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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:04:12 AM

Title: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:04:12 AM
I'm too lazy to look it up on wiki. Inform me evilbore. Is Oprah trying to push more New Age bullshit on to women?
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 12:09:40 AM
Wow another Oprah hater? I thought you'd be above that Malek lol
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:12:07 AM
Wow another Oprah hater? I thought you'd be above that Malek lol
THe Onion has come through where Phoenix has failed.

http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/the_secret (http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/the_secret)
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: cloudwalking on March 22, 2007, 12:14:36 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Attraction

is basically what it's about. stupid bullshit.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 12:14:57 AM
Oprah does so much for so many people. It amazes me there are snotty assholes - usually white - on the internet who can't help but rag on her lol. The Onion may be fake, but this hate I see sure ain't.

Damn liberals. Talk talk talk
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: cloudwalking on March 22, 2007, 12:18:16 AM
oprah is awesome but the hype surrounding this book is straight up distinguished mentally-challenged
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 12:19:20 AM
Why is it surprising? Everyone knows Oprah is a new age humanist
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: cloudwalking on March 22, 2007, 12:20:18 AM
i didn't say it was surprising! i said it was distinguished mentally-challenged
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:20:46 AM
Oprah does so much for so many people. It amazes me there are snotty assholes - usually white - on the internet who can't help but rag on her lol. The Onion may be fake, but this hate I see sure ain't.

Damn liberals. Talk talk talk

This isn't about Oprah, really. But she helps spread this bullshit and she should be criticized for it. It's no worse then tarrot cards or astrology.

oprah is awesome but the hype surrounding this book is straight up distinguished mentally-challenged
Is it a law that if you have a vagina you have to like Oprah? I've known one woman who hates her, but that's because she's whipped by her boyfriend and believes whatever he believes. /malek writes with bitter tears dripping down his cheeks and onto the keyboard.

Why is it surprising? Everyone knows Oprah is a new age humanist
I'm not surprised. She's been doing this for years, and I implied as much in the OP.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 12:22:08 AM
Meh, who cares. I'm not going to nitpick her for her personal beliefs. When I think of Oprah the first thing that comes to mind isn't her weird opinions on certain shit.

tsk tsk
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:23:58 AM
Meh, who cares. I'm not going to nitpick her for her personal beliefs. When I think of Oprah the first thing that comes to mind isn't her weird opinions on certain shit.

tsk tsk

She has a large platform which allows her to push her personal beliefs onto stupid white women. So if she's pushing nonsense then she should be held accountable.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 12:30:20 AM
Meh, who cares. I'm not going to nitpick her for her personal beliefs. When I think of Oprah the first thing that comes to mind isn't her weird opinions on certain shit.

tsk tsk

She has a large platform which allows her to push her personal beliefs onto stupid white women. So if she's pushing nonsense then she should be held accountable.

What, for sharing her views to reasonable adults who are capible of making up their own minds? :lol

My mom is the biggest Oprah fan there is, but she tunes out the humanistic/new age stuff.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:32:42 AM
Meh, who cares. I'm not going to nitpick her for her personal beliefs. When I think of Oprah the first thing that comes to mind isn't her weird opinions on certain shit.

tsk tsk

She has a large platform which allows her to push her personal beliefs onto stupid white women. So if she's pushing nonsense then she should be held accountable.

What, for sharing her views to reasonable adults who are capible of making up their own minds? :lol

My mom is the biggest Oprah fan there is, but she tunes out the humanistic/new age stuff.

Since when are women reasonable? /bitter tears
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: cloudwalking on March 22, 2007, 12:33:38 AM
malek is such a misogynist
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 12:36:05 AM
And biased too

People have the right to have a platform and present it to the public. It's up to the public to determine whether they support it or not. Oprah appeals to many wishy washy liberal women with mixed morals, so this is right up their alley. And then she has millions of more sane fans - like my mom - who love her but aren't interested in her particular platform.

Ugh
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:37:50 AM
malek is such a misogynist

I bet most of the copies of 'the Secret' have been purchased by women.


Dark go to bed. When did I say she didn't have a right to be an annoying hag? She can do what she wants and others have an equal right to bash her for brainwashing women.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 12:43:18 AM
Brainwashing? How? By introducing them to a book?

I forget you're not from America and don't understand freedom.


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Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 12:49:09 AM
 
Although the concept of critical thinking might be lost on a creationist, she's not very critical when it comes to these things. It's not as if she's simply presenting something as much as advocating. Most of her viewers are lemmings who won't look at these things very critically either.


Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 01:03:33 AM

Although the concept of critical thinking might be lost on a creationist, she's not very critical when it comes to these things. It's not as if she's simply presenting something as much as advocating. Most of her viewers are lemmings who won't look at these things very critically either.

Is that a fact or an opinion?  :lol
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 01:05:05 AM

Although the concept of critical thinking might be lost on a creationist, she's not very critical when it comes to these things. It's not as if she's simply presenting something as much as advocating. Most of her viewers are lemmings who won't look at these things very critically either.

Is that a fact or an opinion?  :lol
It's an opinion, but since most humans aren't very critical I don't think I'm on much of a limb.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 22, 2007, 01:07:06 AM

Although the concept of critical thinking might be lost on a creationist, she's not very critical when it comes to these things. It's not as if she's simply presenting something as much as advocating. Most of her viewers are lemmings who won't look at these things very critically either.

Is that a fact or an opinion?  :lol
It's an opinion, but since most humans aren't very critical I don't think I'm on much of a limb.

Than it has no relevence in this discussion, as my law professor would say :bow

If Oprah wants to use her show to advocate her opinions, fine. If someone doesn't like them they can do the reasonable thing and ignore them. Not that hard really
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 01:08:55 AM

Although the concept of critical thinking might be lost on a creationist, she's not very critical when it comes to these things. It's not as if she's simply presenting something as much as advocating. Most of her viewers are lemmings who won't look at these things very critically either.

Is that a fact or an opinion?  :lol
It's an opinion, but since most humans aren't very critical I don't think I'm on much of a limb.

Than it has no relevence in this discussion, as my law professor would say :bow

If Oprah wants to use her show to advocate her opinions, fine. If someone doesn't like them they can do the reasonable thing and ignore them. Not that hard really
The reasonable thing is to criticize unreasonable beliefs and not to ignore them.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: brawndolicious on March 22, 2007, 01:11:05 AM
Fat, ugly, black bitch gets rich.  Women get hope.

I have never had any respect for her ever.

Last time I watched her show, the entire episode was about her pimping herself being on desperate housewives.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: xnikki118x on March 22, 2007, 02:53:49 AM
I like Oprah. She does a lot of good for a lot of people.

I don't watch her show, I don't buy her books, I don't get her magazine, but I respect her for the good that she does.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 22, 2007, 02:54:54 AM
blah what billionaire doesn't give money to charity.
Title: Re: What the hell is 'The Secret'?
Post by: Candyflip on March 22, 2007, 03:24:46 AM
Oprah does so much for so many people. It amazes me there are snotty assholes - usually white - on the internet who can't help but rag on her lol. The Onion may be fake, but this hate I see sure ain't.

Damn liberals. Talk talk talk

You're right, we need more loud mouths with their own shows parading people's problems all over the place and pushing their convoluted beliefs onto conforming housewives. I know it's hard to believe, but there are ways to do good without making a giant fucking spectacle out of it. I wish I could express my never-ending distaste for anyone who buys into this bullshit.