The Shame of Honey Boo Boo

I saw a stunning example of soulless humanity last night. I am ashamed to be part of the culture that would do something so mean and hurtful and downright cruel.

My husband turned on the train wreck of a show called Honey Boo Boo. It’s another one of those already horrific shows that show parents pimping their daughters out to make them beauty pageant stars.

Except that this little girl’s parents are so country, they need a translator scroll over their words. And of course the producers of this show decide to highlight what stunningly great parents they are for feeding their six year old daughter a McDonalds Frappe – you know the ones with caffeine. That stuff you’re really not supposed to give children.

But the worst moment of the five minutes I watched came as the heartless camera man showed the little kid’s face falling, little by little as she realized that she did not win.

It was sad. It was truly depressing. And it was cruel.

Congratulations TLC. You have found the epitome of every bad caricature of people from the South and amplified it times ten. You should be ashamed of yourself for exploiting that child and her parents. I have to blame the parents, too because they’re at least adults capable of understanding what their doing. But what all of them are doing to that little girl?

It’s disgusting. And I will never watch anything on the TLC again.

Of course, I’m certain you are shamed…all the way to the bank.