reality bytes

Reality bytes. Suddenly men and women who have no talent, no intelligence, no more then either a sexy body, the ability to be rude and act immoral or can just perfectly fit a stereotypical role for some production company are celebrities and acknowledged as more important then the dust on a window sill. In a nation that believes FOX news is fair and balanced, Rush Limbaugh is the ‘everyman’, Sarah Palin’s view of Russia from her back porch gives her credits to become president, we have also become fixated with a new breed of moron called a reality star. And just as suddenly as this pop cultural phenomena entered our beings, we have embraced a slew of mean spirited, offense by choice, lack of insight or merit individuals as spokespeople for bias, bigotry and bull shit.

Some dude the newest bachelor on an ABC reality scripted show who is divorced late with his child support is the spokesperson for what makes family and marriage acceptable. "there's this thing about gay people... it seems to me, and I don't know if I'm mistaken or not... but they're more 'pervert' in a sense…” says Juan Pablo Galavis. This symbol of what is wrong with permitting just any heterosexual to marry and have children in the first place feels that Gays are icky. This man who still has not paid his child support, who will hook up with women he has never met promising one of them to be the love of his life went on to say, “…"No... I respect [gay people] but, honestly, I don't think it's a good example for kids to watch them on a gay version of the ‘Bachelor’.” This guy is a hypocrite, an insecure man who thinks he is hot shit and permitted to be a jerk because above all else the ratings for ABC are more important then homophobia.

Then, insisting that her homophobia is a better kind of hate because her parents raised her to be that way in the eyes of a Lord who also seems to suffer from homophobia, another reality star  Sherry Shepard said “You grow up being a Christian and you grow up believing homosexuality is a sin; you're going to hell if you're a homosexual. This is something that they teach in churches. So it's something that I grew up believing.” She also respects Gay people, but their making it to heaven is a long shot. Now this woman has had more abortions then she can remember having had sex with too numerous anonymous men, and Sherry Shepard says she might have trouble going to heaven, but her issues are different  then the Gay thing. She now stopped fucking around and cleansed her soul of the bad habit; but the Gays she says insist that their were born that way and do not want to change. Barbara Walters has enabled Ms Shepard to maintain a voice on the airwaves and defends this lady with very homophobic point of view to continue her rants and raves. It seems that free speech should never be questioned even if it is riddled with hate.

Reality bytes. Reality stars bite harder. But then how do we stop bigotry? Sure after these peons of people sprout homophobia some talking head of a corporation sponsoring  these idiots in the first place writes an apology sort of kind of saying you mistook my words for the wrong meaning. Or a PR maven will say just how appalling these remarks are but stop there never reprimanding the reality star with any kind of justice. Its free speech we hear never ever matter just how loathsome, inaccurate, or hateful it seems. Reality bytes they never seem end but chomp away at conscience and values. Is it the reality star or the monsters who feed them their 15 minutes of fame who are to blame?