Posted on 06/22/2014 12:12:14 PM PDT by holymoly
Cosmopolitan Magazine probably didn’t anticipate the backlash it would receive when it ran an online article mocking a conservative reality TV show star for what was on her wedding registry.
Jill Dugger, 23, is part of “19 Kids and Counting,” the reality show featuring Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children which first aired in 2008. With nine girls and ten boys (including two sets of twins), all of whose names begin with the letter “J,” the series is now in its eighth season.
Dugger and her fiancé, Derek Dillard, tweeted their wedding registry announcement in April, which listed — among a long list of other items — a Maverick 88 shotgun and a Smith and Wesson 15-22 rifle.
Check out my Wedding website: http://t.co/XLzt6W2T3J
— Derick Dillard (@derick4Him) April 13, 2014
Snagging the information from an Us Magazine article, Cosmo jumped at the opportunity to slam the couple, writing this:
It starts off as you would expect, with requests for things from Walmart, Amazon, and Bed Bath & Beyond. Then it gets a little unconventional, with requests for Froot Loops (smart), Hershey’s cereal (smarter), and Raisin Bran (smartest). They also ask for gift cards to Panera, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Subway.
Finally, the weird stuff: They want some WD-40 and two fuh-reaking shotguns.
Readers took to the comments section to voice their displeasure with the tone of the article, with “Sam” writing this:
Umm.. Guns are awesome. Hunting is awesome. Fishing is awesome. You got a problem with this girl and her awesome hobbies? Maybe as a women’s magazine you should be appreciating the fact that women love all kinds of activities (especially a traditionally male dominated one) and no matter what kinda hobbies you’re into, it’s cool.
“Timothy” wrote this:
Oh my god. They want to own a constitutionally protected item that they have a right to own? How about we all support them in their desire to be American. Those who have a problem with it should consider moving to oh, lets say, China. In China you will be protected from the freedom of others.
And “Cat” had the best response of all:
Looking back on things, I wished I’d put firearms in my registry than most of the wine glasses and other impractical things that are part of the typical wedding registry. However, since Cosmo has gone the way of all the other liberal media still trying to vilify guns, allow me to say a couple of things.
1) Your magazine’s target market is women. Women also happen to be the fastest growing demographic of new gun owners. So, jumping onto the gun-grabber’s wagon is probably a stupid move.
2) Since your magazine contains fuh-reaking anti-gun comments about people exercising their constitutionally protected rights, Good-bye.
The couple was married Saturday. BizPac Review wishes them the best in their future together.
As for Cosmo, it appears it will be losing some readers.
H/T: Guns Save Lives
I’m sure Cosmo editors are referring to the Remington Model 572 when it was available in .22 smoothbore for firing crimped snakeshot shells.
;^)
I have no problem with that (and I've had quite a bit of practice at it).
My experience is that when you point out the facts to liberals, they simply tell you you're wrong and stupid, and make up their own "facts" that support their argument.
Since I don't have Google available in my head, that pretty much ends it. They go away thinking how smart they are for beating me in an argument, and I go away telling myself for the one-millionth time not to get in arguments with liberals.
Guns on the registry ? Heck we had a shotgun at my wedding....
EPIC!
Officially Stolen!
It took me to the wise old age of 19 to decide that a magazine that promoted empowering women by giving instructions on ‘how to please your man in bed’ was too ridiculous to even acknowledge, let alone purchase.
O2
What is the difference between the Duggers and the Kardashians?
Granted the Duggers (and the Duck Dynasty family) seem to be basically good “clean living” and “moral” people and the Kardashians are complete trash and completely immoral and perhaps an argument can be made that they are the counter point to more trashy reality TV, but at the end of the day, they are both pimping their personal lives out for all to see in exchange for fame and the all mighty dollar.
I apologize in advance to anyone who sees it differently but that’s how I see it.
good one
Norm is so right! Ridicule them as they do us, because the Left has thin skin and yearns to be in the cool cliques. This is evident in their herd mentality and in their screeching down opposing views. Parody them, poke fun, flood them with comments... they get furious and reveal their dark fascistic ambitions.
Cosmo is a women’s magazine? About 30-40 years ago or so, I noticed that the covers were all about women with cleavage, and had become a pseudo playgirl mag. In fact I thought maybe they were expanding their target to young males.
No decent, self-respecting woman would ever read Cosmo.
I suspect their circulation will go down quite a bit over this.
No flames here. I agree with you.
Cosmo is only interested in promoting whores, the whore lifestyle and abortion. You will never see Sarah Palin on the Cover.
Its a NY lefty rag anyway. Why are its readers shocked??? Its so obvious this rag would take this position.
When I was in grade school, I would go from school to the public library across the street, and wait there for my mom to get off work. I found Cosmo very educational...
“With nine girls and ten boys (including two sets of twins), all of whose names begin with the letter “J,” the series is now in its eighth season.”
I’d love to see the male/ female demographic breakdown of who watches this sort of stuff.
Freegards
The great thing about Jill and Derrick is that they never even held hands before they were engaged and did not kiss until the minister said you may kiss the bride. So I imagine she’ll have good self control of that shotgun. I wish them a happy life together.
To the numbskulls at COZMO!
PPPSSSSTTTT!!!
God did NOT create men and women equal.
But SMITH AND WESSON sure did!
See my post #12.
As noted, there were as many bare breasts in Cosmo as in Playboy in those days. The mag seemed to be saying to women, “This is what you’re supposed to look like; this is the ideal bosom, the standard for the beauty of the bosom”.
The 1997 film “Breast Men”, about the plastic surgeons who pioneered implants, depicts the same timeframe.
Find a copy of Helen Gurley Brown’s 1983 “Having It All” guide for happiness & fulfillment. But then, just what’s so wrong with a woman seeking a secure relationship & knowing something about pleasing the man in her life?
HGB felt that was fine, as long as the guy was a millionaire.
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