ABC "Wife Swap" right now: Freeper v. Hippie family

[The Witch]

You should see the look on the freeper mom's face when she saw all the peace signs....

I don't love reality TV but oh my god...

and the atheist son is about to grill freepermom after the break...

:rofl:

[The Witch]

1. EDIT: truth to power, son is spreading some serious truth!

If this is how we get to Middle America, I'll take it. :D

[The Witch]

5. "Jesus was a carpenter who talked a lot."

The son talks truth but he is blunt as a teenager and has no tact....

[speedoo]

6. Using tact when dealing with freepers is pointless.

Wouldn't you agree?

[LostinVA]

7. You won't get to Middle America by being obnoxious and disrespectful

[speedoo]

16. I don't equate freepers with Middle America.

Freepers are truly a minority, IMO. Do you really think the freeper wife represents Middle America?

[LostinVA]

17. Some parts of the country, yes

But you won't get through to anyone by being obnoxious and disrespectful.

[speedoo]

21. I agree, but I still believe freepers must be confronted directly.

If that can be done tactfully, fine, but IMO it's more important to be very strong in dealing with them.

I was very impressed with the "peace" wife. Very strong, very intelligent, very forceful in a respectful way. But of course she was not dealing with Sherry very much. And Sherry was the freeper, not her husband.

[LostinVA]

28. I think the Peace Wife handled the Freeper Wife very well at the sitdown

(Although, her meltdown in front of the KY neighbors kinda negated that!) ANYWAY: her approach there was great, as was Dan's interaction with Sherry in the kitchen re: women and their roles at home. Both times these approaches worked with Sherry. Being direct and being caustic and disrespectful right out of the box are different things, and Dan needs to learn that. I think Sherry could have been reached about certain things.

[ikojo]

25. The kid is a teenager...a group not known for

tact. They have to have the drilled into them and it comes to most as they get older. I remember when I was that age, not the most tactful when it came to the Reagan administration.

[SharonRB]

2. You're watching that instead of KO?

[The Witch]

3. I don't get cable.

Pooh hoo poor me :nopity:

[bigwillq]

9. I was watching KO but

I have got to see this. :popcorn:

[speedoo]

4. The freeper wife can't think for herself.

But of course, we already knew that.

I almost feel sorry for her, she's so brainless.

[liberalnurse]

8. They called her

"Patriot Sherry"..............:scared:

[bigwillq]

10. "Going against the president is just not right"

"The greatest thing we can do is pray for our president"

:puke:

[sakabatou]

15. Urgh

:puke:

[LostinVA]

29. I wish Dan had said,"Did you say that when Clinton was President???"

[cynatnite]

11. Reality TV...only if I want to waste perfectly good brain cells n/t

[speedoo]

14. I'm not watching it because it's "reality TV". I'm watching to understand freepers.

It's not telling me anything I did not already know, but it's still quite interesting.

[cynatnite]

22. My mother is a RW nutjob to the ninth degree...

I love her dearly no matter how warped her view is, but that's plenty of info for me.

But, I clearly understand why some do watch them :hi:

[lse7581011]

I Saw It While Surfing!

it's pretty good! the bushite is shaking in her shoes!

[Puregonzo1188]

12. I just turned it on.

I was trying to watch clips of Jesus Camp on youtube (is out on DVD yet), but this is just as good.

Thanks for telling us it was on. :thumbsup:

[Spangle]

18. Only got to see the end.

Sounds like it made an impact.

[ellie]

13. I'm watching

Beach Patrol Honolulu. No freepers but there was a shark sighting.

[speedoo]

19. Sherry (freeper wife) is clearly extremely insecure.

So much so that she has bought into the freeper propoganda as part of her attempt to create meaning in her life.

Last part is obviously just my opinion, but her insecurity is quite obvious, and I wonder if that's a common trait among freepers.

[The Witch]

20. After watching most of it --

We have to take our lumps. Freeper mom may have had ignorant political views, but she was a good mom and was able to remove herself from politics every so often. Actually, both moms were pretty good, but the teenage son was just obnoxious. He was definitely what a lot of Middle America/freepers think all liberals are, and it's just a shame because a kid like that who has yet to learn social graces of any sort is not the face I want to show to the world. I think he had it coming a bit.

[speedoo]

24. We don't know whether the son had any social graces.

He may have not had a chance to put them on display in this context, since he was immediately confronted with a woman who had no interest in his views. Sherry was completely unable to deal with him, because all she knows is what she believes, yet she cannot rationally defend her views.

I believe the the son's parents are both intellegent compassionate people, so I am sure the son has learned to be respectful from them. But he showed no respect to Sherry and I can see why.

[ikojo]

27. Sherry also is not used to dealing with

teenagers...all of her kids are quite little. Her unfamiliarity with teens probably informed how dealt with Dan. He was just an opinionated kid, nothing more.

I hated how the voice over guy called the freeper Patriot Sherry as if to imply the Minnesota family was not patriotic because they opposed the war and the Bush administration. Letters need to be written about that.

[Aviation Pro]

23. This is probably as good as....

...the "God Warrior" woman. Too bad I don't have cable or satellite or an antenna....

[cgrindley]

26. Yeah but the hippy mom at the gun range

was sort of embarrassing. She could have tried to be less lame.

[LostinVA]

30. Remember, this episode is from March 2005

[The Witch]

31. would be interesting to see what's up with them now

see if anyone in that community has soured on *co.

[LostinVA]

32. Yup -- I said that when we were watching it last night

[NYC Liberal]

33. When one of them said something about being Christian and praying for "our President"

I wish she'd have asked them, "Since Jesus said to love your enemies - do you truly love Saddam Hussein with all your heart, as Jesus said?"