How about an opinion on THIS letter about VH1's bad taste show!?

[Soledad]

I think she's just one of those "do what I say, not what I do" types. But if people can gain from what she says, then I guess that's cool.

She admitted the pictures were her, by the way.

[NoahsMommy]

Originally posted by Soledad
I think she's just one of those "do what I say, not what I do" types. But if people can gain from what she says, then I guess that's cool.

She admitted the pictures were her, by the way.

Exactly...she changes many people's perspective when it comes to the emotional and physical needs of their children...that, quite honestly redeams her in my eyes.

Re: pictures....I would imagine many couples do that sort of thing...

[Soledad]

You imagine two cheaters would often have sex behind their partners' backs and photograph each other naked? Wow...

Dr. Laura dishes it out, but she can't dish it in. But, like we said, if she helps people, it doesn't make her any less of a hypocrite, but at least she's not a total waste.

[NoahsMommy]

Originally posted by Soledad
You imagine two cheaters would often have sex behind their partners' backs and photograph each other naked? Wow...

Nope...I meant it literally...that couples take pictures of each other...

[Soledad]

I think the main point was that she was married, as was he, but not to each other.

Taking pictures of each other naked was just the icing on the cake.

[NoahsMommy]

I think I've made my point...I value her efforts and the effect she's had on an amazing amount of adults and children. THAT is what I care about - not useless and relentless gossip.

[Soledad]

I guess it could be considered gossip, but she does dispense harsh advice and call people "cheaters, homos" etc. so it becomes more than gossip at that point.

But, yes, you've made your point.

[NoahsMommy]

I've listened to Dr. Laura for as long as I can remember (even in the car with mom when I was younger) and I have NEVER heard her say the word "homo"...EVER....have you listened to her? Or just the gossip surrounding her?

[Soledad]

I listen to Dr. Laura for as long as I can listen to any bigoted hypocrite.

Oh, and you're right...she didn't say homos...just that they were deviants and biological errors. Isn't that much nicer?

[NoahsMommy]

I've never heard her talk about homosexuality, but then again, I can only listen if I happen to be in my car when she's on. I have nothing to go on to offer a response.

Well, you are very much entitled to your own opinion. I am chosing to overlook something I've never heard about...

[Cataholic]

In my humble never to be humble opinion (yup, I stole it from Dr. Laura), I haven't ever heard her say the word "Homo"...and I think other ways of expressing her opinion of homosexuality are more tasteful than "homo".

As to her past, what is the point of EVER redeeming yourself, whether it is through religion, PRISON, personal examination, if you are FOREVER TARRED by it? Doesn't that sorta mean she should just stay in the pit she was in(I am not saying she was in a pit, just using it as an example)?

We all have the right to make mistakes, learn from them, and then MOVE ON! And, quite honestly, NO, I haven't made some huge mistake that I am trying to recover from. I think if someone makes a mistake, 'pays' for it..however, grows from it, they are entitled to move on. Sheesh...haven't we all done something to someone and been 'forgiven'?

And, I have to agree, many couples take pictures of one another..I don't really see that as a big deal.

[Soledad]

I don't see why I have to repeat this, but obviously it's not getting across.

I have no problem with people making mistakes in life. I've done it hundreds of time, and I know I have a crap load awaiting me in the future. However, I don't make a living judging others and spewing vitriol at others. If you're going to have a sordid past, of course you can move on, but you would think that sordid past would make you able to have more compassion and be less horribly judgemental of others.

It's like when those "family values" politicians are caught with their pants around their ankles with someone who is not their wife/husband. It's pretty basic, it's called "people in glass houses".

She is an extremely blunt, extremely caustic person who feels no compunction about calling people all sorts of things and condemning them for their faults...where's that chuztpah when it comes to her own life? Calling it "gossip" and whining about people judging you when you make millions doing that very thing is called HYPOCRISY.

Write it down.

Look, you wanna take naked pictures of yourself with your husband, great. You want to take pictures of you and your lover running around naked as you both cheat on your spouses, hey, have a ball. But when you then go on to be a self-righteous git, expect to have it thrown in your face.

Why is Dr. Laura entitled to forgiveness when she denies that very thing to her own callers?

[Cataholic]

hmmmm...I must admit I have wondered a time or two the same thing as Soledad posted in the last sentance.

But, for the record, and in an overall sense..she does give some straight no poop talk...and it could be done in a nicer way sometimes. Her advice sometimes gets lost in the delivery.

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by Cataholic
Her advice sometimes gets lost in the delivery.

I totally agree.. she makes me so mad sometimes because she doesn't seem to take into consideration that these people are calling her because they are hurting.. I've heard her make a young woman cry on the air because she said she was stupid (or a similar word) because she wanted to marry some guy that her kid old didn't like. Now I agree with Dr. Laura's statement that she needed to take her childs opinion to heart, but the woman was obviously distraught and Dr. Laura just lit into her. When it comes to the topic of divorce, it always seemed to me that unless her callers played out their divorce EXACTLY the same way she did, they were doing it wrong, and for someone who is supposed to be a specialist in human psychology I thought that was pretty narrow minded.

I do agree with some of her advice, but I think she could be a bit nicer sometimes.

[NoahsMommy]

I do agree, she is very harsh at times...and quite honestly, its well deserved, but not always.

She deserves forgiveness, we all do.