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Kristen Mahan-Moutaw

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May 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/5/99
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Dr. Laura is an offensive, terrible person. I say this with intense feeling but only after a brief introduction to her. She is a radio personality (psychiatrist?) and she tells people off quite deliberately and makes them feel like fools for the decisions they make yet is one of those people who does not practice what she preaches (her life is in a shambles - married multiple times, etc.).

A friend with remarkably low self-esteem gave me one of Dr. Laura's books and said that it changed her perspective forever - my friend said it was the greatest self-help book she ever read. I am a staunch feminist and the first fifteen pages was a plethora of vile, insulting comments about women and how they behave. It was remarkably ugly and judgmental. I was so offended I took the book back to my friend the next day and told her how I felt and that I didn't like not-so-know-it-all women taking pot shots at other women to make money and gain fame.

That is what I know of Dr. Laura.

-K

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Kristen Mahan-Moutaw
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Colorado Neurological Institute
Englewood, CO USA
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>>> me <mw...@UNIX.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU> 05/05 10:10 AM >>>
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Sasha Stone wrote:

> I might extend that to all of the internet, with a few exceptions, maybe
> there's a Dr. Laura newsgroup or a Christians for Movies newsgroup or
> perhaps there are more professionally designed websites with chat groups
> that do not allow profanity - CNN (though not about movies) is one.

who's this Dr. Laura person? is (s)he like Michael Medved?


> For what it's worth, I am sorry you're leaving Cine-l for this reason and,
> as I said, I wish you'd reconsider. It's really not as bad as you think.
> But one of the great things about it is "anything goes."

oh, i love that song. though i am not a great romancer/i know what i'm
going to answer when you propose...

> ..ps/non-cinema-related: does anyone know a good way to get rid of
> house-bound rodents that doesn't require a mouse trap? OCC-why didn't
> anyone tell me Kevin Spacey was doing THE ICEMAN COMETH on Broadway?

not only kevin spacey, but tony danza too!

-myron

B.J. Gooch

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May 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/5/99
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Anyone see last week's Frasier episode? Christine Baranski guest starred as an
obvious takeoff on Dr. Laura, and Piper Laurie appeared briefly as her crazy
Mom. It was pretty funny.
--BJ

Jeff Miles

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May 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/5/99
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At 9:51 AM -0700 5/5/99, Kristen Mahan-Moutaw Fired a few neurons to put
these thoughts to the world:

>Dr. Laura is an offensive, terrible person.

-snip-

I totally agree. This is probably going to really offend (was it
carol?) but I think if any woman deserved to be called by this offensive
term it's Dr. Laura, "What a fucking CUNT!"

Jeff M

Chris Dashiell

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May 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/5/99
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Bravo. I couldn't agree more. What amazes me is that anyone in her
right mind would call this person for counseling or advice. Having
some smug phony berate and ridicule me on the radio is not my idea
of help. And yet people sit there and take it like it's good for
them. It's sad to think of the people who call her. God, she is a
neanderthal, and not even a doctor, actually.
Her latest thing was attacking the American Library Association
because they're against filtering the internet in libraries. She told
her listeners to keep their children away from libraries because
their kids weren't safe there. This from a supposed advocate of
parental responsibility. What a contemptible hypocrite.

Dashiell

> Dr. Laura is an offensive, terrible person. I say this with intense feeling
but only after a brief introduction to her. She is a radio personality
(psychiatrist?) and she tells people off quite del>

> A friend with remarkably low self-esteem gave me one of Dr. Laura's books and
said that it changed her perspective forever - my friend said it was the

greatest self-help book she ever read. I am a s> That is what I know of Dr.
Laura.
>
> -K

Brand...@aol.com

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May 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/6/99
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In a message dated 99-05-05 22:26:35 EDT, you write:

> i keep watching the re-runs for the
> episode when niles subs for frasier "he is a freudian, while i am a
> jungian".
>
> -myron

Yes, he continues by saying "So there will be no blaming
Mother tonight." I always love watching the two of them
compare their psychological styles.

Evelyn Duncan

Roxy

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May 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/6/99
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>her life is in a shambles

I'll just point out for the record that this is not true.

She does have some fairly extreme opinions, though.

Don't bother to respond as I have signed off this list.

Roxy

Roxy

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May 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/6/99
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>Having
>some smug phony berate and ridicule me on the radio is not my idea
>of help.

Then I'd suggest you not call.

< not even a doctor>

She has a PhD.

<What a contemptible hypocrite.>

That she is not. Extreme, yes. Hypocritical, no.

Don't respond. I am not here anymore.

Roxy

Kristen Mahan-Moutaw

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May 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/7/99
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Roxy, it's too bad you aren't here anymore (because I dug your posts) but it isn't really fair to send posts and ask for no response - just making a post opens it up to response. I guess I feel if you don't want a response - don't send a response.

-K

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Kristen Mahan-Moutaw
k...@TheCNI.org
Colorado Neurological Institute
Englewood, CO USA
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>>> Roxy <ro...@ADNC.COM> 05/07 12:36 AM >>>

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