# Who saw Dr. Laura? Anybody?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096 "2000-09-13T23:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/1 "2000-09-13T23:44:45Z")
It totally slipped my mind. I checked around at work today and got a lot of responses like “Oh yeah, I heard all the hubbub about that show but I forgot to tune in, etc.” I can’t find anybody within arm’s reach who actually _saw_ it. Let’s hear all about it. And please- all of the debating about what is moral or ethical is going on in other threads so let’s just skip that here. What did you really think about the show? ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/2 "2000-09-14T00:21:52Z")
Sorry to say that I didn’t see it. Y’know why? Cause “Dr.” Laura is a stupid fuck head. She actually gay-bashed on national television, or even television for that matter. Thats just wrong. I have a few gay friends and they were, ofcourse, just as pissed off. She claims its because shes a very religious Jew. Great excuse… whore. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/3 "2000-09-14T00:41:20Z")
What time is she on, anyway? I like a good freakshow. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/4 "2000-09-14T01:48:02Z")
I saw a little bit of it today (Wednesday - 13), opus. She was ‘debating’ with an elderly woman who was for daycare, and Dr. Laura was speaking from the opposite view. They then had an economist show a number of people in the audience that they were losing money with the wife working. Actually, the part that I saw was pretty boring. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/5 "2000-09-14T02:04:55Z")
You couldn’t pay me enough to watch her. It’s bad enough that the local paper runs her column once a week… ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/6 "2000-09-14T12:53:08Z")
I watched about 2 minutes of it. What a load of pig shit. She is the most offensive tripe-monger going. The really troubling thing is…she speaks for a lot of people. That’s frightening. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/7 "2000-09-14T13:14:42Z")
It sounds like just another talk show. “They” were just clever enough to get a really outrageous host. Like Rush, in the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/8 "2000-09-14T13:55:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anti Pro \* > \*\*I saw a little bit of it today (Wednesday - 13), opus. She was ‘debating’ with an elderly woman who was for daycare, and Dr. Laura was speaking from the opposite view. They then had an economist show a number of people in the audience that they were losing money with the wife working. Actually, the part that I saw was pretty boring. \*\* So, how come she says daycare is bad? Who was watching her son while she was busy working? It’s stuff like this that won’t let me take her seriously. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/9 "2000-09-14T14:48:03Z")
Mr. Laura Schlessinger was probably watching Derek… When I flipped past, she was comforting a crying teen whose father had left her…Yawn City. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/10 "2000-09-14T14:56:31Z")
I won’t read her column, if I hear her voice on the radio I change the station before she has uttered her second syllable… why would I watch the woman that Lola calls “that bitch” on television? Does anyone actually like this narrow minded, anally retentive, piece of work? Methinks that any threads with that bitches name in the title should be automatically sent to the Pit… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/11 "2000-09-14T15:42:32Z")
[slight hijack?] - forgive me if it is. Definition of Hell: Driving accross country last year in my wife’s Honda. No CD player - no tape deck. Except for a few pockets of civilization, from Wyoming to California, the _only_ thing I could get on the radio was this dip-shit’s show. I wanted to drive off a mountain just to end my suffering. [/slight hijack?] ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/12 "2000-09-14T18:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*[slight hijack?] - forgive me if it is. > > Definition of Hell: > > Driving accross country last year in my wife’s Honda. No CD player - no tape deck. Except for a few pockets of civilization, from Wyoming to California, the _only_ thing I could get on the radio was this dip-shit’s show. I wanted to drive off a mountain just to end my suffering. > > [/slight hijack?] \*\* I don’t want to belittle your suffering, but couldn’t you have just turned the radio off? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/13 "2000-09-14T18:45:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fierra \* > \*\* > > I don’t want to belittle your suffering, but couldn’t you have just turned the radio off? \*\* Of course I could have, but then I would have had to rely on the voices in my head for entertainment. I don’t think society at large really wants me to do that. ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/14 "2000-09-14T19:03:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anti Pro \* > They then had an economist show a number of people in the audience that they were losing money with the wife working. So how do you lose money if both spouses are working? Does it have something to do with the insurance or something? Or is he strictly speaking from the daycare costs point of view? ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/15 "2000-09-14T20:40:49Z")
Jack Batty said: > [@](#): > > Of course I could have, but then I would have had to rely on the voices in my head for entertainment. I don’t think society at large really wants me to do that. _Disclaimer: voices in head are to be used for entertainment purposes only._ ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/16 "2000-09-15T00:49:25Z")
I watched some of it today, out of pure morbid curiosity (like when you slow down to look at a car wreck). She’s incredibly annoying. There’s something else disturbing about her, but I can’t quite explain it… ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/17 "2000-09-15T01:03:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beakerxf \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Anti Pro \* > > They then had an economist show a number of people in the audience that they were losing money with the wife working. > > So how do you lose money if both spouses are working? Does it have something to do with the insurance or something? Or is he strictly speaking from the daycare costs point of view? > > \*\* I’m afraid I can’t help you with the answer, \*\* beakerxf, \*\* I saw the discussion, and that was pretty much it. My guess is, with the cost of maintence for a second car, gas, daycare costs, clothing, extra taxes, and insurance most families go in the hole without realizing it. This is based on a NBC Dateline that I watched last year, it sounded somewhat the same yesterday. The show comes on at one here in Atlanta, and I came on it accidentally while my son was doing his Mavis Beacon typing test (We home school). I was curious if Dr. S. would be as short and coarse with people face to face, I kind of doubted it, but I didn’t get a chance to see if my guess was correct. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/18 "2000-09-15T02:04:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anti Pro \* > I’m afraid I can’t help you with the answer, \*\* beakerxf, \*\* I saw the discussion, and that was pretty much it. My guess is, with the cost of maintence for a second car, gas, daycare costs, clothing, extra taxes, and insurance most families go in the hole without realizing it. This is based on a NBC Dateline that I watched last year, it sounded somewhat the same yesterday. I have seen any number of these cost analyses, and they are usually skewed to “prove” that women should stay home. If a family had to purchase a second car and all sorts of fancy clothes so the wife could work at a low-wage job in a far away department store, maybe the equation would hold. Just the fact that “cost of maintenance of a second car” is included should show that these figures are really skewed. I guess it is pretty rare for a suburban family with a stay-at-home mom to have only one car. ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/19 "2000-09-15T04:52:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\*I watched some of it today, out of pure morbid curiosity (like when you slow down to look at a car wreck). She’s incredibly annoying. There’s something else disturbing about her, but I can’t quite explain it… \*\* Perhaps her “withered husk that once contained a soul” complexion? What I find fascinating is that people with problems actually respect the opinion of someone who will gratuitously abuse and insult them. Arguably her sins are qualitatively no different from those of a psychiatrist who sleeps with patients; in both cases someone is playing on the weaknesses of another in order to exploit them. -Ben ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096/20 "2000-09-15T09:27:27Z")
Didn’t see the show, but did read this review, which seemed to confirm all the things I’ve heard about this woman (I don’t listen to AM so…) [http://www.ew.com/ew/daily/0,2514,3627,drlaurastvdebut.html](http://www.ew.com/ew/daily/0,2514,3627,drlaurastvdebut.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-dr-laura-anybody/33096.md?page=2)