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forthemiddle

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67. Thanks for the welcome

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 12:44 PM

Dec 2013

But I have actually been here for years and years, only commenting very seldomly.
I am not a "me too" poster, and I find 99% of what needs to be said is already stated by someone much more eloquently the what I can do. I just saw the linked blog and wanted to point out the obvioulsy uninformed comments made.
As for the fakeness of the show, I am not sure that to the avid viewers it really matters. Most people that I know watched it only for the mindless entertainment it afforded. I kind of liked watching a show that I didn't have to think about, just sit back and giggle at some of the antics of a family that truly did seem to love each other.
Again, I don't think I will continue to watch the show, but as you said, maybe if the rest of the world took it as entertainment only, and not looked at Phil (or any other entertainer) as their savior, we would all be better off.
Sometimes is ok to just laugh, without bringing the real world into it.

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Thats an excellent observation. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #7

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Think deeper my friend... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #8

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Reading WAY too much into it Scootaloo Dec 2013 #9

BainsBane nailed it. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #10

I really think that's reaching. Scootaloo Dec 2013 #11

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