
>> meat) and the home (filled with taxidermy). As most vegans are, she's
>> condescending in sizing up her new family. To her credit, though, I
>> didn't think she was nearly as condescending as the vegan witch Barbara
>> from Fox's _Trading Spouses_ last year.
>>
>> During one memorable segment, Jackie became emotional -- nearly
>> hysterical -- trying to explain how difficult it was for her to go to an
>> all raw diet. She offered some psychobabble comparing the whole
>> experience to alcoholism. To that bizarre melodrama, the other husband
>> (Ricky) apologized and said he didn't realize it would be so traumatic
>> for her.
>>
>> As in the _Trading Spouses_ episodes on Fox in this vein last year, the
>> vegan wife felt compelled to show her new family some videos from animal
>> rights groups even after preaching to them about veganism for an entire
>> week. Jackie became an emotional wreck while watching them, even though
>> she said she's seen them many times before. Though the kids were briefly
>> stunned by such portrayals of farming (which are atypical), they didn't
>> exactly embrace the idea of eating nuts and fruits.
>>
>> Ultimately, her attempts to convert the family in Kentucky failed. Since
>> the swap, they've added more vegetables to their meals but haven't given
>> up hunting or eating meat. Meanwhile, Jackie's kept the stove Bobbi (the
>> normal wife who ended up having to deal with milquetoast Harold) had
>> brought in and has even resumed eating some cooked foods. She admitted
>> maybe she was taking things too far. I'm sure her husband agrees she
>> *had* taken things too far, even if he lacks the courage to tell her how
>> ****ed up he really thinks she is.
>>
>> The moral of the story is that vegans DO take things too far. They try
>> to proselytize others, and they're usually very emotional and aggressive
>> about it. They think they're doing something virtuous and informative by
>> telling others not to eat meat, but vegans always end up coming across
>> as emotive, uninformed jackasses.
>>
>> I also think vegans should go on more shows like this. First, it's very
>> entertaining. Second, it's illuminating for the wider population --
>> especially those in areas without or with very few vegans. Finally, it's
>> therapeutic in the sense that vegans on these shows seem to benefit from
>> interacting with *normal* people. For example, Jackie is again eating
>> cooked food. The vegan mother in the Fox show (Barbara) even ate meat
>> with the Cajun family.
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> You are assuming all vegans are like
> each other. It's like watching Jerry
> Springer and coming to the conclusion
> that all couples have bizarre problems.
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