What the hell is 'The Secret'?

[Flannel Boy]

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?

[Phoenix Dark]

Wow another Oprah hater? I thought you'd be above that Malek lol

[Flannel Boy]

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

[cloudwalking]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Attraction

is basically what it's about. stupid bullshit.

[Phoenix Dark]

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

[cloudwalking]

oprah is awesome but the hype surrounding this book is straight up distinguished mentally-challenged

[Phoenix Dark]

Why is it surprising? Everyone knows Oprah is a new age humanist

[cloudwalking]

i didn't say it was surprising! i said it was distinguished mentally-challenged

[Flannel Boy]

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.

[Phoenix Dark]

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

[Flannel Boy]

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.

[Phoenix Dark]

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?

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

[Flannel Boy]

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?

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

[cloudwalking]

malek is such a misogynist

[Phoenix Dark]

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

[Flannel Boy]

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.

[Phoenix Dark]

Brainwashing? How? By introducing them to a book?

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

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[Flannel Boy]

 
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.

[Phoenix Dark]

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? 

[Flannel Boy]

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? 

It's an opinion, but since most humans aren't very critical I don't think I'm on much of a limb.

[Phoenix Dark]

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? 

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

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

[Flannel Boy]

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? 

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

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.

[brawndolicious]

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.

[xnikki118x]

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.

[Flannel Boy]

blah what billionaire doesn't give money to charity.

[Candyflip]

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.