It Takes a Village
The number of hits I've received over the last couple of days on variations of the search "Amazing Race 6 Jonathan abusive" are astounding. It is also testament as to just how obvious and egregious this asshole is. There are a lot of abusive assholes out there. We've all probably met an abusive asshole at some point in time, but maybe didn't realize it.
But this time we do realize it. And something in the pit of my gut says we should do something about it. We all know it's wrong. We've all imagines horrible, horrible things happening to Jonathan. Part of me wants to believe that if this asshole got what was coming to him, it might be noticed by some other people. Some women out there might realize that what's happening to them isn't OK. Might realize that they need to get out. Might realize that there are people that care, people that don't abuse, options.
That being said, I don't know what the heck we can do to nail this guy. But I know I have a diverse population of readers. Legal-minds, policy-heads, therapists, caring people. So, let's do a little brainstorming here. Let's try to make a difference.
Comments are open, talk amongst yourselves.
But this time we do realize it. And something in the pit of my gut says we should do something about it. We all know it's wrong. We've all imagines horrible, horrible things happening to Jonathan. Part of me wants to believe that if this asshole got what was coming to him, it might be noticed by some other people. Some women out there might realize that what's happening to them isn't OK. Might realize that they need to get out. Might realize that there are people that care, people that don't abuse, options.
That being said, I don't know what the heck we can do to nail this guy. But I know I have a diverse population of readers. Legal-minds, policy-heads, therapists, caring people. So, let's do a little brainstorming here. Let's try to make a difference.
Comments are open, talk amongst yourselves.
posted by Swankette at 10:53 PM
2 Comments:
Idea #1:
A letter campaign to CBS suggesting that it's their responsibility to at minimum balance the abusive content of the program with a message addressing domestic violence. A screen with voiceover providing contact information for a nation-wide domestic violence hotline would be easily implementable.
Idea #2:
Letters to Victoria (I'm sure CBS would forward them) encouraging her to get help and to use her current public visability to help other women. I'm sure she could get enough media attention (television and magazine interviews) to do some good.
I bet your local paper has a TV column. Write a letter to the columnist, telling them what's going on. Tell them that it's a heck of a lot more disturbing and family-unfriendly than a "wardrobe malfunction" or Terrell Owens choosing Nicolette Sheridan over a 350-pound linebacker with malice in his eyes. Let's see if we can get this in print.
You could send that same letter to the board of directors of Viacom too, corporate parents of CBS. Ask them how they like their network being associated with unchecked domestic violence.
SuperLibe strikes again!
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