I think this woe is me for the poor really sucks, I was AI for fun not to be told how awful life is for the people they choose to feel bad for — if I want to be enticed to give money I’ll go to a fund raiser for some charity
You’ve hit the nail on the head. Most of us watch Idol to get away from the troubles of the world for a couple of short hours each week. We are an overly generous nation, and already give billions in foreign aid to Africa, only to have it ripped off by greedy and tyrannical leaders like the late Idi Amin.
If Idol is going to shovel this particular kind of BS every season, then this is the last season I will be watching.