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THOUSANDS PROTEST FOX'S NEW REALITY SHOW BAD DADS
GlennSacks.com ^ | 4/29/08 | Glenn Sacks

Posted on 04/30/2008 12:08:11 PM PDT by PercivalWalks

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1 posted on 04/30/2008 12:08:13 PM PDT by PercivalWalks
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To: PercivalWalks

The assault on men continues.


2 posted on 04/30/2008 12:11:20 PM PDT by FReepaholic (Me no bottom man. Me top man.)
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To: PercivalWalks

The media will implode if they can’t ridicule and demonize males, the last group which can be made fun of with society’s okay. So this protest is going nowhere.


3 posted on 04/30/2008 12:14:23 PM PDT by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but theyÂ’re really after folding money.)
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To: FReepaholic

Perhaps it would be best if they would pay the child support for their children.


4 posted on 04/30/2008 12:15:30 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: trumandogz

“Perhaps it would be best if they would pay the child support for their children.”

Didn’t the article say the states records were incorrect in 92% of the cases? There are many reasons that child support is a problem. Playing it out on reality TV solves none of them.


5 posted on 04/30/2008 12:18:33 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: driftdiver
Actually, the article states:

For example, a recent Massachusetts audit found that the arrearages were incorrect in 92% of that state's cases.

That does not mean that 92% of the dads on the list do not really owe child support but rather that in 92% of the cases the amount owed is not exactly what is indicated on the state's records.

6 posted on 04/30/2008 12:23:28 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: PercivalWalks
From the network that gave us the show that gave us the show, “Psycho Dad.”
7 posted on 04/30/2008 12:23:55 PM PDT by VRWCtaz (You're not just seeing things if you can get others to see them too. Now about the voices...)
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To: FReepaholic

Pay your child support and you won’t have to worry about such assaults.


8 posted on 04/30/2008 12:24:54 PM PDT by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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To: trumandogz
Wow, that was a simple response.

Men have to pay even if:

They lose their jobs
The ex spends support on new clothes, car, beer for new boyfriend
The ex screws them on visitation (meaning he pays but she gives no visits)
etc

The majority of men do pay and of the ones that don't only a percentage are truly deadbeat dads. Thanks for buying into the feminist propaganda

9 posted on 04/30/2008 12:25:23 PM PDT by misterrob (Obama-Does America Need Another Jimmy Carter?)
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To: JennysCool
"The media will implode if they can’t ridicule and demonize males, the last group which can be made fun of with society’s okay."

God FORBID they demonize people who NEED demonizing (read: ISLAM WORSHIPPERS). Hell, the assault on MANkind (excluding "pseudo-men"--homosexuals, metros, death cult worshippers, euroweenies, ethnic minorities, etc) is so blatant that it is actually comical to imagine anyone denying it.

10 posted on 04/30/2008 12:26:19 PM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly (Proud member of the largest 'Hate Group' in the USA...The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy")
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To: trumandogz
Perhaps it would be best if they would pay the child support for their children.

I hope next year there's a follow-up program exposing the plethora of women who use their ex's "child support" payments as a personal expense account to pick up all the stuff their live-in boyfriends don't buy them.

That would be fun.

11 posted on 04/30/2008 12:27:20 PM PDT by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but theyÂ’re really after folding money.)
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To: trumandogz

“That does not mean that 92% of the dads on the list do not really owe child support but rather that in 92% of the cases the amount owed is not exactly what is indicated on the state’s records. “

So if they are wrong Fox gets sued for slander and or libel. Thats if someone doesn’t get shot.


12 posted on 04/30/2008 12:27:58 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: PercivalWalks
"The worst part about Bad Dads is the way it publicly humiliates children of divorce by depicting their fathers as not loving or caring for them. These children did not volunteer to be humiliated on national television."

I remember a campaign to put pictures of fathers behind on child support on pizza boxes. The theory is that these dads would order pizza, see themselves on the box and be ashamed.

But, I wondered, what if the man's KID saw his dad on the pizza box? Say the kid was at a friends house, the friend's parents order pizza, and "Hey, isn't that a picture of your dad on the pizza box?"

Children of separated parents have tenuous self-respect as it is, and a kid will always identify with its parent, regardless of that parent's issues. I would think a kid would be ashamed, indeed, if he were to come across something like that.

It was just a plain stupid idea.

Then it occurred to me, it has NEVER been about the kids. Like this show, this guy is drumming up business - he takes 34% of what he collects. It's about the money.

13 posted on 04/30/2008 12:30:23 PM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: JennysCool
The media will implode if they can’t ridicule and demonize males, the last group which can be made fun of with society’s okay.

"Next to the last group," you mean. Southerners still (regrettably) hold the undisputed gold medal, in that particular competition.

14 posted on 04/30/2008 12:30:51 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: FReepaholic

Why be sexist here, Fox? Include people like my ex....SHE never paid a dime!


15 posted on 04/30/2008 12:31:06 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: JennysCool

“I hope next year there’s a follow-up program exposing the plethora of women who use their ex’s “child support” payments as a personal expense account to pick up all the stuff their live-in boyfriends don’t buy them.”

Oh cmon we know women never do anything wrong, mistreat their kids or lie in order to screw their ex husbands. /sarc

A friend of mine got divorced. He got custody with visitation. She showed up about 10% of the time. The times she did show up she was either high or drunk. She didn’t pay her child support as her work (fortune telling) was cash based and didn’t get reported.

Perhaps these things should be worked out in court and not in front of a million viewers seeking a cheap thrill.

But hey with Fox they can generate divorces and then make money on the mess left behind.


16 posted on 04/30/2008 12:33:15 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: FReepaholic

You think these protests are bad?

CBS will soon air “Toxic Predatory Females”.

Then the poop is REALLY gonna hit the propeller!

...and I, for one, wouldn’t wanna be the guy water-skiing behind the boat when THAT happens!


17 posted on 04/30/2008 12:33:20 PM PDT by woollyone (entropy extirpates evolution and conservation confirms the Creator blessed forever.)
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly

“God FORBID they demonize people who NEED demonizing (read: ISLAM WORSHIPPERS).”

Fox’s new show : Bad Jihadis.

Yeah, we’ll see that one soon.


18 posted on 04/30/2008 12:34:17 PM PDT by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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To: misterrob

If a male is going to make the decisions to have a child with a woman, than he needs to also accept responsibility for that child.

If he loses his job, get another job. Your first priority is to feed your child and after your child is feed you can feed yourself.


19 posted on 04/30/2008 12:34:27 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: JennysCool
I hope next year there's a follow-up program exposing the plethora of women who use their ex's "child support" payments as a personal expense account to pick up all the stuff their live-in boyfriends don't buy them.

I would have no problem with that.

20 posted on 04/30/2008 12:36:16 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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