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Anonymous wrote:She is a hyprocitcal POS who has never met a judgmental thought when didn’t like. I used to hate listen but decided to stop giving her another listener. I hope she exits quickly from this life.

Guessing your life choices and behavior came under her criticism?

I hate her too and I'm almost conservative sexually as you can be. I have only had one partner-- my husband--and we have been married over 25 years.

You know, you CAN recognize that people are being assholes without being the target. I'm so tired of the lame "touched a nerve" response. It's lazy and dismissive.

Then againn, I'm not her core audience-insecure women married to so called alpha males because they can't take care of themselves.

PP here. I was referring to the comment wishing her a quick exit from this life. Yeah, I'd say she hit someone's nerve.

From wiki on dr. Laura:

Speaking as one who went through and has personal experience with the social problems associated with such lifestyle choices, Schlessinger has vociferously proclaimed her disapproval of unwed couples "shacking up" and having children out of wedlock, helping others to not make the bad choices in the first place.

Dr. Laura’s husband died within the last year or two. She also battled cancer around that time. She is wise and if you followed her advice your relationship she would benefit from the clarity.

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Anonymous wrote:I think she makes people uncomfortable because she forces them to look in the mirror and be honest with themselves about their choices in life.

Yes, she sometimes go over the top and doesn't give people a chance to talk. But in general, I agree with a lot of what she says.

She didn’t follow any of the advice she gave out like being a working mom, being divorced etc.

If you want to actually help people, you don’t need to be a confrontational bully. She and others like her, eg “dr.” Phil are try to create drama and sound bytes to make money. They use the dupes that seek their help.

Dr. Phil has a PhD in Psychology, the field he is working in.

He's a scuzzy entertainer.

Wow, you're naive. He lost his license for sleeping with a patient
http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=30;t=002648;go=newer

He's not currently licensed and he doesn't refer to himself as a psychologist because that would be in violation of state licensing laws.
http://www.everydaypsychology.com/2008/01/is-dr-phil-actually-psychologist.html#.WpFYeLFOmhA

He is so gross

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Anonymous wrote:She's a hypocritical, unhinged hack who some how managed to keep her career going. She's irrelevant today. Her 15 minutes of fame was in the 90s.

My thoughts exactly.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:I think she makes people uncomfortable because she forces them to look in the mirror and be honest with themselves about their choices in life.

Yes, she sometimes go over the top and doesn't give people a chance to talk. But in general, I agree with a lot of what she says.

She didn’t follow any of the advice she gave out like being a working mom, being divorced etc.

If you want to actually help people, you don’t need to be a confrontational bully. She and others like her, eg “dr.” Phil are try to create drama and sound bytes to make money. They use the dupes that seek their help.

Dr. Phil has a PhD in Psychology, the field he is working in.

He's a scuzzy entertainer.

Wow, you're naive. He lost his license for sleeping with a patient
http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=30;t=002648;go=newer

He's not currently licensed and he doesn't refer to himself as a psychologist because that would be in violation of state licensing laws.
http://www.everydaypsychology.com/2008/01/is-dr-phil-actually-psychologist.html#.WpFYeLFOmhA

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Anonymous wrote:She is a hyprocitcal POS who has never met a judgmental thought when didn’t like. I used to hate listen but decided to stop giving her another listener. I hope she exits quickly from this life.

Guessing your life choices and behavior came under her criticism?

I hate her too and I'm almost conservative sexually as you can be. I have only had one partner-- my husband--and we have been married over 25 years.

You know, you CAN recognize that people are being assholes without being the target. I'm so tired of the lame "touched a nerve" response. It's lazy and dismissive.

Then againn, I'm not her core audience-insecure women married to so called alpha males because they can't take care of themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I think she makes people uncomfortable because she forces them to look in the mirror and be honest with themselves about their choices in life.

Yes, she sometimes go over the top and doesn't give people a chance to talk. But in general, I agree with a lot of what she says.

She didn’t follow any of the advice she gave out like being a working mom, being divorced etc.

If you want to actually help people, you don’t need to be a confrontational bully. She and others like her, eg “dr.” Phil are try to create drama and sound bytes to make money. They use the dupes that seek their help.

She worked during school hours and she divorced due to abuse with no kids then.
Again - check your facts.

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Anonymous wrote:She also says things like "a woman won't be happy unless she marries an alpha male." She's referred to public schools as "poison" and questioned the motives of anyone who would opt to send their kids to such institutions.

I changed stations when I heard her alpha male B.S.

Yeah, women are happiest with a wimp they can control?

I was wondering the same thing. What woman would prefer NOT to have an alpha male?

Anonymous wrote:I am a hard core liberal working mom.....and listening to and loving Dr. Laura is my secret shame. I would DIE if my friends knew that I love her.

I agree with 80-90% of what she says. I actually think the world would be a better place if more people followed her advice.

This. Some of her opinions may be "archaic" but that doesn't mean it's not true.

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Anonymous wrote:I think she makes people uncomfortable because she forces them to look in the mirror and be honest with themselves about their choices in life.

Yes, she sometimes go over the top and doesn't give people a chance to talk. But in general, I agree with a lot of what she says.

She didn’t follow any of the advice she gave out like being a working mom, being divorced etc.

If you want to actually help people, you don’t need to be a confrontational bully. She and others like her, eg “dr.” Phil are try to create drama and sound bytes to make money. They use the dupes that seek their help.

Has she divorced her husband Lew? If you are referring to her first divorce 35+ years ago., that was before she had the moral views that she espoused later on. I think the criticism of her being a hypocrite is unfair because the divorce, nude pictures taken by boyfriend were years before she developed the moral code that she later adopted. She has always said that she was a different person when she was younger. I think her past experiences is why she developed her moral code. That being said, I do think it's hypocritical for her to slam working moms when she was doing that radio show while her son was growing up. There's no way she was able to limit her working hours to her son's school hours.

Anonymous wrote:I used to like her, then she got scary, judgy and weird. Plus her personal life is a mess, or was, so it's not like she had her sh!t together.

I haven't listened or really head much about her in years. How is her personal life now a mess?

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I'm a little confused - she flaunts around her PhD, but apparently it's in physical therapy?

She has a post Doctorate certificate in family counseling.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think she makes people uncomfortable because she forces them to look in the mirror and be honest with themselves about their choices in life.

Yes, she sometimes go over the top and doesn't give people a chance to talk. But in general, I agree with a lot of what she says.

She didn’t follow any of the advice she gave out like being a working mom, being divorced etc.

If you want to actually help people, you don’t need to be a confrontational bully. She and others like her, eg “dr.” Phil are try to create drama and sound bytes to make money. They use the dupes that seek their help.

Dr. Phil has a PhD in Psychology, the field he is working in.

Anonymous wrote:She is a hyprocitcal POS who has never met a judgmental thought when didn’t like. I used to hate listen but decided to stop giving her another listener. I hope she exits quickly from this life.

Guessing your life choices and behavior came under her criticism?