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
No one’s life is as interesting to me as my own is. I happened across an episode of the Duggars one time where the big deal was one of the boys cleaning cat poop out of some building. Grossed me out and I thought who in their right mind would voluntarily watch this? Really who cares what they do on a daily basis? Same thing with the Duck folks. My grandson cajoled me into watching recently. The story was buying a new mattress!! Really? All it was was him and her wallowing around trying out mattresses and making thinly veiled sex jokes in front of their sons!! I made him change the channel.
Would have probably been more practical to list ammo. For the adventurous "Ammo - All kinds". You can spend your later years collecting the weapons that go with the ammo you already have.
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