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Shelby
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 Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:17 am Post subject: Getting a POSITIVE Autism show on Oprah |
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I've already posted this in the General section but thought I'd post something here in case some of you don't go there.
I'm trying to get Oprah to do a positive show on autism after some of the incredibly negative ones she has done recently - basically showing us to be a bunch of hopeless retards destroying our families.  I'm pushing hard to get her to change that, and discovered The Autism Acceptance Project which seems to really fit with what we're all saying here http://www.taaproject.com/
I've started a thread/petition on Oprah's site at http://www.oprah.com/community/thread/63428?tstart=0 if anyone wants to go over there and put some support behind this. Her show influences millions and could do a lot to stop the discrimination against us - discrimination that her show has contributed to!!!! |
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Warsie
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Doesn't Oprah havea tendency to really BS and scare Middle America? I remember something on raves she did and Ishkur (electronica guy with site dedicated to it) wrote a long rant on tha fact that she was BSing
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Shelby
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| I watch her show a lot, sometimes with certain issues the show does get a little over dramatic. The autism ones were pretty negative, saying that autism is an epidemic that is destroying lives. I'm really pushing for her to turn around and do a show that lets the actual autistics speak, NOT just stupid bitter parents looking for something to blame (vaccinations mostly) So if you have a moment to sign up on her forum and join the petition, please do. |
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LeKiwi
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How many people actually watch Oprah?
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CockneyRebel
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Doesn't Oprah support Autism Spoken For?
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alex
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| LeKiwi wrote: | | How many people actually watch Oprah? |
49 million people a week according to her website
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LeKiwi
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Geez... I knew it was big but didn't realise it was THAT big?!
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ToadOfSteel
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You're obviously forgetting the population of viewers that want to get free cars  |
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LeKiwi
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Geez, if she did that every week count me in! Think of all that money (sell the car, keep the cash!). 
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ToadOfSteel
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...and pay the taxes...
That's seriously what happened when that free car giveaway happened on oprah... several of the recipients had to pay more taxes than they could on account of this "gift"... |
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LoveableNerd
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| ToadOfSteel wrote: | ...and pay the taxes...
That's seriously what happened when that free car giveaway happened on oprah... several of the recipients had to pay more taxes than they could on account of this "gift"... |
But that is the fault of the government, not Oprah.
<<hard core libertarian
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hartzofspace
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Well, I don't watch Oprah, (don't watch TV period). But I went to the site, and posted my 2 cents.
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alex
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| hartzofspace wrote: | | Well, I don't watch Oprah, (don't watch TV period). But I went to the site, and posted my 2 cents. |
ditto
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Chibi_Neko
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I don't watch Oprah either, she's nothing but a cult leader.
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| Someone went on there and compared Autism to a broken arm, then went on a whole rant about how the "Jenny Mcarthy diet" needs to be strictly followed, etc. I posted a reply under the name "robwithas", covering that post as well as the "cure by abortion". I made it a slightly more negative post than the other ones to try and further drive home the point. |
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