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I could never stand Dr. Phil (Original Post) tenderfoot Apr 2020 OP
@sshole MLAA Apr 2020 #1
Always suspicious of PhD's who call themselves "Doctor" Drahthaardogs Apr 2020 #2
My advisor in college held a PhD and HATED being called "Doctor" Jake Stern Apr 2020 #13
Dr Phil is not a PhD. Lucky Luciano Apr 2020 #29
Yes he is. PhD in psychology Drahthaardogs Apr 2020 #40
You are correct. Lucky Luciano Apr 2020 #41
He is a moron Drahthaardogs Apr 2020 #42
Just imagine... Takket Apr 2020 #3
Yes, did not know that he joined Fox question everything Apr 2020 #4
Didn't know he is that stupid ... CatMor Apr 2020 #5
Dr. Shill - thank Oprah for making him a thing nt msongs Apr 2020 #6
This is one of the reasons I shudder when someone mentions Oprah for president Jake Stern Apr 2020 #7
Here's another good article... tenderfoot Apr 2020 #16
Good read thanks for the link lunasun Apr 2020 #24
OMG.. They're not Deathly Contagious, stupid dr phil. Cha Apr 2020 #8
I don't understand her appeal either Skittles Apr 2020 #9
Oprah is a fraud. tman Apr 2020 #10
Phil is a conman, a hypocrit, an adulterer. How many lawsuits about that phony diet. niyad Apr 2020 #11
PhD in clinical psychology William Seger Apr 2020 #31
Come up with a better insult, please jmowreader Apr 2020 #36
Similarly they do not surge and overwhelm hospitals. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #12
A reply to this tweet: Leghorn21 Apr 2020 #14
LOL SunSeeker Apr 2020 #32
So Oprah unleashed Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil on America. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #15
I agree Rebl2 Apr 2020 #37
I never heard of anyone drowning in a crowded room. lpbk2713 Apr 2020 #17
Wow the whole Oprah factory is out today .I posted the other doctor Oz earlier trying the same crap lunasun Apr 2020 #18
Yes, even the conservstive Tories gave the UK people 3 months pay for the Covid-19 crisis? SunSeeker Apr 2020 #33
Yes, my partner is being paid to stay home. a la izquierda Apr 2020 #38
slightly OT, but is he related to the "my pillow" guy? diva77 Apr 2020 #19
Placing blame because he can't do his show Under The Radar Apr 2020 #20
I have long disliked him. Now I have another reason to be disgusted by him. (eom) StevieM Apr 2020 #21
He is such a fucking idiot. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #22
Interestingly, they do close the beach to Phoenix61 Apr 2020 #23
The guy's a five star a$$hole Tom Kitten Apr 2020 #25
Had my fill of Dr. Phil long ago Blue Owl Apr 2020 #26
we shut down swimming pools during the polio scare Hamlette Apr 2020 #27
We deny smokers "rights" on airplanes, etc. and auto drivers "Right" to speed and pool Prof.Higgins Apr 2020 #28
When did "Dr." Phil become a wing nut? He was made famous by Oprah. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #30
360,000 from swimming pools? progressoid Apr 2020 #34
There isn't either he misread some stats or he just standingtall Apr 2020 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Apr 2020 #35
Doc Phil of shit musta got jealous that Doc oOze Solly Mack Apr 2020 #39

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
13. My advisor in college held a PhD and HATED being called "Doctor"
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:54 PM
Apr 2020

He preferred to be addressed as Mr. Tyner.

Lucky Luciano

(11,242 posts)
29. Dr Phil is not a PhD.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 02:15 AM
Apr 2020

The only times PhDs do use the “doctor” term is in marketing pitches that show off the PhD staff, but yes - I agree, they usually feign a little humility by not using the title.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
42. He is a moron
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:54 PM
Apr 2020

I work with a ton of PhD's and most of them only refer to themselves as Dr during presentations, etc.

Takket

(21,424 posts)
3. Just imagine...
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:42 PM
Apr 2020

Being the orderly who bagged up someone’s mom or dad, and hauled the body down to a refrigerated semi trailer because there was no where else to put it, and you come home and turn it your TV, physically and emotionally exhausted, and see that.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
5. Didn't know he is that stupid ...
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:42 PM
Apr 2020

another TV idiot spewing more nonsense. Does he and the other idiots on Fox mingle with people right now, bet not.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
7. This is one of the reasons I shudder when someone mentions Oprah for president
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:44 PM
Apr 2020

She has foisted so many quacks and junk science on America that it's unforgivable. If there was New Age anything you can bet that Oprah had it on her show. She gave a platform to Jenny McCarthy to spew her anti-vax views virtually unchallenged.

A good article on her love affair with woo: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/9/16868216/oprah-winfrey-pseudoscience

Cha

(295,903 posts)
8. OMG.. They're not Deathly Contagious, stupid dr phil.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:44 PM
Apr 2020

how dumb is that? Just dumb enough to fool the cult?

niyad

(112,434 posts)
11. Phil is a conman, a hypocrit, an adulterer. How many lawsuits about that phony diet.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:53 PM
Apr 2020

What, exactly, is his degree in?

jmowreader

(50,451 posts)
36. Come up with a better insult, please
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 03:34 AM
Apr 2020

Hirudotherapy - literally, leeching - is a fantastic treatment if you need to reestablish circulation to a transplanted or reattached body part.

What Dr. Phil does is somewhere on the quackery scale between chiropractic and homeopathy.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,788 posts)
12. Similarly they do not surge and overwhelm hospitals.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:54 PM
Apr 2020

How do you treat the accident victims and cancer patients when hospitals are overwhelmed by a virus?

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
14. A reply to this tweet:
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:54 PM
Apr 2020
“My friend caught an auto accident, didn't know he had it... brought it to work, and the receptionist caught it. 3 days later, she got ill. They sent everyone home but it was too late. 70 people at his job caught the auto accident from her and 10 ended up in the ICU on ventilators“


hell yeah

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
18. Wow the whole Oprah factory is out today .I posted the other doctor Oz earlier trying the same crap
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:03 AM
Apr 2020

saying it’s okay for 2-3% of Americans to die, so that the economy gets restarted real soon.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213298846

Oh and Phil My friend in UK is getting 3 mos pay not 1200 only one time Plus NHS
why cant we have this for people struggling here ?
That’s right because of people like you and Oz Shills who ju$t can’t wait

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
33. Yes, even the conservstive Tories gave the UK people 3 months pay for the Covid-19 crisis?
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 02:36 AM
Apr 2020

Last edited Fri Apr 17, 2020, 05:16 AM - Edit history (2)

80% of salary for three months, up to a maximum of $2,900/month. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/business/coronavirus-uk-pubs-wages/index.html

What kind of work does your friend do? How much is s/he getting per month?

a la izquierda

(11,784 posts)
38. Yes, my partner is being paid to stay home.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 05:42 AM
Apr 2020

Which I greatly appreciate since he works with the public.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
20. Placing blame because he can't do his show
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:18 AM
Apr 2020

And has lost money in the stock market.
So things never change, the wealthy are willing to sacrifice the commoners to keep their wealth.
It seems that more conservatives are voicing the same opinion since the reports of the deaths were more than 60% minorities.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
22. He is such a fucking idiot.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:26 AM
Apr 2020

What a joke. I am really starting to despise Oprah for bringing all these loathsome people into the American cultural consciousness.

Phoenix61

(16,952 posts)
23. Interestingly, they do close the beach to
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:35 AM
Apr 2020

swimming to prevent drowning. They do it when there’s a strong rip tide or a lot of sharks or a hurricane creating insane waves.

Tom Kitten

(7,339 posts)
25. The guy's a five star a$$hole
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:53 AM
Apr 2020

Never forgive him for exploiting mentally ill Shelley Duvall as some sort of lurid entertainment.
And yeah he reminds me of that wife beating crack head my pillow guy too. Not surprised he's going on the nazi lady's show now too.

Hamlette

(15,388 posts)
27. we shut down swimming pools during the polio scare
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 01:52 AM
Apr 2020

or at least my parents wouldn't let me go swimming until we got the sugar cube.

Prof.Higgins

(194 posts)
28. We deny smokers "rights" on airplanes, etc. and auto drivers "Right" to speed and pool
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 02:04 AM
Apr 2020

owners the "right" not to place childproof fences around their pools. How about global warming, McGraw? Should we give free reign to the free market economy "rights" of fossil fuels and other greedy corporations whose activities will make earth uninhabitable for humans?

I'm extremely disappointed that such an intelligent man doesn't see how much harm will be done by FoxNews viewers and the Trump cultists, who will use him as a poster boy to justify their own diabolical agendas and deadly actions.

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
30. When did "Dr." Phil become a wing nut? He was made famous by Oprah.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 02:17 AM
Apr 2020

I had no idea he was a right wing kook.

standingtall

(2,785 posts)
43. There isn't either he misread some stats or he just
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 01:02 PM
Apr 2020

made that number up. About 3,500 people die each year due to accidental drowning and that not even specific to swimming pools. He was probably wrong on the rest of his numbers too.

Response to tenderfoot (Original post)

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
39. Doc Phil of shit musta got jealous that Doc oOze
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 05:48 AM
Apr 2020

was getting attention.

Barkers gotta bark the loudest.

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